News from the Music Industry

Teen denies sparking blaze which killed his sisters
A TEENAGER told jurors today that he was not responsible for starting a fire which killed his two younger sisters.

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:00:26 GMT
NYU Researchers Study Music Blog Buzz
NYU Researchers Study Music Blog BuzzNews is out about a study by ““Does Chatter Matter,â€� a study on blogs’ impact on music sales by NYU/Stern professor Vasant Dhar and a former student. (Download PDF of paper here, read press release here). The researchers looked at blog posts, changes in an artist’s MySpace friend count and album…Read the full post from CoolferTags: Research
via Blogdigger blog search for cd release.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:45:04 EST

February 6, 2008
Can’t see the video? Watch this video now in a browser or download this video now. The music industry is taking its lawsuit campaign to China. The whole country of over a billion people spend about seven cents per person per year on legal music - including CD’s. And music is even more popular with the nation’s vast online population than email. Oscar-winning movies are also favorites among pirates. Virtually all are available online within days of their release. More and more undersea Internet cables are being cut in the Middle East. A key carrier hotly denies that sabotage or a conspiracy is afoot - but that’s just what you’d expect them to do, right? Apple doubles the memory available in top-of-the-line iPhones and iPod Touch’s. They hike the price too. Apple is meanwhile hitting record levels in market share amongst Internet users. … Even as the podcasting world hits new highs in users and ad dollars … … and Folding@Home sets its own records, with over a million people donating idle PS3 cycles to bio-researchers. Flickr users are furious that Microsoft has the nerve to buy the parent of their favorite photo site (clearly the main purpose of the acquisition is to slight them). Fun photos illustrating their gall are here and here. Want to get every episode of WebbAlert automatically delivered to your iTunes software, or another great player? Click here!

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:58:44 EST
Photo Release Look Out World Here Comes Crooner Brian Evans
LOS ANGELES Feb. 11 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) Just when the world thought there was only one crooner handed the keys to an entire genre here comes Brian Evans. One of the newest crooners prepares to release a CD only this crooner writes his own songs too.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

Cress - a song about the persistence of tiny things
Our debut single, Cress, is out on 8 Feb. But don’t wait until then and risk forgetting. Instead, visit the website and sign up in advance for a free download …

answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080211072015AA1jlm8
‘, ‘News’, ‘directories=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, status=no, toolbar=yes, resizable=yes, width=780, height=550′);return false;”>Open Question: Box sets and multi cd collections?
Most major bands and artists these days have released box sets or retrospective multi cd collections.
Do you own any box sets and if so which is your favourite ?

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:20:15 GMT

DJ Derkleton

The CD release is in March…

Author: EmilyZohara
Keywords: Wet Kitten Derka DJ Derkleton Mike Hunt Twat Diddles Comedy Funny Rap
Added: February 10, 2008

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