Coldplay win best website gong at Digital Music Awards
Coldplay's website, Gorillaz and Robbie Williams were among the EMI winners at the Digital Music Awards, with U2 and Natasha Bedingfield also taking prizes.…
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EMI profits up following major releases
EMI reports a 4.5% rise in music sales and a 5.5% rise in publishing for the first half of its fiscal year, anticipating a 9% profit increase.…
MIDEM announce details of digital offshoot
MIDEM has announced MidemNet, its digital and mobile offshoot, for 21-22 January, with speakers including EMI chief Eric Nicoli and Nokia's Anssi Vanjoki.…
Concert For Bangladesh CD release
EMI will release a two-CD edition of George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh on 25 October, including a previously unreleased Bob Dylan performance, with artist royalties going to UNICEF.…
BBC failed to consult industry before free Beethoven promotion
Culture committee chairman John Whittingdale says record labels were not consulted before the BBC's free Beethoven downloads, which he says may have hurt small classical firms.…
Arctic Monkeys deny £1m publishing claims
Arctic Monkeys have denied a Daily Star report that they signed a £1 million publishing deal with EMI, telling the paper to get its facts right.…
EMI makes new online appointments
EMI has appointed Simon Walker, joining from the BBC, as Senior VP of Consumer Strategy, alongside Kim Lee and Keston Smith, to develop its online initiatives.…
Universal boss wants variable pricing too
Universal chairman Doug Morris said the group will keep current download prices but wants variable pricing, echoing EMI and Warner.…
EMI Warners merger not likely in short term, despite upcoming deadline
Insiders say an EMI and Warner Music merger is unlikely soon, as Warner investors can sell shares from November and EU courts are still considering IMPALA's opposition to SonyBMG.…
Nicoli not convinced by iTunes model either
EMI boss Eric Nicoli says a single price does not deter piracy, echoing Edgar Bronfmann Junior's criticism of iTunes' fixed 79p per track model.…
Industries unite to take on piracy
Music, film, software and pharmaceutical companies have launched Bascap, a cross-industry body to tackle counterfeiting and piracy, with EMI's Eric Nicoli as co-chairman.…
Former Atlantic boss to get top job at Virgin US?
Fox News reports former Atlantic boss Jason Flom will run EMI's US Virgin Records, while Warner Music Group has spent around $30 million on costs linked to his departure.…