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Briefs: Ballys Total Fitness, UMG, MTV, Bonnaroo Lineup
February 09, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Ballys Total Fitness to buy 4.5 million downloads from UMG; MTV overhauls its logo; and more. » Full Story
TiVo: Super Bowl Plays Trumped Ads
February 09, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
The game's five biggest moments outscored the five biggest ads. » Full Story
Business Matters: Live Nation, MySpace Music, Gibson and More
February 09, 2010 - Digital and Mobile | Legal and Management
Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger "should not have been"; MySpace Music is testing 30-second audio ads; Gibson Guitars denies claims it colluded with other manufacturers to fix prices; and more. » Full Story
Is Twitter The Next Second Life?
February 08, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Brand presences with few followers. Sporadically updated accounts. Have marketers moved on? » Full Story
UMG Veteran Bronikowski Headed To Yahoo Music
February 08, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Bronikowski will report to Yahoo VP of entertainment Sibyl Goldman and is scheduled to start late next week. » Full Story
Part 2: Is Twitter the Next Second Life?
February 08, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
For smaller, independent brands, how Tweet it is. » Full Story
Billboard.biz Q&A: Verizon Biz Dev Director Ed Ruth
February 08, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Verizon's Ed Ruth discusses why music licensing costs are holding up mobile music subscription services, the opportunities for artists to go mobile, and what Verizon learned from the Droid smartphone. » Full Story
Business Matters: EMI, Citi, Suzanne Vega, Tunewiki and More
February 08, 2010 - Digital and Mobile | Record Labels
A look at the behind-the-scenes dealmaking involved in the EMI acquisition; Suzanne Vega has a post-record company strategy that will likely become more popular as years pass; social media music player Tunewiki has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Motorola Ventures; and more. » Full Story
Business Matters: UMPG, EMI, Seeqpod, President Obama and More
February 05, 2010 - Legal and Management | Digital and Mobile
UMPG's Renzer warns 2010 could be publishing's most challenging year; a judge has dismissed EMI's lawsuit against the CEO and co-founders of now-defunct Seeqpod; President Obama emphasize the work he is doing to protect U.S. intellectual property; and more. » Full Story
Briefs: Rock Band, Simpson, Brazilian Piracy Crackdown
February 05, 2010 - Digital and Mobile | Latin
Harmonix expanding into hip-hop?; Joe Simpson, father and manager of pop stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, signs deal for a comedy series at Nickelodeon; and more. » Full Story
Ratings Setback For U.K. Digital Radio Switchover
February 05, 2010 - Global | Digital and Mobile
The outlook for digital switchover for U.K. radio in 2015 has taken a blow with the latest audience research figures. » Full Story
Hulu's 'Ad Selector' Could Set Web Video Pace
February 05, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
The unit emerges as preferred ad-delivery system for long-form video in VivaKi study. » Full Story
Analysis: The Impact of EMI's Too-High Acquisition Price
February 05, 2010 - Record Labels
Billboard's Glenn Peoples discusses the main takeaway from Thursday's news of EMI's huge loss in its latest fiscal years, and more. » Full Story
Consumer Watchdog Weighs In On Orange/T-Mobile Merger
February 05, 2010 - Global | Digital and Mobile
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the U.K. consumer watchdog, has requested a say in the proposed merger of the British divisions of mobile telecoms companies Orange and T-Mobile. » Full Story
Music Sales In Argentina Continue To Decline, Digital Rising
February 04, 2010 - Latin
Music sales in Argentina dipped for the second consecutive year, with 13.6 million units sold in 2009 compared to 16 million sold in 2008. But sales of digital formats continued to grow as part of the overall market. » Full Story
Business Matters: Live Nation Ent., AEG, David Pakman
February 04, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
AEG CEO Tim Leiweke on what AEG could address to help sign artists and benefit consumers; David Pakman on the pricing battles in the e-book market; and more. » Full Story
Analysis: How Much Is A Good Music Service Worth To A Large ISP?
February 04, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Based on a Billboard estimate, a good music service could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, over just a few years, to an ISP. » Full Story
Samsung Aims To Treble Smartphone Sales In 2010
February 04, 2010 - Global | Digital and Mobile
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it aimed to treble smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units, as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market. » Full Story
Who Can Afford Howard Stern?
February 04, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Howard Stern has begun negotiating a new radio contract. Perhaps not technically, but Stern's on-air mentions of his exclusive Sirius XM Radio deal winding down at year's end, and his hedged proclamations of competing offers, are what one insider called his "method of operation." » Full Story
Business Matters: Definitive Jux, Vivendi, Guy Hands and More
February 03, 2010 - Digital and Mobile | Record Labels
Hip hop label Definitive Jux is going on a hiatus; Vivendi said it will appeal a jury's verdict that past statements violated U.S. security laws; Guy Hands' tax predicament; and more. » Full Story
Spotify CEO: U.S. Launch Is 'Looking Pretty Good'
February 03, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Billboard's Glenn Peoples sits with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek during the New Music Seminar in Los Angeles to discuss the company's U.S. launch, subscription growth in Europe, it's value proposition and more. » Full Story
Spotify Revamps Artist Recommendation System
February 03, 2010 - Global | Digital and Mobile
Spotify is getting an upgrade this week with a new artist discovery process. » Full Story
Funding Alert: Slacker Raises $2 Million
February 03, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Personalized Internet radio company Slacker has raised another $2 million, placing total funding at an estimated $70 million. » Full Story
Business Matters: Ustream, eMusic, Facebook, UCLA and More
February 02, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
Live interactive video platform Ustream receives $20 million investment; eMusic flips switch on Facebook integration; former Echo executives launch a tech-based entertainment agency; and more. » Full Story
Grammy 2010 Sales Boost Off To Slow Start
February 02, 2010 - Retail
While online stores are claiming the majority of the sales pop as a result of the Grammy Awards on Jan. 31, brick and mortar merchants are observing rising sales from winners and performers -- but the results so far are not as high as last year. » Full Story
 




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