Apple iTunes to sell This Is It from Michael Jackson
Apple has confirmed that they would sell the Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” music compilation on their iTunes digital media store.
It would go on sale on iTunes a day before the CD is launched in the retail market.
The company spoke about this arrangement: [...]
Apple: No charges for Apple iTunes LP
Online sources recently claimed that Apple was charging as much as USD 10,000 to create iTunes LP for musicians.
The reports also claim that independent artists were not allowed to have their own LPs.
Apple has now stated that these reports are inaccurate. They are not charging extra for [...]
Apple settles with Eight Mile Style
Apple has settled the lawsuit filed against it by Eight Mile Style.
Eight Mile Style is the music publisher of popular rap artist Eminem.
Eight Mile Style said in a statement that they are satisfied with the settlement.
The company had claimed in the lawsuit that Apple was not authorized [...]
Warner Music Group confirms YouTube deal
Warner Music Group has confirmed that they have signed on a deal with YouTube to provide their content on the popular online destination.
This deal would enable YouTube to broadcast videos from the archives of Warner.
Madonna and Green Day are some of the popular musicians currently signed on [...]
Apple sued by Eminem’s music publisher
Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated have filed a lawsuit against Apple.
The two companies claim that Apple never had the rights to sell their owned songs on Apple iTunes.
The lawsuit claims that Apple sold around 93 songs from their label on iTunes.
Eight Mile is also suing Aftermath Records [...]
Vodafone in a music distribution deal with Warner
Vodafone has now become the only mobile service provider to have deals with all the major music labels to distribute their music over the air to customers.
The company has just signed a deal with Warner Music Group competing the formalities.
Vodafone get the rights to [...]
Pearl Jam new album Backspacer dominates MySpace Music
MySpace is highlighting the launch of Backspacer album by Pearl Jam on their Music section.
Backspacer is now accessible from MySpace Music through streaming option.
It would arrive in the stores in the coming days.
MySpace had recently launched the first single from this album along with [...]
Smashing Pumpkins to launch new album for free!
Smashing Pumpkins has announced that their next album would be provided as a free download to anyone who is interested.
Their next album is named Teargarden by Kaleidyscope and it would feature 44 songs. They are currently working on recording of four of these songs.
The Smashing [...]
Last.fm gets its own radio station!
Last.fm has announced that they are launching their own radio station on the CBS Radio HD.
The launch takes place next month on October 5.
It would be initially available in New York (102.7 HD2), Los Angeles (93.1 HD2), Chicago (93.1 HD3), and San Francisco (105.3 HD3).
The music to [...]
China’s Ministry of Culture might have some terrible news for Baidu
Baidu is the most popular search engine service in the Chinese market.
China remains the biggest web market in the world.
Baidu search is one of the most used search engine in the country to search for music files.
The company does not host any [...]
