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Will Britney Get a Bailout?

in Media on March 10, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

Call me a crusty skeptic, but I think it’d be hard for entertainers to get Washington to help them out in the best of times. So my gut is that there’s little chance that Congress will pass something called “The Performance Rights Act,” which would force radio stations to pay musicians–or at least, music labels–whenever they play one of their recordings.
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OMG New GNR on MySpace! Oh…Nevermind

in Media on November 21, 2008 at 8:08 am PT

Next week’s release of “Chinese Democracy”–Guns N’ Roses’ first new album in a gazillion years–is supposed to be a very big deal. But listening data from MySpace, where the album is being previewed, indicate that fans may be disappointed. So may execs at Best Buy, which has an exclusive on the new disc.

Datz’s All-You-Can-Eat Music Service: No iTunes Killer

in Media on November 11, 2008 at 5:30 am PT

Datz Music Lounge, a new service that gives users unlimited music downloads in exchange for $162 a year, sounds like a good idea. Or at least a potentially good idea.