The future's bright, apparently
The BPI says the UK is Europe's biggest mobile music market and that record labels stand to benefit as mobile technology grows.…
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Virgin underestimating value of lost Sky channels
A UBS report says Virgin Media has underestimated how much customers value lost BSkyB channels and could lose up to 400,000 subscribers.…
Linkin Park score fastest selling US album of the year so far
Linkin Park's album Minutes To Midnight debuted at number one in the US with 622,000 first-week sales, the fastest of the year so far.…
CMU at the Brighton Festival: more Great Escape reviews
More reviews from The Great Escape cover Candie Payne, The Maccabees and Jack Penate, with ThreeWeeks, CMU's sister publication, covering the Brighton Festival.…
CMU at the Brighton Festival: Great Escape reviews
CMU's sister publication ThreeWeeks is covering the Brighton Festival, with gig reviews from The Great Escape including Nouvelle Vague, Foals and Willy Mason.…
Syd Barrett's estate valued at £1.7 million
Syd Barrett's estate has been valued at £1.7 million, contradicting rumours he died penniless, with the money distributed to his surviving family.…
Great Escape festival Friday and Saturday reviews
A CMU review diary of The Great Escape festival covers sets by Foals, Willy Mason, Florence And The Machine, Candie Payne and The Maccabees across Friday and Saturday in Brighton.…
Free downloads help boost school attendance in Manchester
A Manchester schools initiative offering free music downloads to pupils with full or improved attendance reportedly recorded a 45% rise in attendance, with over 14,000 pupils achieving 100% during the spring term.…
MBop boasts about things
Independent download store MBop says it now sells 100,000 downloads a month and has signed new licensing deals with V2 and Beggars Banquet.…
The O2 confirms a million presales
The O2 arena in London, reopening on 24 June, has sold over a million advance tickets for upcoming concerts, including Bon Jovi's opening show.…
Industry backs Mike Oldfield in covermount CD debate
A Music Week poll finds 89.9% of respondents back Mike Oldfield's anger over EMI giving away 'Tubular Bells' with the Mail On Sunday.…
CMU at the Brighton Festival
ThreeWeeks covers the Brighton Festival, with reviews of Einzigartig, Shooglenifty at the Komedia and Nick Pynn's solo show.…