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Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, This Week's New Album Releases, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.

HuffPost Exclusive: The 40th Anniversary of Carpenters / Interview with Richard Carpenter

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."

Vevo: YouTube, Universal Announce Music Video Site

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.10.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — YouTube and Universal Music Group are teaming up on an online music video venture that will launch later this year with Universal'...

YouTube, Universal Consider Partnering For Music Video Site

Reuters | Yinka Adegoke | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business


Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group are in talks to create a premium online music video service, sources familiar with the situation said o...

Anthony David: The Soul of Michelle Obama's iPod

Ben Arnon | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment


Ben Arnon

Anthony David, an Atlanta-based neo-soul artist, recently released his first major label album entitled Acey Deucy. He's also got a new fan: Michelle Obama.

Court To Record Labels: Your "Rules" About Reselling Promotional CDs Are Bogus

Tony Sachs | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business


Tony Sachs

If record companies really expect these people to not sell their freebies online or to used record stores, then they're even stupider than they seem.

More Music Layoffs: A Dozen At DefJam

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Unfortunately for employees at big music labels, it looks as if we're going to be hearing this refrain for a while: Universal Music Group's Island Def...