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Zavvi Halt Online Music Sales As Christmas Approaches Following the collapse of Woolworths...
By Jason Gregory on 3 December 2008
High street retailer Zavvi has been forced to suspended trading on its website and cancel existing customer orders following the collapse of Woolworths.
The store relied on Woolworths' distribution branch Entertainment UK (EUK) to deliver its CDs, DVDs and video games.
The company stopped deliveries last week after the high street store was put into administration.
In a statement on its website, Zavvi said: "In addition, to avoid any uncertainty, we will be cancelling existing customer orders where delivery cannot be guaranteed.
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MySpace Change Band's URL Without Permission They're given new address...
By Jason Gregory on 1 December 2008
A Canadian band have accused MySpace of acquiring their website address without asking permission.
Mobile, from Montreal, were only told that their existing URL – myspace.com/mobile – would be changed via email.
The email said: "We are in the process of making MySpace better, which requires the use of the URL you have chosen.
"MySpace will reset your URL within 48 hours of receipt of this email. After it has been reset, you will be able to choose another URL."
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Take That, Britney Spears Caught Up In Woolworths Collapse But CDs will be delivered...
By Jason Gregory on 29 November 2008
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Record companies are facing a race against time to ensure two of the year’s biggest albums are in shops by Monday (December 1st) morning.
Both Britney Spears and Take That’s latest LPs have fallen victim to the collapse of Woolworths’ CD distribution branch Entertainment UK (EUK).
The company stopped deliveries earlier this week after the high street store was put into administration.
As well as Woolworths, EUK was responsible for delivering 30% of physical music in the UK to stores such as WH Smith, Zavvi and Sainsbury’s.
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Digital Revenue Overtakes Physical Sales At Atlantic Records In the US...
By Jason Gregory on 27 November 2008
Atlantic Records's digital revenue has overtaken earnings from physical sales for the first time, the company has said.
The record label, part of the Warner Music Group, achieved the feat in America, where digital downloads are continuing to grow in popularity.
Atlantic's chairman and chief executive, Craig Kallman, told the Guardian: "It was really important to educate artists about how we had to change the thinking on the release cycle and the type of products we were releasing."
Kallman also said it had become crucial to ensure that the record label accommodated for every customer with all-encompassing deals, which include other revenue sources such as tickets and act merchandise.
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Serious Fraud Office Calls For Xclusive Tickets Customers To Come Forward If they didn't receive tickets...
By Jason Gregory on 26 November 2008
The Serious Fraud Office has called for customers who bought tickets from Xclusive Tickets but never received their purchase to come forward.
The company went into liquidation in August after it failed to deliver nearly 18,000 tickets for a series of events, including the Reading and Leeds festivals.
Five people have been arrested and bailed in connection with the SFO's investigation into the company, which operated out of an address in Islington, North London.
During an appearance on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme, SFO director Richard Alderman said there was 4,000 people affected by the problem.
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Gibson Launch 'Ground Breaking' Les Paul Guitar As a limited edition...
By Jason Gregory on 24 November 2008
Gibson have launched a new version of their Robot Les Paul guitar which they claim is the “most technologically advanced of its kind”.
Only 4000 limited edition Gibson Dark Fire guitars, which cost £2,500, will go into production.
The updated instrument allows musicians to switch easily between analogue and digital using a Master Control Knob (MCK).
The knob can also used to change pick-ups and coils several times during the same song.
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Ringtone Creation 'To Be Added To School Curriculum' Ministry of Sound edorses effort...
By Jason Gregory on 20 November 2008
The Ministry of Sound have backed a new scheme to install ringtone creation as part of the school curriculum.
The Phonebrain programme, put forward by industry regulator PhonepayPlus, is intended to help children develop better business acumen around premium-rate numbers.
It is also hoped children will learn how to use the services.
The Ministy of Sound is to assist Phonebrain by giving free downloads and lesson plans to the schools.
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Napster Judge Calls For Radical Copyright Law Reform At conference in New York...
By Jason Gregory on 13 November 2008
The judge responsible for the closure of the original version of Napster has called for a radical reform of copyright law.
At a meeting of Fordham Law in New York, Judge Miriam Hall Patel proposed a new organisation that would have authority over the licensing and enforcement of copyright.
Patel said the organisation, which should be a joint public/private body, should have the authority to:
- Issue licenses
- Negotiate, set and administer royalties
- Adopt rules and regulations to carry out these purposes
Patel was central to the landmark ruling which closed one of the original file-sharing websites, Napster, in 2001.
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MySpace Hint At MP3 Player Rival To Apple's iPod At web conference in America...
By Jason Gregory on 10 November 2008
MySpace's chief executive Chris DeWolfe has hinted that the company may move into the world of portable music players.
The social networking website relaunched its music service in September so that users could share and download songs.
Asked at a web development conference in San Francisco if they planned to release an music device for users to play their downloads, DeWolfe said “it's possible”.
Any move by MySpace would be seen as a direct bid to try and cut the dominance of current market leader, Apple.
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Academy Group Signs Music Venue Deal With Mobile Phone Giant Around the UK...
By Jason Gregory on 6 November 2008
The Academy Music Group has unveiled a new deal which will see its eleven music venues across the UK renamed from next year.
The deal with O2, which begins in January, includes London's Brixton Academy and the Birmingham Academy.
Customers of the mobile phone company, which also owns the O2 Arena, will get priority tickets at venues as part of the deal.
O2 users will be given a two day pre-sale before tickets go on general sale to non-O2 customers.
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