Read more music downloads stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/425/music-downloads.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:31:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70789/watch-an-ad-get-an-mp3-download-genius-or-goof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new site thinks it has the answer the music industry’s woes: Free All Music will allow users to download a high-quality mp3 with no copy restrictions in exchange for watching a 15-second video ad of their choosing. The site then takes a user’s handle and uses it to produce...http://www.newser.com/story/70789/watch-an-ad-get-an-mp3-download-genius-or-goof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 14:34:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70632/dylan-album-out-early-if-youve-got-a-citi-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCitibank rewards customers will have first dibs on Bob Dylan’s first-ever Christmas album. The lucky cardholders will be able to download Christmas in the Heart online during the week before Oct. 13, when it goes on sale to the general public. An exec tells Reuters the offer will have “high...http://www.newser.com/story/70632/dylan-album-out-early-if-youve-got-a-citi-card.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 10:20:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70060/new-zune-hd-scores-but-lags-on-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft's Zune music player has long been the iPod's dowdy stepsister, but the new, fourth-generation Zune HD is finally "a portable media player that you can be proud to carry around," says Katherine Boehret of the Wall Street Journal . The new device features a "stunningly vivid" touchscreen, impressive graphics, a...http://www.newser.com/story/70060/new-zune-hd-scores-but-lags-on-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 6:36:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66655/radiohead-no-more-albums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRadiohead has recorded its last album, frontman Thom Yorke told the Believer in a recent interview. Instead, the band will focus on download-only singles and EPs. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again,” he said. Though the band believes there’s “still something...http://www.newser.com/story/66655/radiohead-no-more-albums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 13:52:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66539/radiohead-stuns-with-anthem-for-wwi-vet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRadiohead made waves when they let fans download their last album for whatever price they wanted, yet a new online-only track has been released in the past week to far less fanfare. "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" commemorates the last British veteran of World War I, who died last month...http://www.newser.com/story/66539/radiohead-stuns-with-anthem-for-wwi-vet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 7:39:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62287/minnesota-mom-fined-19m-for-illegal-music-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Minnesota woman has been fined $80,000 per song for each of 24 music files she illegally downloaded, CNN reports. The court ordered Jammie Thomas to pay $1.92 million to the Recording Industry of America. Her original trial—America's first for music file-sharing—granted the RIAA just $220,...http://www.newser.com/story/62287/minnesota-mom-fined-19m-for-illegal-music-downloads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 4:12:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61547/music-gang-busted-in-itunes-royalties-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of ten British DJs have been arrested for allegedly using stolen credit cards to download their own music from iTunes and Amazon, the Times of London reports. The gang is believed to have made $300,000 in royalties from the $750,000 they spent buying 19 compilations they...http://www.newser.com/story/61547/music-gang-busted-in-itunes-royalties-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 2:08:26 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/59364/danger-mouses-latest-album-a-blank-cd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLegal wrangling reportedly led to the shelving of Danger Mouse’s latest album; now, instead of dropping Dark Night Of The Soul , the producer behind acclaimed Beatles/Jay-Z mash-up the Grey Album is releasing a book of photographs by director David Lynch—with a blank CD enclosed, XXL reports. “For Legal Reasons,...http://www.newser.com/story/59364/danger-mouses-latest-album-a-blank-cd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 14:22:01 CDT