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So, as we said yesterday, the big story on day two of the Pirate Bay trial was the prosecution back peddling and dropping half their charges against the three men who founded the infamous BitTorrent tracker, and the fourth man who has provided it wit 
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 Tue 17 Feb 2009 1:30PM GMT
The Killers have announced that they are to headline Norway's Hove Festival this summer. A statement on their website says this: "The Killers are pleased to announce a headline performance at Hove 09 in Norway. We look forward to seeing you there on Posted Tue 17 Feb 2009 1:27PM GMT
Lily Allen has threatened to sue the News Of The World for incorrectly translating something she said in a Dutch interview. But, hey, I'm sure she gave the interview in English, and we've all tried translating something into another language and then Posted Tue 17 Feb 2009 1:25PM GMT
Not since the grand finale of MGM v Grokster do I remember such public interest around an authorising infringement court case, and even that, despite its worldwide ramifications, didn't get quite so widely reported on UK mainstream news sites as day Posted Tue 17 Feb 2009 1:24PM GMT
So, this is an interesting development. Trinity Street, a long-standing name in the world of music marketing, and more recently a leading name in artist-to-consumer e-commerce platforms, has announced it is to cease trading with immediate effect. ... Posted Mon 16 Feb 2009 12:44PM GMT
According to reports, Leona Lewis has decided not to go to The Brit Awards this week, because she is afraid she won't win anything. Which isn't unlikely, given that she's only nominated in the Best British Single category. That's decided by a public Posted Mon 16 Feb 2009 12:41PM GMT
This is interesting. The biggest single shareholder in Live Nation has said he supports the proposed and previously reported Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger, and the proposal that the two companies' current CEOs, Michael Rapino and Irving Azoff, join Posted Mon 16 Feb 2009 12:38PM GMT
Following a week of speculation as to what exactly Chris Brown did to Rihanna last weekend, and why, and with reports that the power couple of US pop had officially split up, Brown finally issued a statement this weekend. Looking like it had been thr Posted Mon 16 Feb 2009 12:36PM GMT
Well, IP Minister David Lammy told us that much debate and compromise would be needed before the EU's Council Of Ministers could pass the much previously reported recording copyright extension proposals, and he should know, because it seems that it w Posted Fri 13 Feb 2009 2:16PM GMT
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