Google's full music offering won't be present and correct when its Nexus 7 tablet launches in the UK this month. In fact, the device will be lacking TV shows and magazines too, according to The Inquirer.
June 19th, 2012 by Music Ally
US performance royalties firm SoundExchange announced a major milestone last night: $1bn in digital royalties paid out to record labels, including $108.6m paid out in the first quarter of 2012 - its first...
May 15th, 2012 by Music Ally
US mobile music service Muve Music has inked licensing deals with TuneCore, The Orchard and CD Baby, adding a swathe of independent music to more than double its catalogue to 10m tracks.
May 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
Indie rights body Merlin has another licensing deal with a digital music service: Deezer. The deal is global, reflecting Deezer's aggressive worldwide expansion in recent months.
May 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
"It is very encouraging to see innovative and ambitious services like Deezer broadening their scope and bringing wider choice to consumers across the many markets in which they operate," says Merlin CEO...
April 23rd, 2012 by Music Ally
YouTube must take responsibility in Germany for ensuring its users do not upload copyrighted material that has already been flagged as infringing by rightsholders.
April 12th, 2012 by Music Ally
Music industry bodies the RIAA and NMPA struck a deal with the Digital Media Association (DiMA) which will now be taken to the US Copyright Royalty Board for approval.
April 12th, 2012 by Music Ally
There is more clarity on what the next set of US mechanical royalty rates for digital music may look like, after music industry bodies the RIAA and NMPA struck a deal with the Digital Media Association...
April 12th, 2012 by Music Ally
SoundExchange's draft annual report reveals that it collected $371.9m of revenues from digital music services in 2011, up 40% year-on-year.
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