Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:59PM BST
The nominations for this year's US Urban Music Awards have been
announced, and Rihanna leads the field with four nominations in the
categories of Best Female Act, Best R 
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 6 May 2009 3:57PM BST
A US judge has again warned rap-type Corey Miller, aka C-Murder,
that he's in danger of being sent back to prison to await his murder
trial this summer, if he's not careful. Though for the time being he'll
remain under house arrest.
The
h Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:53PM BST
Some of music's top artist managers met in Dublin last week at the
previously reported launch of Music Managers Forum Ireland. One in
attendance was the chairman of the MMF's British group, Brian Message
of Courtyard Management, whose company look Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:51PM BST
While The Pirate Bay Four hide from the Swedish authorities or, at
least, hide behind allegations of judicial bias, it seems that lawyers
representing the founders and funder of the rogue BitTorrent tracker
might have to start fighting on a second Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:49PM BST
Amy Winehouse has succeeded in getting herself an injunction to
stop paparazzi types from following her. The legal ruling specifically
targets photographers affiliated to the London-based Big Pictures
agency, though also mentions "persons unknown& Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:47PM BST
Now Yusuf Islam is accusing Coldplay of stealing his music.
As
much previously reported, guitar twiddler Joe Satriani has already sued
Chris Martin et al claiming the lead track off the band's most recent
album, 'Viva La Vida', borrowed no Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:46PM BST
Digital Music News reports that the number of tracks being sold via
legit download platforms like iTunes has fallen since the recent
introduction of variable (and therefore higher) pricing. They cite a
number of anonymous sources who say that unit Posted Wed 6 May 2009 3:44PM BST
The great thing about a government in freefall is that if you don't
like something they propose it's much easier to force a u-turn just by
moaning loudly, because ministers are so desperately trying to find
someone who might say something nice abo Posted Fri 1 May 2009 12:41PM BST
CSS frontwoman Lovefoxxx has placed a self-imposed ban on herself, stopping her from making music until next year because touring in support of her band's underrated second album ‘Donkey' has worn her down.Speaking to the NME, she said: "I'm no Posted Fri 1 May 2009 12:39PM BST
Lawyers representing Chris Brown in his much reported Rihanna assault case have called for charges to be dismissed on the grounds that leaks of information to the press amount to "outrageous governmental misconduct".Brown, you'll no doubt rememb | Select a Blog | Posts |
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