
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 Mon 11 May 2009 12:33PM BST
Snoop Dogg has sort of won that previously reported court case in which
he was accused of assault and battery for hitting out at a fan who
invaded the stage at a 2005 concert. Richard Monroe Jr was suing for
$15 million in his somewhat optimistic More »
Posted Mon 11 May 2009 12:30PM BST
According to reports, Rihanna is very upset because some naked
pictures, allegedly of the singing star, have emerged on the internet.
None of the nude photos actually show the subject's face, but on other
pictures purportedly belonging to the same More »
Posted Fri 8 May 2009 1:49PM BST
Revolution has reported that Spotify is planning an unlimited
download package whereby paid subscribers to the streaming music
service would also be able to download an unlimited number tracks to
their PC each month. Jim from Spotify, though, has More »
Posted Fri 8 May 2009 1:47PM BST
Chris Brown's lawyers have filed legal papers asking the LAPD how
those pictures of a battered and bruised Rihanna ended up on the
internet.
As
previously reported, Brown's lawyers have let it be known that they
plan to bring up every pro More »
Posted Fri 8 May 2009 1:45PM BST
According to reports, friends of Amy Winehouse are worried that the
singer will embarrass herself during a headline gig at the St Lucia
Jazz Festival tonight, because she has recently been drinking too much
and hasn't been rehearsing for the comeb More »
Posted Fri 8 May 2009 1:44PM BST
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new pan-European
rule which could, in theory, bring an end to ambitions to introduce a
simplistic three-strike system in any EU country. This, of course,
could impact most on France who are in the p More »
Posted Thu 7 May 2009 2:01PM BST
The growing rise of illegal lyric reading on the internet is the
scourge of the music industry, obviously (actually, it is an area where
some music publishers have sued in the past, but that's another story)
but Sony Music is here to combat it all More »
Posted Thu 7 May 2009 2:00PM BST
Green Day have posted six songs from their new album, '21st Century
Breakdown', which is set for release later this month, on their
official website.
You can listen to them here. ... More »
Posted Thu 7 May 2009 1:59PM BST
Adele has issued an apology for causing offence with comments made
on stage at the show at Toronto's Massey Hall last week.
The
singer reportedly ended a story about a "rude" pawn shop owner in the
city by saying: "He wasn't Canad More »
Posted Thu 7 May 2009 1:56PM BST
he European Commission yesterday launched a new website telling
consumers all about their digital rights, which includes a section on
downloading and copyright.
The eYouGuide has been set up
in response to a call by the European Parliament More »