Music Week to carry Tixdaq secondary ticketing stats
Music Week will publish weekly live industry charts using secondary ticket market data from Tixdaq, with further data services promised.…
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The Police are top earners
The Police top Forbes' annual music rich list with $115m earned between June 2007 and June 2008, largely from their reunion tour.…
Recession could wipe £2.5 billion off music revenues
A report from MCPS-PRS, 'The R Words: Recession And Royalties', suggests the music industry could lose £2.5 billion in revenue due to a pending recession.…
The Register asks questions about Baidu's MP3 search, and the western firms with an interest in it
The Register's investigation suggests Baidu's MP3 search has suspicious features, while Western banks and investors hold stakes in the firm, which faces a second record label lawsuit in China.…
Estelle experiment throws doubt on merit of iTunes tinkering
Estelle's album 'Shine' was withdrawn from iTunes to push full album sales, but Billboard says the experiment cost Warner money as single downloads fell and album sales rose only marginally.…
French record industry experiences another slump
French record industry wholesale value fell 12.2% in the first half of 2008, though the decline is slowing, and SNEP urged the government to force ISPs to tackle illegal file sharing.…
Festival fans damaging hearing, warns charity
A poll of over 2,700 festival-goers by the RNID found over half felt loud music had damaged their hearing, and the charity warns of premature hearing loss.…
Study finds links between personality and music taste
A Heriot-Watt University study of more than 36,000 people finds musical tastes and personality traits are closely linked, with heavy metal and classical fans both described as gentle and at ease.…
58% unsure what social networking is
A Synovate report of 13,000 people in 17 countries finds 58% do not know what social networking is, and 36% think users are losing interest.…
Slipknot top US album chart after recount
Slipknot have taken the number one slot on the US Billboard album chart after a recount showed they outsold The Game's 'LAX' by just over a thousand copies.…
iTunes bad for business, claims say
The Wall Street Journal reports that artists withholding music from US iTunes, such as AC/DC and Kid Rock, may be benefiting from album sales, while Kid Rock's manager Ken Levitan criticises the singles model.…
Most misheard lyrics revealed
A poll by hearing aid firm Amplifon has named The Police's 'When The World Is Running Down' as the UK's most misheard lyric.…