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News

- Live & Unsigned welcome new judge

- Vinyl sales on the up

- Sellaband is saved by buyer

- The death of A&R?

- Music tech start-up event lands in London

- Rock Sound magazine highlight gigging circuit

- CMU to share the knowledge on music rights

- Sellaband goes bankrupt

- Advertising agency to launch new label for unsigned Scottish acts

- Kent record store to highlight local unsigned talent

- Royalty collection under the spotlight

- Where did Public Enemy's fan funding go wrong?

- BPI & UKTI head up music sync mission to LA

- Will National Trust rescue Abbey Road?

- The Boxer Rebellion discuss pros of being label-less

- Kerrang and Slicethepie team up to offer airplay for unsigned talent

- MU launches new web platform for musicians

- Enter your band for Get Signed Live

- The consequences of 'Musicblogocide 2010'

- Pubs, restaurants and hotels win appeal against PPL

- Ambassador purchase of Live Nation venues given green light

- EMI chief advocates split up of music group

- YouTube's traffic data for music questioned

- MusicTank announce upcoming event

- The growing iPhone music games market

- 10 billion download milestone creeping up for iTunes

- Music publications continue to face decline

- City Showcase to host regular events

- Google delete popular music blogs

- EMI to go digital only to cut costs?

- Speakers announced for International Music Summit

- 100 Digital Resources for underground artists in 2010

- Ditto Music move into US & Canada charts

- Free streaming services lose all Warner artists

- Portsmouth festival looks for local bands

- What the future holds for music

- A&R role-playing

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 6 February

- EMI is up the creek, is there a paddle?

- Acts announced for Liverpool Sound City

- TV shows need to push new music

- ERA launches new site to celebrate the independent record shop

- Successful music services mean big bucks to ISPs

- Check out SXSW schedule so far

- Red Bull Academy comes to London

- New site launched for the live music community

- Scheme announced to ease complete switch to digital radio

- HMV acquires MAMA Group

- Unsigned Irish bands needed for showcase

- iTunes and PRS For Music forge European agreement

- Generator funding to aid North East music industry

- The lowdown on streaming

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 30 January 2009

- New Music Plus moves to North West

- Keynsham Music Festival want local bands!

- Quite Great offer special PR deal for Unsigned Guide readers!

- Looking for new ways to make money as an artist?

- City Showcase look for unsigned talent for Rocklands

- Fan-funding the future?

- Gorillaz manager speaks at Midem

- Soundcloud and The Hype Machine partner up

- New Brit Award to recognise future talent

- P2P doesn't phase Pharrell

- IFPI won't let Oink slip through their fingers

- Ticketmaster - Live Nation merger gets go-ahead in US

- Law firm to introduce music contract templates

- Record labels not fans of unlimited music downloads

- The next MP3?

- MySpace links up with SoundExchange to pay artists

- Feargal Sharkey explains importance of Digital Bill

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 23 January 2009

- Welsh Music Foundation host workshop 'Getting The Gig'

- IFPI Digital Music Report for 2010 is here!

- Radiohead frustrated with 'analogue business model in digital era'

- Spotify and record labels working well together

- AIM announces masterclass for February

- Want to play at Liverpool Sound City?

- BPI claim ISPs exaggerating piracy costs

- Founder of Tommy Boy talks about the music biz

- Is filesharing a necessary part of today's digital world?

- City Showcase lands on new shores

- Apple & majors in talks about streaming service

- Ivor Novellos to recognise video game music scores

- Key unsigned players join forces

- Camden Crawl re-launches Emerging Talent Awards

- Music mergers ahead in 2010

- Music industry still to tackle fan-created music vids

- Money to be made from BitTorrent sites?

- Rock Band offer new facility to upload & sell music

- Oink founder goes free

- Unsigned hunt on for Wickerman Festival

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 16 January 2009

- Calling all independent bands & artists! Storm the charts!

- Music venue to host SXSW fundraiser for local artists

- HMV sets sights on Luminar

- Slicethepie band snare multi-album deal in US

- Major labels to face lawsuit in US

- First act picked for Glasto Emerging Talent competiton

- North West record labels, publishers & managers! Join the trade mission to SXSW!

- BPI call for last minute changes to Digital Britain Report

- Why 2010 could be a year of change for the music industry

- Music Tank to host conference devoted to Jazz

- First music industry event of the year starts this week!

- Independents rule the roost for 2009 Albums Of The Year

- Generator announce event for artist managers

- BBC's music web content to be trimmed down

- HMV stores moving away from music

- Gigwise launches hunt for unsigned acts to play Snowbombing

- Music set to return at Half Moon venue

- Infamous 'OiNK' trial starts proceedings

- Digital impact of the past decade

- BPI release sales stats for 2009

- Spotify still struggling to make money

- Finalists for UK Young Music Entrepreneur Award 2010

- Giant bill for anti-filesharing measures will be passed onto internet users

- Licensing for live music in small venues may be relaxed

- Looky here! 2010 tip-list that doesn't contain the usual suspects!

- Artists add value to boost sales

- Music Ally countdown 20 digital music trends of 2009

- More hotly-tipped bands for 2010

- Tip from the top: Don Black shares his secrets for great lyrics

- Labels turn to other sources of income

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 19 & Sat 26 December 2009

- New stats about digital music consumption habits

- New music jobs for youngsters!

- Thank Beatles for EMI!

- MySpace + Snocap + Imeem = music complications!

- HMV announces new festival for emerging artists

- Live music soars in 2009

- Eurosonic Noorderslag confirms speakers & panellists

- What does 2010 hold for the music business?

- Pledge Music flies the flag for fan funding

- FutureEverything Calls for Submissions

- New site on the horizon for unsigned acts

- MIDEM announces management panel

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 12 November 2009

- Jazz FM sets up record label

- Popkomm returns!

- New music library launched for unsigned artists

- Behind the scenes at iTunes

- How 2003 Licensing Act has affected live music

- Get involved with new music event Get Signed Live

- Duke Special to follow fan-funded route

- Why Warner are dragging their feet over Vevo

- Canadian music industry owes big bucks to musicians

- BBC shares faves for Sound of 2010

- EMI links up with new video site Vevo

- Secondary ticketing takes off

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 5 December 2009

- New study focuses on digital bundles

- Vinyl sales peak for first time since 1991

- Record labels need to recognise filesharing can be positive

- Find out who's shortlisted for Music Producers Guild 2010 awards

- BPI release Digital Guide For Independents

- MySpace Music finally lands on UK shores!

- Filesharing - the nitty gritty!

- CDs still hanging in there...

- Targeted distribution for unsigned Electronic acts

- Live music leaves Halfmoon venue

- Is there a future for free? Q&A with Robin Kent

- Shakira wants unsigned openers for 2010 tour

- Record retail map shows regional trends

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 28 November 2009

- Absolute Radio pilots new iPod tagging system

- Borders fails to set high street alight

- The single way forward

- Publishing to the rescue for EMI

- Will Mandelson's masterplan really tackle filesharing?

- Losing their independence...

- Unsigned band needed for XFM event

- North West music industry collective launches

- MMF to host event for new managers

- Robbie shuns labels to hunt for potential investors

- So what's the Digital Economy Bill all about?

- In The City take a step back

- MySpace and Merlin reach agreement

- CMJ open to artist submissions

- The future of music by Peter Gabriel

- Singer songwriter raises £60K through Pledge Music

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 21 November 2009

- Music streaming services gain new users galore

- London’s City Showcase launches its 2010 search for talent!

- Popkomm set to return....or not?

- MySpace rejigs charts to enhance discovery

- Jack Daniels on hunt for Irish bands

- Great Escape registration open!

- The big boys struggle with free music

- Free seminar for Welsh musicians & composers

- Northern Irish music initiative disbanded

- MySpace & Imeem - 2 become 1?

- Red Stripe Music Award is back

- Albums & singles - the 'long tail' stats

- Glastonbury open Emerging Talent competition for 2010

- North West Vision & Media present Making Music Work

- Ooizit may propel unsigned bands to top of charts

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 14 November 2009

- Boyband take DIY route

- Labels join forces to encourage brand partnerships

- PRS & PPL to form pilot licensing scheme

- Is the impossible possible?

- Hush-hush organisation may turn filesharing policy on its head

- BPI chief chats about state of music business

- Could free streaming soon be a thing of the past?

- Universal extends online branch to unsigned artists

- Eurosonic Nooderslag kicks off soon

- Observer Music Monthly gets the axe

- Dubai SoundCity round-up

- we7 hooks up with Fanshake

- New course for music promoters

- Is the web diluting artistic creativity?

- Amazing Radio lodges official complaint about BBC Introducing

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 7 Nov 2009

- Smirnoff offers grants to young music promoters

- Live & Unsigned auditions kick off soon!

- MySpace refuses to turn its back on indie sector

- IFPI speak out about recent filesharing report

- Frankmusik on hunt for unsigned talent

- we7 helps labels spot global hotspots

- Calling all student music journalists & photographers!

- The best deal for getting music

- Downloading strikes! Which industry has been hit hardest?

- North East set to showcase emerging talent

- Unsigned? Fancy playing Bloodstock?

- Filesharers not the bad guy after all?

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 31 October 2009

- Singles sales to the rescue?

- The changing face of music

- Sync & licensing may not be music's saviour

- New piracy policy may cost more to enforce than income it would save

- Behind-the-scenes music heroes recognised

- Google's music service launches in US

- EMI chief is all for 3 strikes rule

- Spotify shrinks subscription price

- Music Producers Guild re-jig membership

- German record labels not happy with YouTube

- Loud & Quiet expands across UK

- TV shakes the charts up

- Form 696 tweaked but will it improve matters?

- HMV ventures into secondary ticketing domain

- BBC Introducing to push unsigned talent even further

- Pirate Party man stirs things up at In The City

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 24 October 2009

- Metro announce winner of unsigned competition

- What does the music world think is the future?

- Live music to return to smaller venues

- Public Enemy raise Sellaband cash

- Google's music offering arriving shortly!

- Filesharers need to be proven guilty before cut-off

- MySpace to highlight new artists

- Digital Britain Report may be tricky in practice

- Unsigned band are the face of The Beatles

- Bring back the hits!

- Big Chill company reaches end of the road

- YouTube & PIAS hook up

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 17 October 2009

- Music websites galore

- 'Submit Your Own Tracks' coming soon to Rock Band

- Band registration opens for Great Escape 2010

- 'Comes With Music' service struggling?

- Zimbalam & MAMA Group hook up to offer unsigned opportunities

- Too many options, not enough money

- Glitz & glamour is gone from A&R

- Licensing Act driving live music away

- Music biz to turn to digital ads for revenue

- Royalties on the rise

- Google Street view provides new platform to release music

- SXSW 2010 panels in the pipeline

- Myownalbum offer affordable production for singer songwriters

- Dubai Sound City unveils more guest speakers

- Not giving up on monthly music subscriptions

- Vote for unsigned ME Music finalists

- Unsigned bands for the Electric Proms!

- Sky finally launch music service of their own

- 7Digital reach for the sky

- Will Google Wave change the music industry?

- What lessons have we learnt in the Music Industry?

- Spotify to launch branded mobile phone

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 10 October 2009

- Music streaming - the costs broken down

- Panels at this weekend's OX4 event announced

- Live Nation & Ticketmaster merger gets thumbs down

- MMF to host creative session

- we7 & Ditto Music link up bags record deal for unsigned artist

- Can't keep fanzines down

- UK independent artists fly the flag

- Independent charts re-jigged

- Filesharing message is drummed into kids in school

- Win a chance to get your festival shot featured in Festival Annual book

- Music Tank confirm Feargal Sharkey for Licensed To Thrill

- Guitar bands out of fashion?

- Warner & YouTube reach music video deal

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 3 October 2009

- Billy Bragg shares his solutions for the war against filesharing

- Fancy yourself as a pro music photographer or journalist?

- In The City Unsigned announced

- Ronnie Scott's reaches the big 5-0!

- WeGotTickets launches online networking zone for venues & promoters

- The death of music piracy will not solve all music biz problems

- Singer songwriter rates Sellaband

- Thames Valley Uni to host free guest lectures on music biz

- Your Sound returns to King Tut's

- Did UK Music's ad give you the message about filesharing?

- Music Hackday could teach the industry a trick or two!

- Music degrees are changing...

- Will the battle against music piracy cost more in the long run?

- Ex-EMI & current BPI head mulls over future of music industry

- Mark Ronson & Mike Smith join In The City speakers

- BPI not happy with BT over music piracy

- we7 to highlight unsigned talent

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 26 September 2009

- Deadline nears for SXSW band showcase applications

- The story behind Folk promoters The Kalamazoo Club

- FAC to gather artists for P2P pow-wow

- HMV to open one-off Christmas stores

- MEmusic regional finals announced

- Get a sneak preview of new music networking site Wohomusic!

- Play in front of global A&R at Canadian Music Fest

- Hollyoaks to air new music show

- Unsigned bands wanted for Hard Rock Hell

- Majors turn to back catalogue for revenue

- UK festivals are good for the economy

- Orange Unsigned Act winner chats about new found fame

- No-one can seem to agree on filesharing!

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 19 September 2009

- Give We7 a chance!

- Take It Away launches initiative to help children with cancer

- Music Ally offers 2 part course on digital marketing for music

- Not long til Dubai Sound City

- Musicians' Union speaks out against plans for BBC licence fee

- Innovative digital panel for In The City next month

- Forum launched to bring together music & gaming industries

- UK Music comment on the continued filesharing issue

- Radiohead's Ed O'Brien to speak at MIDEM

- Bearded Magazine to return to shelves

- PRS Foundation launch New Music Award for 2010

- Musicians' Union step into debate about cutting off filesharers

- Songwriters suffer at the hands of filesharers

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 12 September 2009

- UK Music Soundsurf Tour brings free music workshops across the nation

- Live UK event to focus on indie sector

- Spotify UK resorts back to 'invite only'

- In The City on the lookout for local volunteers

- Truck Festival organisers unveil OX4

- Music stars reject internet cut-off for filesharers

- Joe Public speaks out about the cost of music downloading

- Warp Records reach 20 years!

- GBOB Battle of the Bands heats open

- Factory St. Studios celebrate Bradford Music Week with series of music masterclasses

- Unsigned band selected for US kids TV show

- In The City reveal guest speaker for opening address

- Form 696 tones it down

- Songwriting Festival arrives in Bath

- Unsigned RockStar competition winner bags Glasto slot

- MySpace Music UK not arriving anytime soon

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 6 September 2009

- Music Tank announce Live Music networking event

- Top secrecy surrounds PRS - YouTube resolution

- Album sales slump

- Exposure Music Awards winner goes on to sign record deal!

- PRS For Music & YouTube kiss & make up

- HMV snaps up stake in 7digital

- Live Nation & Ticketmaster merger raises concerns

- Music Managers Forum head shares his thoughts via guest blog

- Behind the scenes: music journalism

- CMJ music industry panel schedule takes shape

- Workshop for music producers

- Live & Unsigned 2010 announced

- Music Managers' Forum programme to cover 360 degrees

- Universal chief calls for recognition of digital music creativity

- Form 696 challenged

- PRS For Music soldier on

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 29 August 2009

- Spotify could soon be decent earner for record labels

- Music insurers launch unsigned band night

- From the garden shed to the Mercury Music Prize

- The future for Pirate Bay

- Disconnecting filesharers will not help the industry

- Wanna play at SxSW? PRS Foundation can help you...

- Illegal downloaders will feel the cut

- Music college welcomes new producer professor

- Second chance for bands

- UK Music ask for music industry's feedback

- The Noisettes on lookout for unsigned support

- PRS reveals their Top 100 live music venues

- Offset Festival finalise unsigned line-up

- EMI turn to t-shirts

- C/O Pop industry event a hit in Cologne

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 22 August 2009

- PRS Foundation provide funding for electronic artists

- High street fashion stores the new record shop?

- The future of the record label

- Apple take a slice of the pie!

- Nominations Open for the Music Producers Guild (UK) Awards 2010

- Digital sales to overtake CD imminently

- Seminars to guide you through the music business

- Spotify pays the labels, but what about the artists?

- Ad-funded music sites on the up

- MySpace looks to buy Facebook's music application

- Meet a musician who truly embraces the digital age

- Back for good? Album artwork returns...

- Government prepares to clamp down on illegal downloaders

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 15 August 2009

- Guitar hero Les Paul passes away

- All you need to know about writing a hit song...by the experts!

- NME readership figures slowly sinking

- Can the music business really give the kids what they want?

- Musical marketing landmarks! What are yours?

- Big in Japan?

- Ebay up costs for independent record retailers

- Apple and majors go head-to-head

- Big labels sue the little people...is this really fair?

- Time to turn the volume down?

- EMI exec talks music publishing

- 'All you can eat' music the answer for illegal downloaders?

- Live Nation reports loss

- Warner Music sales struggle

- BT to launch music subscription service

- Road To V winners announced!

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 8 August 2009

- DIY can be done!

- Spotify's success a curse or blessing for competitors?

- All you need to know about successful music marketing

- New site offers music download price comparisons

- Music fans viral vids more popular than the real thing on YouTube

- Report reveals young folk want free all the way

- Fantasy football fun...plus win a great prize for your band!

- Profile of legendary label ZTT

- Another festival postponement

- Legal vs Illegal Downloading. Who will come out on top?

- Where does all the money go?

- Former MD gives opinion on Live Nation - Ticketmaster merger

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 1 August 2009

- Thoughts on the new digital album format

- Unsigned bands announced for Leeds & Reading

- Everyone loves Spotify!

- Summary from Musicians' Union conference

- Kerchoonz to showcase emerging Manchester talent

- Self-funded bands - are they a viable business model?

- The demise of the music magazine explained

- Infamous Manchester venue to re-open

- Bebo & Slicethepie hunt for best unsigned talent

- Band applications to open soon for SxSW 2010

- PRS For Music feels the bite as revenues drop

- Apple & record labels in bid to boost album sales

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 25th July 2009

- Girl Power? Where are all the A&R women?

- Jack White shares his opinions on downloading

- Extracts from 'Last Shop Standing - Whatever Happened to Record Shops?'

- Charting the nation's fave unsigned song

- Special event focuses on songwriting

- Deadline nears for British Music Abroad funding

- Is the end nigh for MySpace?

- More about revolutionary new record label

- Tourdates brings series of Musicians' Clinics to London

- Another venue bites the dust...

- Current legislation killing off live music scene?

- MUZU expands its independent label roster

- Digital music business falling into place?

- In The City announce stellar line-up of guest speakers

- Rock Band game opens doors to unsigned bands

- UK Music comments on music biz report

- Music keeps the money rolling in

- Music biz on road to recovery?

- Live & Unsigned winner already in demand

- Head of Universal Music ranks further up the MediaGuardian 100 list

- UK Music chief recognised in MediaGuardian 100

- Beggars back catalogue comes to Kerchoonz

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 18th July 2009

- Bradford Rock School launches with help from local studios

- CDs still top dog over downloading

- AIM turn the heat up on BBC radio stations

- '...there's nothing really wrong with the music industry, we're just redefining what it is'

- Music mags to offer free MP3s through 7digital

- Liverpool's Mathew Street festival hunts for unsigned acts

- New board members announced at AIM's 10th anniversary

- YouTube & Warner take steps to bury the hatchet

- German music industry event fills Popkomm gap

- Use your imagination & distribute your music

- And another royalties tiff begins to heat up

- Royalties war wages on between PPL and British pubs

- Microsoft set to unveil music streaming service

- A closer look at secondary ticketing

- Music Hack Day a roaring success!

- The kids wanna rock....legally!

- EMI struggles against debts

- Rough Trade Retail sets up shop in Topman

- Alison Wenham discusses AIM's landmark 10th year

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 11th July 2009

- Nine Inch Nails frontman offers advice to unsigned bands

- Tunecore & Universal team up

- Charts hope to incorporate music game downloads

- We7 top 2 million users a month

- Winners of The JD Set Unsigned announced

- Major labels clamp down on Irish internet providers

- Your key to finding music courses across the UK!

- New distribution service for unsigned bands launched this week!

- ITC 2009 Unsigned demo submission ends soon!

- Positive outlook at BPI's annual gathering

- US labels & online music services reach 'appropriate' agreement

- Festivals fight against live music rates

- Government rewinds on music piracy promises

- Cordless Show plugs unsigned artists

- MMF strikes new deal on gig merchandise

- Music bigwigs play industry at its own game with new label

- Do you value your independents?

- Calling all Welsh music businesses!

- Updated info for Independents Day

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 4th July 2009

- AIM marks 10th anniversary by celebrating their record label members

- Pandora's hook up with Amazon creates fee for emerging bands

- A&R focus at Musexpo

- EMI rejects new PRS streaming rates

- The labels moving forward with blasts from the past

- Money from music streaming - join the discussion!

- Unsigned band shoots own video using CCTV

- CMJ artist submission deadline nears

- Indie labels celebrated with series of documentaries

- Top line-up for Music Tank event

- HMV sales rocket now Woolworths is history

- Nottingham to host unsigned club night

- Engage your fans using online tools

- Record shops will survive with new survivors kit

- Live music revenue goes from strength to strength!

- How festivals large & small will fare this year

- Music industry learns the hard way

- We7 educate music fans about downloading the right way

- Death of King Of Pop creates ticketing chaos

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 27th June 2009

- How can MySpace bounce back?

- An insight into brands & bands

- Benicassim unsigned competition draws to a close

- Microsoft & ReverbNation promote emerging bands

- Tweeters buy more digital music

- UK Music chief responds to false research

- Meet Glastonbury Emerging Talent winners!

- Variable pricing not great news for music publishers

- The state of the US music business

- Radio show on lookout for unsigned talent

- Music Managers Forum tap into funding

- The lowdown on iTunes variable pricing

- Vote for Road To V finalists!

- Darlington Carnival celebrates creme of unsigned crop

- Spotify entices subscriptions with CD quality streaming

- DIY home festivals on the rise!

- Popkomm cancelled for 2009

- Music industry body takes matters into own hands

- PRS to review rates for live music

- AIM link up with overseas equivalent

- Benicassim narrows down unsigned talent search

- MySpace Music set to land on UK shores shortly?

- Spotify want you to show them the money!

- The pick of the best music TV & Radio for week commencing Sat 20th June 2009

- New indie chart stirs things up

- Glasto unsigned line up announced

- Music Tank to host social networking focused event

- Reactions to the Digital Britain report

- London unsigned festival kicks off!

- Unsigned acts for T In The Park

- Legendary Jazz club celebrates 50 years

- Universal unleash their music offering

- Fleet Foxes give filesharing the thumbs up!

- AIM announce details for Independents Day 2009

- Bandstocks spells success for Patrick Wolf

- Music charts revamp to embrace independent music

- Recession not hitting music festivals as crowds flock there this summer

- Warning for unsigned bands and musicians to be aware of phoney record labels

- Unsigned Slots up for grabs at Hard Rock Calling Festival

- Live Nation and Ticketmaster proposed merger reviewed

- Can ISP's threats be enough to deter against illegal downloading?

- Denmark ISP's and entertainment business to set up 'Pirate Review Board'

- UK Festival finds new location after original site plans refused

- Get Booking Agents to take you seriously

- Friend recommendations prove biggest influence in music purchases

- Gig Recommendation site Songkick spreads it's wings

- Warning of major creative job losses due to piracy

- Has Island lost it's soul?

- US CD sales hit levels seen 14 years ago

- Spotify's harmonious rise due to get more intense

- MySpace to endure job losses

- What is the truth behind the file-sharing cost?

- Brands and Bands partnerships on the rise

- PRS help launch 2009 'Adopt a Composer' Scheme

- Sony joins Google's new Vevo network

- 18% fall in album sales last month

- Ditto Music opens up Spotify to the unsigned world

- Music Managers Forum explains huge changes

- What does the future hold for Last.fm?

- PRS: Spotify is finally legal

- Why EMI and Warner Music should merge

- As Napster turns 10 years old, we look back... and forward

- Have eMusic miscalculated the partnership with Sony?

- Pure Play team up with Ricall to open up unsigned promotional opportunities

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for week commencing Sat 6th June 2009

- Welcome the 1st national unsigned radio station!!

- Walking away from fame

- Garage venue to relaunch as Relentless

- Fans spread the word for unsigned band

- The real cost of piracy!

- Seminar takes a look at record labels behind the scenes

- Sony & eMusic strike deal

- If PRS cuts rates - will record labels follow suit?

- High-profile music manager speaks out

- Music vid site gets nod from fourth & final major label

- Independent labels fighting fit

- Death of the CD?

- 10 Hints & Tips when going into a Recording Studio

- Major labels loosen the noose around web start-ups

- 2009 Urban Music Talent Scheme launched by BBC

- Line-up of emerging artists set for Rock Ness

- Music PR in the making? Why not show off your skills!

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 30th May 2009

- Industry opinions on new PRS rates

- Apple calls for Europe-wide copyright laws for iTunes

- Manchester bands - promote your music to thousands of freshers!

- Music biz on trial at Liverpool Sound City

- Will the music offering from Sky and Universal be too late?

- Online tips for creative careers!

- PRS For Music announce new rates for online music

- Record labels Vs DIY

- Government creates music industry jobs & opportunities galore!

- Music magazines off the shelf

- New digital product to provide new revenue stream for labels

- Cheaper rates on the cards for music subscription sites?

- Amazon and Tunecore join forces to offer 'on-demand' CD service for bands & artists

- Behind the scenes of Spotify

- Music publisher widens the net

- The pick of the best music TV and Radio for w/c Sat 23rd May 2009

- Should it stay or should it go?

- Calling all unsigned talent....Trowbridge Festival wants you!

- Record labels want to sink Pirate Bay once & for all

- Music industry's issues blown out of proportion?

- South East bands - have you got what it takes?

- The latest news from Road To V semi--finals

- Fancy an unsigned slot at Download Festival?

- Spotify denial of equity share for labels

- Digital music sales soar

- Unsigned bands don't benefit from file-sharing

- Publisher defies economic woes with more launches

- Web changes the way we listen

- Form 696 may be for the axe!

- Recording studios face the music

- How Radiohead turned the music biz on its head

- Young tech-savvy artists start to do things for themselves

- Spotify move to the next level

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- Music publishing turns to t-shirts

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- Semi-finalists for Road To V!

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- Urban Arts Academy comes to Belfast

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- One day one-on-one band consultancy

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- Great Escape announce full conference programme

- City Showcase's convention schedule is here!

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- The websites who put artists first

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- PRS Foundation launches Producers Partnership

- Copyright extension could be on the cards

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- Popkomm open for bands & artist submissions

- Surprise Ivor Novello nomination for self-published songwriter

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- Next stop for O2 Undiscovered workshops in Bristol

- Radio 1's Big Weekend hosts unsigned fringe event

- Exposure Music Awards coming soon!

- Record Store Day antics raise hope

- More industry conference dates for your diary

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- Pay to play...on the airwaves

- Place your votes for Road To V

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- Gathering for Welsh music industry

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- Unsigned submissions open for In The City 2009

- Freedom Live hunt for unsigned talent

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- AIM reveals top panellists for Music Connected 09

- West London venues looking for promoters

- Unsigned band to release debut album

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- Future Of Music Coalition has big ideas

- Another festival bites the dust

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- Featured Artists' Coalition name 3 main goals

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- Copyright term extension is a no-go

- YouTube are music vid faves over MTV

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- Glasto Emerging Talent reveals competition winners

- Garage venue set to re-open

- Live music goes from strength to strength

- Venues cave in to Form 696

- New book reveals inner workings of music industry

- How the web is keeping unsigned bands afloat

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- PRS For Music gather support through new site

- This week's TV & Radio music selections

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- Creative Apprenticeships announced in Scotland

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- Consumers and musical ownership: what's next?

- PRS For Music man discusses online rates

- EMI's digital leader steps down

- Pirates fight for their rights to licenses

- Keep your eyes open for Bandize

- SxSW bigger & better than ever!

- Welsh bands want more unsigned music on the airwaves

- Songwriter Showcase competition launches hunt for best new talent

- Smirnoff funding up for grabs for London promoters

- The tricky relationship between artists & managers

- CD sales shrivel up

- This week's TV & Radio music selections

- Coalition PR due to close at end of month

- Yet another major artist ditches their label

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- Road To V to air unsigned entrants music vids

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- UK Music speaks out over PRS - YouTube dispute

- More money in live music than record releases

- Calling all digital music makers in the East Midlands

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- T In The Park hunt for unsigned talent begins

- YouTube - PRS commotion shows no signs of calming

- Road To V opens again!

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- Music stars from the Coalition speak out

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- Sellaband broadens its horizons to USA

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- How Last.fm can be used to unsigned advantage

- The music behind the video games

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- MusicTank publish free report on digital music

- Music stars join forces to fight for their rights

- YouTube and PRS lock horns over music videos

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- AIM strengthen UK and overseas music business ties

- EMI chief plays catch up

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- Independent team up with indie supergroup for debut album giveaway

- Spotify falls prey to hackers

- Finally...an MA in mop top studies

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- Alison Wenham of AIM speaks

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- Zest PR change direction and name

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- Nottingham record store to shut up shop

- AIM run seminar focusing on selling music abroad

- iTunes launches specialist pass

- Will Spotify deter music pirates?

- US music industry reps struggle to solve licensing issues

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- There's still hope for songwriters

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- Bernard Butler gets Brit producer nod

- Music publisher moves into the gaming world

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- How to put the value back into music?

- What makes a lasting music career?

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- Fanzines are still fighting fit

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- First UK artist to produce the goods via Sellaband

- The unsigned competition heats up in Croydon

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- Major labels experiment to create the most effective business model

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