Posted Wed 27 May 2009 12:27PM BST
Global Radio will relaunch the flagship chart show aired on its FM
pop stations, the show I continue to insist on calling "The Network
Chart Show with Kid Jenson", because I am old. The all-new chart will
be compiled based on radio airplay st 
So, how do people working in music know who's signing who, what those pesky record labels are up to, what the latest download whatnot is, who is moving and shaking, who is spending and saving, who is planning and scheming, or, for that matter, what Pete and Amy and Britney are up to? Simple, they read CMU Daily, the UK music business' biggest and most popular daily news bulletin. Now you to can get the lowdown from Team CMU, here on the CMU-Blog. You'll find even more at www.thecmuwebsite.com
Posted Wed 27 May 2009 12:26PM BST
Morrissey has had to cancel another gig because of ill-health, even
though and possibly because he ignored doctor's warnings not to go
ahead with a show in Manchester last Friday that coincided with his
fiftieth birthday. He proceeded with the bir Posted Wed 27 May 2009 12:24PM BST
Songwriter collecting society PRS For Music yesterday announced it
was rejigging its rate card for online streaming royalties, with the
revenue share rate set to increase but the crucial per-stream rate set
to fall by more than half. The collectin Posted Tue 26 May 2009 11:42AM BST
At least eleven people were killed and forty more injured when a
fence collapsed at a music festival in Morocco this weekend. Kylie
Minogue, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys were among the artists who
played the Mawazine festival in capital city Raba Posted Tue 26 May 2009 11:39AM BST
There's been more speculation that the upcoming Michael Jackson
residency at The O2 is turning into a shambles. Following last week's
announcement that the first four dates of the residency will be
postponed, three of them into 2010, one of those Posted Tue 26 May 2009 11:35AM BST
Rapper TI is due to report to prison today after failing to get his
long anticipated prison sentence further delayed. The hip hop man's
legal people last week tried to get a further ten day delay in a bid to
secure their man a cell in a prison nea Posted Tue 26 May 2009 11:33AM BST
The former Wilco member who sued the band's main man Jeff Tweedy
earlier this month over a royalties dispute has suddenly died of
unspecified causes, aged 45. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jay
Bennett died at his Urbana, Illinois home on ear Posted Thu 21 May 2009 3:18PM BST
According to tabloid reports, Amy Winehouse's upcoming London
comeback gig may have to be cancelled after the singer became unwell at
her St Lucia holiday home and had to be taken to hospital. It's not
clear what the problem was, but she was relea Posted Thu 21 May 2009 3:17PM BST
LA prosecutors are asking the courts to put legendary producer Phil
Spector behind bars for at least 19 years following his conviction for
the murder of former actress Lana Clarkson. Spector, who is already in
jail, is due to be properly sentenced Posted Thu 21 May 2009 3:16PM BST
A handwritten version of a poem previously thought to have been
penned by a sixteen year old Bob Dylan is to go on sale at Christie's
in New York. The auction house initially marketed the item as Dylan's
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