Posted Fri 3 Apr 2009 2:05PM BST
As Google's stand off with the music publishing community over what
it should or shouldn't have to pay to feature music videos on YouTube
expanded to Germany on Wednesday - as it was confirmed the web firm had
failed to negotiate a new licensing d 
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 3 Apr 2009 1:58PM BST
Andrew Lloyd Webber, or Lord Webber for the purposes of this story,
was in the House Of Lords yesterday to encourage his fellow lords and
ladies to dedicate some brain space to the music industry's endeavours
to force the internet service provider Posted Thu 2 Apr 2009 2:08PM BST
The Mirror claims that Amy Winehouse has banned thirteen year old
god daughter Dionne Bromfield from from doing a duet with Pete Doherty.
Not sure why she has the power to impose this ban, though, as
previously reported, she has set up a label spe Posted Thu 2 Apr 2009 2:04PM BST
Culture Minister Andy Burnham, IP Minister David Lammy, civil
servants from the UK Intellectual Property Office and reps from the
music business met on Tuesday to discuss those European copyright
extension proposals. ... Posted Thu 2 Apr 2009 2:02PM BST
The good news. American teens are using illegal P2P services less
frequently. The bad news. They are buying fewer legal downloads too.
Both those stats are possibly a sign that, as far as the youth market
is concerned, we're already moving beyond Posted Thu 2 Apr 2009 1:55PM BST
A similar squabble to that currently on going between Google and UK
songwriter royalty society PRS For Music has kicked off in Germany,
after the web firm failed to renew its deal with PRS's German
counterparts GEMA with relation to the posting of Posted Wed 1 Apr 2009 12:13PM BST
Secondary ticketing website Viagogo has been confirmed as the
official resale site for tickets to the Latitude, Reading, Leeds and
Isle Of Wight festivals. Basically the promoters of those events have
said that, if punters have to resell their tic Posted Wed 1 Apr 2009 12:10PM BST
RIHANNA'S LAWYER DENIES NON-COOPERATION CLAIMS It's been weeks
since we reported on claims that Rihanna was refusing to cooperate with
prosecutors as they build a case against her possibly ex boyfriend
Chris Brown, who allegedly beat her up in an Posted Wed 1 Apr 2009 12:06PM BST
Madonna's publicist Liz Rozenberg has issued a statement denying
that the singer is "skirting" legal issues with regard to her proposed
adoption of Malawian child Mercy James. As previously reported, critics
have claimed that she will receive Posted Wed 1 Apr 2009 12:04PM BST
Seeqpod, it seems, is on the verge of collapse, which possibly
explains why it began selling off its source code last month, [a] to
raise quick funds and [b] to ensure that, should the Seeqpod company
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