8 posts and columns on Sony Music Entertainment

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Sony, Warner Join Suit Against Grooveshark Music Service

in Media on December 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

Two of the world’s largest record companies on Thursday joined a lawsuit against Grooveshark, an online music service they say infringes on their copyrights.

A Win for Project Playlist: EMI Drops Suit, Signs On

in Media on March 25, 2009 at 8:33 am PT

EMI Music Group, which sued Web music start-up Project Playlist nearly a year ago, has dropped its suit and will start providing its catalog to the site, which offers free streaming music. The settlement, in conjunction with an earlier deal struck with Sony’s Sony Music Entertainment, means that Project Playlist now has deals with two of the big four music labels. But Warner Music Group and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group are still suing the company.

Why Are Big Music’s Videos Trapped on YouTube? An Insider Explains.

in Media on March 6, 2009 at 7:03 am PT

YouTube lets you repost its clips anywhere you want–unless you’re talking about big music’s videos, which remain trapped on the site. That makes no sense, and the labels know it–or at least some of their employees do.
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Will YouTube Music Become a Reality? Here’s Hoping.

in Media on March 4, 2009 at 4:38 pm PT

YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, and Universal Music Group, the world’s biggest music label, are talking about creating a YouTube Music site. About time.
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Universal Music: We Don’t Sound as Bad as Everyone Else

in Media on March 2, 2009 at 5:24 am PT

Like everyone else in the music business, Universal Music Group had a rough end to 2008. But compared to its peers, the largest music company in the world did all right. It attributes some of its success to marijuana enthusiast Lil Wayne.
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Ticketmaster Makes Up With Bruce Springsteen–And His Fans

in Media on February 24, 2009 at 11:49 am PT

Remember the great Ticketmaster/Bruce Springsteen controversy of 2009? The one where fans of the Boss said they got screwed by the ticketing company everyone loves to hate? The one that prompted Springsteen himself to complain about Ticketmaster and its proposed acquisition of concert giant Live Nation? It’s over!
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Bruce, Britney, Beyoncé Staying on YouTube: Sony Music Re-Signs

in Media on February 12, 2009 at 5:31 pm PT

YouTube and Sony Music Entertainment have signed a deal that will keep the music label’s videos and music on the site. The contract accomplishes what YouTube and Warner Music Group have been unable to do–figure out a way to keep the label’s music on the world’s biggest video site while sharing revenue with both sides.

Warner Music Sales Down 11 Percent; Could Have Been Worse

in Media on February 5, 2009 at 5:04 am PT

Every big music label had a lousy Christmas so it’s just a matter of how badly each one got hit. In Warner’s case, it saw sales drop 18.8 percent in the U.S., which the company blames, perversely enough, on poor Josh Groban.