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Austin music tech start-up launching at SXSW
Bizjournals.com
Using PorchJam's live recording tool, a venue can record live music and instantly upload it on its Web site. Eventually, PorchJam will provide a Web-based ...

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Who needs record labels?
Independent
But there's more to making it in the music business than recording an album and releasing it. So let's look at exactly what record companies have to offer ...

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Circles Records & Tapes to end its 38-year run
Arizona Republic
The world has changed since the Singers first got into the record-store business. The couple's entry into the world of music happened in a roundabout way. ...

Telegraph.co.uk

EMI Chief Has to Raise Money in 'Make or Break' Dash
BusinessWeek
Allen has been non-executive chairman at EMI Music since January 2009, chairing its board and supporting the transformation of the business, the record ...
Terra Firma investors would rather not feel the pain of acquiring EMITelegraph.co.uk

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Brisbane Times

EMI Loses UK Ruling Over Sale of Pink Floyd Singles
BusinessWeek
More consumers are buying music online and shunning older formats. Digital sales of music accounted for 27 percent of revenue at the biggest record ...
Pink Floyd to EMI: We Don't Need No Digital SinglesFast Company
Top rock groups look at leaving troubled EMIBusiness Day
Pink Floyd Suing EMI Label Over Online RoyaltiesBusinessWeek

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Washington Post

Prepare for a deluge of Jimi Hendrix merchandise as the music industry marks ...
Scotsman
As the music business continues to reel from declining CD sales, figures such as guitarist Hendrix Ã¢Â€Â“ who enjoys an Olympian stature rivalled only by the ...
Many cosmic returnsThe Age
Jimi Hendrix's 'Valleys of Neptune' to release todayThe Money Times
New Album Releases Week of March 9, 2010: Jimi Hendrix, Coco Montoya, Gorillaz...Blogcritics.org (blog)

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Pegasus News

Q&A: The Great Bucks Burnett Lets Us Inside His Eight-Track Obsessed Mind In ...
Dallas Observer (blog)
Everybody feel obligated to think, 'Oh, what do we do to save the music business?' I say watch it drown. Buh-buh-buh-bye, because it's dying by its own ...
Play It Again: Promoter Has One-Track Mind About Eight TracksWall Street Journal

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IFPI Report: How Much Are Labels Investing In Music?
FMQB
He continues, "One of the biggest myths about the music industry in the digital age is that artists no longer need record labels. It is simply wrong. ...
Bands and artists still need record labelsCMU News-Blog (blog)
Record industry hits back at 'myth' of go-it-alone starsAFP

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Sorry, There's No Silver Bullet Business Model For The Music Industry
Techdirt
For years, the recording industry has had a fantastic, well-defined business model: Record music that people want to hear on physical media. ...

Creating Community in LA: A Safety Net for Singers
Huffington Post (blog)
MusiCares -- established by the Recording Academy (producers of The Grammys) "to sustain music and its makers as a force in all of our lives" -- chips in ...

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