LOST OR NOT? The value of unlicensed music trafficked on P2P networks in 2007 was US$69 billion. This value should not be viewed as lost revenue according to new research.   industry | wed, nov 19th, 2008	PIMP YOUR DELL WITH MP3S Dell and UMG have created music bundles each of which includes a curated selection of MP3s for approximately half of current standard per track pricing.   industry | sun, nov 16th, 2008
BACKUP BLUES AND DATA LOSS According to Webroot, a UK based provider of security solutions, nearly 90 people per minute experienced some loss of personal data last year.   industry | sat, nov 15th, 2008	“WE’RE TRYING TO ADAPT TO REALITY” DeWolfe and Bronfman took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit last week. The MySpace and Warner Music Group partnership could be the shape of digital music to come.   industry | thu, nov 13th, 2008
WE7: SEARCH, CLICK AND PLAY The We7 difference is that while fans get free music, rights owners and artists get paid by We7 utilising both audio and digital advertising, so it's a win-win situation for…   industry | tue, nov 11th, 2008	TICKETMASTER’S DIGITAL MUSIC PLAN Ticketmaster is looking to expand into a one-stop shop for tickets, merch, music and more. "We're going to build the ability for people to distribute their music."   industry | mon, nov 10th, 2008
MYPLAYER… MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple's hot-selling iPod.   industry | sun, nov 09th, 2008	MYSPACE AND AUDITUDE PARTNER MySpace and Auditude announced that they have partnered with MTV Networks to enable advertising opportunities within audience-uploaded videos across MySpace.   industry | fri, nov 07th, 2008
LET'S GO TO THE MXP4CAFE Musinaut, the company behind the revolutionary new digital audio format MXP4, unveiled its new artist community this week: MXP4Cafe.   industry | wed, nov 05th, 2008	"RUSSIA! TIME FOR PARTNERSHIP!" A new initiative will cast the spotlight on the broad diversity and huge potential of Russia's music industry through a number of conferences and concerts at MIDEM 2009.   industry | tue, nov 04th, 2008
OBAMA OR MCCAIN? While electoral votes are still up for grabs, the tech-savvy “e-lectorate” has clearly thrown its support and sites such as Thumbplay.com could hold the answer.…   industry | mon, nov 03rd, 2008	YOUR NEXT TUNE IS ... COOLIO! NexTune is an online service that lets users create full streaming playlists, share playlists and interact with other users. You earn points for your social activities.   industry | sun, nov 02nd, 2008
HARVARD CHALLENGES RIAA A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the RIAA and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the…   industry | fri, oct 31st, 2008	WALMART RE-LAUNCHED Walmart has re-launched its new and improved MP3 Music Downloads store to give customers greater value and an even bigger selection in digital music.   industry | tue, oct 28th, 2008
EMI SUFFERS… EMI has reported a loss of $1.2 billion in the financial year that ended on March 31, 2008. The root of the loss comes from a poor operational system, which focuses on   industry | tue, oct 28th, 2008	WILL.U.LISTEN? What was Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am doing at a Blackberry developers conference? Sure, he brought a bit of pop star glamour but what did he have to say???   industry | sat, oct 25th, 2008
LALA = FREE MUSIC + NO ADS! Lala is unveiling the first and only free fully licensed service to instantly provide anywhere Web access to an existing music library such as iTunes.   industry | thu, oct 23rd, 2008	EMI’S DIGITAL MUSIC SERVICE EMI is preparing to unveil a new digital music service that will enable users to download music by the label's artists but won't seek to challenge the dominance of iTunes…   industry | wed, oct 22nd, 2008