Kylie tops the calendar charts
Kylie's calendar tops the UK calendar charts ahead of Robbie Williams', with Hollyoaks Babes, Busted and Phil Kay following.…
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BT hope new platform will give labels more control of their digital music
BT plan to launch the Open Royalty Gateway early next year, a platform letting labels control digital distribution of their content, with EMI and Australian retailer Sanity already signed up.…
Majors sign up to new legal P2P service
New York firm Wurld Media's Peer Impact P2P service has signed up Warner, Universal and SonyBMG, with a public launch planned for early 2005 and hopes EMI will join.…
EMI figures show digital revenues starting to have an impact
EMI's half-year profits fell slightly to £36.9 million, but digital revenues rose 600%, lifting the share price, with chairman Eric Nicoli predicting growth.…
DM presents The White Vid
DJ Danger Mouse's Beatles and Jay-Z mash-up has been expanded into a video site, which the site says is non-commercial.…
EMI secure Encore publishing rights
EMI have secured the international publishing rights to Eminem's Encore in a reported $7.5 million deal, and reported a first-half profit of £30 million.…
Blue's Duncan James reportedly gets solo deal
EMI have reportedly offered Blue's Duncan James a £500,000 solo recording contract while the band, signed to EMI's Innocent imprint, take a year off.…
Music at the heart of Vodafone's 3G strategy
Vodafone have launched 3G phones with a mobile download service offering 3000 tracks from SonyBMG, EMI and Warner Music.…
Queen tackle bootleggers with online releases
Queen will sell 100 live recordings from their website for £5 each to combat bootlegs, with EMI backing the project and three full concerts available first.…
Peel favourite for Christmas number one?
William Hill has made the Undertones' Teenage Kicks fourth favourite for Christmas number one at 14:1, though EMI has yet to decide on a re-release.…
EMI respond to Spitzer investigations
EMI confirms it has been subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over alleged payola-style radio promotion deals, and says it is cooperating fully.…
EMI boss hits back at "too mature" charges
EMI chief Eric Nicoli has replied to a Financial Times letter claiming the music industry is too mature, arguing it is innovative and that piracy needs government and legal help.…