Read more music label stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18225/music-label.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:52:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65394/clarkson-beyonce-songs-nearly-identical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKelly Clarkson is battling her record label again, this time for releasing a song that appears to copy the Beyoncé single “Halo,” the New York Post reports. When Clarkson realized that the backing track songwriter Ryan Tedder had given her for “Already Gone” was the same as the one on...http://www.newser.com/story/65394/clarkson-beyonce-songs-nearly-identical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 11:39:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37437/and-now-a-tune-from-our-sponsor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will limit the...http://www.newser.com/story/37437/and-now-a-tune-from-our-sponsor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Sep 2008 15:24:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29734/runner-up-idol-snags-music-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta has inked a deal with “Idol” creator Simon Fuller’s 19 Recordings/Jive Records, the AP reports. The 17-year-old lost to David Cook, 25, a former Missouri bartender, in an upset in last month's finale. Cook signed with the same label, MTV reports; the two albums should...http://www.newser.com/story/29734/runner-up-idol-snags-music-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26262/man-tries-to-cash-360b-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 21-year-old Texas man has been busted for attempting to deposit a $360 billion check, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, stolen from his girlfriend's mother for, he claimed, the purpose of starting his own record label. Suspicious of the sum, the bank called the check’s owner. Arriving police found pot...http://www.newser.com/story/26262/man-tries-to-cash-360b-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 May 2008 14:39:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25906/spitzer-hooker-pitches-music-labels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe music manager who orchestrated Mariah Carey's comeback is shopping Eliot Spitzer’s 22-year-old call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, to top music labels, the New York Daily News reports.http://www.newser.com/story/25906/spitzer-hooker-pitches-music-labels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Apr 2008 10:05:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25623/starbucks-quits-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStarbucks is handing control of its record label to Concord Music Group barely a year after it got into the music business, Variety reports. The move is part of a shakeup as the coffee chain refocuses on its core business to jolt itself out of a slump. Starbucks' label Hear...http://www.newser.com/story/25623/starbucks-quits-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Apr 2008 8:17:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23637/record-labels-sue-chinese-sites-to-block-illegal-music.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMajor record labels are suing two Chinese websites that allegedly allow illegal music downloads in a case that could have a huge impact on the way the Chinese obtain music. The groundbreaking multi-million dollar case over copyright infringement could pave the way for even larger claims, the Wall Street Journal...http://www.newser.com/story/23637/record-labels-sue-chinese-sites-to-block-illegal-music.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 2:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20111/perez-hilton-music-mogul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Madonna’s leaving, Perez is coming.” Those words are straight from the mouth of the music industry's most unlikely new player, gossip blogger Perez Hilton. He has parlayed posts praising unknown and upcoming acts on his website into a possible deal doing the same for Warner Brothers Records, the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/20111/perez-hilton-music-mogul.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Feb 2008 17:29:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16119/amazon-will-sell-sony-bmg-music-sans-copyright-curbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmazon will sell songs from Sony BMG free of digital rights management, making it the first online music store to offer tunes without copyright enforcement mechanisms from all four of the major labels. Many consumers have long opposed the use of DRM because of its potential to hinder playback on...http://www.newser.com/story/16119/amazon-will-sell-sony-bmg-music-sans-copyright-curbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jan 2008 5:45:10 CST