
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 Fri 30 May 2008 8:28PM BST
It's my birthday today. I never usually tell anyone it's my birthday, but in
this Facebook age everyone knows anyway, so I thought I'd do a birthday
inspired cmu-blog.
It's birthday
inspired because last night a twenty pound iTune More »
Posted Tue 27 May 2008 11:31AM BST
So, good old Terry Wogan seemed more downbeat than ever at the end of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, despite being one of only three commentators at the event to get a name check during the proceedings. ... More »
Posted Mon 19 May 2008 11:55AM BST
So CMU's favourite boy band McFly have "parted ways" with their record label, Universal/Island Records, and will self-release their next album – out in July – via their own new independent label Super Records. ... More »
Posted Mon 12 May 2008 3:41PM BST
As you may have seen in Friday's CMU Daily, Neil Young has been dissing MP3s. But Young's dislike of MP3s has nothing to do with the fact that the format does not come with any digital rights management - the reason the major record companies resiste More »
Posted Tue 6 May 2008 6:34PM BST
So, there was a survey published recently by a PR agency called Endelman that said that only 31% of music fans "trusted the music industry". I'm not completely sure what that means, but Endelman tell me that the music business' trustworthiness i More »