Hands not impressed with EMI excesses
EMI boss Guy Hands has reportedly accused former chief Eric Nicoli's team of wasting up to £100 million a year on excesses including gifts, apartments and candles.…
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Could Pepsi and Walmart bring an end to DRM?
A planned Pepsi and Amazon MP3 promotion for the Superbowl and Wal-Mart's pressure on majors may push SonyBMG and Warner to drop DRM, after EMI and Universal already moved.…
EMI boss proposes overhaul of costly industry associations
EMI boss Guy Hands has reportedly questioned the cost of the record industry's three trade bodies, with the IFPI expected to face a review of its budget and role.…
iTunes to release John Lennon video collection
iTunes is set to offer a digital video album of 21 John Lennon solo promo videos, promoted by Starbucks in the US through pre-paid cards.…
Janet Jackson's new album for Def Jam due in February
Janet Jackson's debut album for Def Jam is due in February, with her boyfriend Jermaine Dupri also working on a new Mariah Carey album for the label.…
EMI UK boss Tony Wadsworth appointed visiting professor at Newcastle University
EMI UK boss and BPI chairman Tony Wadsworth has been made a visiting professor at Newcastle University, where he will lecture on the music business.…
Record Of The Day Awards winners in full
The full list of winners and runners-up at the Record Of The Day Awards 2007 has been published, covering writers, PR campaigns, publications and journalists.…
ERA says down with DRM
The Entertainment Retailers Association has called on all labels to drop DRM and sell music as MP3s, arguing that protection is stifling digital growth.…
Nokia sell new Kylie album ahead of release
Nokia's music store is selling Kylie's new album five days before its official release, under an exclusivity deal with Parlophone.…
SonyBMG may be about to drop DRM
SonyBMG is reportedly about to drop DRM from its downloads, which would leave Warner Music as the only major still insisting on it.…
EMI win cyber squatting case
EMI has won a cybersquatting case over the emi-musicgroup.info domain, which the World Intellectual Property Organisation has ordered handed over, while MySpace won myspacetv.org.…
Radiohead accept EMI's excuses over Google con
Radiohead say they accept that EMI made a genuine error when a Google ad directed fans searching for 'In Rainbows' to EMI's back catalogue box set.…