Read more record label stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30138/record-label.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:14:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71501/carly-simon-sues-starbucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarly Simon intended the 2008 album This Kind of Love to be her swan song, and she was excited about the record company that would release it: Starbucks-owned Hear Music. The coffee chain had wooed her with a big advance and promises of high exposure in stores, but instead Starbucks...http://www.newser.com/story/71501/carly-simon-sues-starbucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:36:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69129/how-to-save-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe album is dead. Touring is on the fade. File-sharing is killing download profits. Adieu, music biz? Not so fast, reports The Wrap, which offers five fixes: Drop the price . Ninety-nine cents for a song? Try 10. "Lower the price point, and you undercut the very foundation of illegal downloading....http://www.newser.com/story/69129/how-to-save-the-music-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 19:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65383/apple-teams-up-with-record-labels-to-revive-the-album.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple has joined forces with four major record labels on a mission to get music buyers to start buying albums again instead of just single tracks, the Financial Times reports. The project—codenamed "Cocktail"—will bundle album downloads with lyrics sheets, sleeve notes, photos, and assorted interactive features in an...http://www.newser.com/story/65383/apple-teams-up-with-record-labels-to-revive-the-album.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 8:50:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64084/jack-whites-many-hats-multiply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree bands just weren’t enough for Jack White, who’s started a music store/recording studio/record label in his adopted hometown of Nashville. Third Man Records is “where everything starts to make sense,” the White Stripes frontman tells the Wall Street Journal . “Where modern meets old and tangible meets invisible.” White says...http://www.newser.com/story/64084/jack-whites-many-hats-multiply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63801/royalties-deal-may-save-internet-radio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecord labels and the online radio industry have reached a deal on royalties that insiders think will allow the medium to survive, the New York Times reports. Larger sites like Pandora will pay the labels 25% of revenue or up to 14 cents for every song they stream—whichever is...http://www.newser.com/story/63801/royalties-deal-may-save-internet-radio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 17:49:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59871/nashville-becomes-silicon-valley-of-music-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNashville really is Music City, Richard Florida writes in the Atlantic . Charting the demographics of the music industry from 1970 to 2004, Florida found that “Nashville was the only city that registered positive growth. In effect, it sucked up all the growth in the music industry.” It’s not just stars...http://www.newser.com/story/59871/nashville-becomes-silicon-valley-of-music-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 15:45:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59762/jay-z-leaves-def-jam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJay-Z confirmed to RapRadar today that he has left Def Jam Records after more than a decade. The news follows an unconfirmed report on HitsDailyDouble that the rapper bought out his contract for $5 million. Jay-Z, 39, owed Def Jam one more album, but he was eager to move on...http://www.newser.com/story/59762/jay-z-leaves-def-jam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 15:53:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59731/web-killed-big-acts-saved-music-kot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet has so fragmented music that there may never be another big act like U2. But that’s just fine for music critic Greg Kot, author of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music . “Art thrives best when it’s created without regard to making any kind of compromise,” he tells...http://www.newser.com/story/59731/web-killed-big-acts-saved-music-kot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 12:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49913/novel-tactics-target-piracy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo European islands are taking opposite approaches to music piracy, the results of which could influence internet policy worldwide. The Isle of Man, between England and Ireland, will charge a $1.45 weekly tax on behalf of record labels to let citizens download music without penalty. Meanwhile, Ireland’s main internet...http://www.newser.com/story/49913/novel-tactics-target-piracy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 11:42:02 CST