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Music Videos On Hulu: EMI Deal To Bring Norah Jones To Site

nytimes.com | BRAD STONE | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology


Hulu, the joint online venture between NBC, Fox and ABC that mostly offers free TV shows and movies, is about to start singing a different tune: music...

Naysaying the Naysayers: The Beatles' CDs by the Numbers

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

The Beatles have only put out one single-disc greatest hits CD, the aptly-titled 1. So why do the Beatles get such a bad rap for supposedly abusing their legacy?

Pet Shop Boys Write Social History 1983-2009

Ariston Anderson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

We spoke to the band about how their work has documented social history, how to make a living with music videos no longer appearing on MTV, and musicians' latest professional challenges.

The Beatles Remastered: The Last Hurrah For CDs?

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

How much of the remaining CD buying audience is going to pony up the cash for music they likely already own?

The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.03.2009 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.

Google CIO Resigns, To Join Record Label EMI

All Things Digital | John Paczkowski | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business


I have the best CIO job in the world. It used to be the case that the CIO existed to bring technology to business, but it's our belief that's vani...

Bronfman: Incompetent Or Misunderstood?

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


For a brief, shining moment, Edgar Bronfman Jr. had redeemed himself. It was 2006, and Mr. Bronfman, the bearded scion of the Seagrams, seemed to hav...

Get Free Music Without Breaking The Law

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Along with everyone else we know who follows the music business, we are still marveling at the fiasco that is QTrax, the company that promised to give...

Report: EMI Set To Slash 2,000 Jobs

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


British newspapers say the state-of-the-company speech EMI's Guy Hands has planned for Tuesday will include jobs cuts, after all. A lot of job cuts: H...

EMI's $400,000 Coke And Hookers Budget

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Buried in a "music-industry-screwed" roundup in the Economist is this nugget: An allegation that music label EMI was spending $400,000 a year on party...

EMI's Biggest Star Threatens To Throw Tantrum

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Singer Robbie Williams, who is a huge star everywhere except the U.S., says he's upset about EMI boss' Guy Hands' cuts at the music label. From the UK...

Radiohead Agrees To iTunes Deal

Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Radiohead asked fans "how much is our new album worth?" when they released their record as an "honesty box" download. The answer appears to be £7.99 ...