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Launch of Lively: a browser-based service that lets people create or customise their own rooms and embed them into webpages

Launch of Artist Royalty Program through which unsigned artists can claim monies

Social network platform signs its 200,000th indie band

Canadian rock band have signed 360 deal with the live promoter rumoured to be worth $50-$70m

Deal to use acts sourced by the market place tool for Live Nation events

Merger to form Activision Blizzard expected to become the world’s largest pure-play online and console game publisher

UK record labels trade body the BPI has announced a new deal to give indie labels cheaper access to chart data from The Official Charts Company. Due to be unveiled at the BPI AGM on Wednesday, they'll be ad-hoc reports...

EMI has confirmed the much-rumoured appointment of Elio Leoni-Sceti as the chief executive of its recorded music division. He joins from European firm Reckitt Benckiser, triggering much `he's been selling soap, now he'll...

Deal to sell ten Jay Z ringtones exclusively through the mobile content retailer

UK-based digital music store 7digital says its sales of DRM-free MP3 tracks were up 300% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year. The site is now attracting nearly two million unique visitors...

Inflight music deal to provide content to 16 broadcast stations and 14 on-demand stations to Delta airlines

Advertising revenues generated by the YouTube are expected to reach approximately $200m during 2008, falling short of the expected figure