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2011-10-02T20:45:00.002+01:00

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Spotify launches in US but gets less coverage than an average day for iTunes

2011-07-20T08:08:00.002+01:00

Spotify launches in US but gets less coverage than an average day for iTunes but of course twitter shows that the media agenda is often different than the consumer and the twitter landscape was ablaze with tweets with 4 times as many mentions as iTunes.see the graphs here...http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/spotify-s-media-metrics-how-much-attention-1005282692.story

Adele's 21 best selling digital album ever

2011-07-15T08:38:00.002+01:00

Adele’s album "21" is now the biggest selling digital download album in music history. Source USA Today, says 7 days after Eminem’s "Recovery" became the first album to sell more than 1,000,000 digital copies, Adele's 21 has overtaken it, selling 1,017,000m vs Eminem's 1,005,000. 21 has sold 2,600,000 copies in the U-S alone.

Spotify launches in the USA

2011-07-14T18:24:00.001+01:00

the deal was finalised with warners and now Spotify is available in the world biggest music market... be interested to see what happens to sales and also the reaction from USA bands.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8636611/Spotify-launches-in-the-US.html

The Guardian's Music Power 100 list... are you on it?

2011-05-27T08:20:00.004+01:00

click here for the full Guardian listhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/interactive/2011/may/26/guardian-music-power-100-interactive1. Team Adele2. Lucian Grainge and David Joseph3. Simon Cowell4. Nigel Harding5. iTunes6. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim7. George Ergatoudis8. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt9. Simon Moran10. Jeff Bezos11. will.i.am12. Lyor Cohen13. Mark Zuckerberg14.

The recording industry and LimeWire have reached a $105 million settlement

2011-05-24T22:23:00.002+01:00

The recording industry and LimeWire have reached a $105 million settlement that puts an end to five years of litigation.You might remember they were being sued for 75 trillion dollars...Which reminds me, where is the £75,000 you owe me, we'll I'll settle for £10.50

KATY PERRY TOP 10 FOR 1 YEAR

2011-05-24T22:20:00.001+01:00

KATY PERRY MAKES BILLBOARD HISTORY! Katy Perry is the first artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart to spend an entire year in the top 10. "E.T." featuring Kanye West falls from the top spot to number two, after five weeks at the top of the chart, giving Perry an unprecedented full year lodged in the chart's top ten.

Amazon selling hundreds of tracks for 69c

2011-05-24T22:18:00.001+01:00

Amazon currently has 226 songs at 69 cents like Katy Perry's "E.T.," Lady Gaga's "Judas," Lady Antebellum's "Just a Kiss" and Jessie J's "Price Tag." These 69-cent songs make up most of Amazon's best-sellers list - including nine out of its top ten. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/69-cent-bonanza-itunes-amazon-selling-hundreds-1005182522.story

BBC6 Music at all time high for listeners...

2011-05-24T22:12:00.002+01:00

6 Music is the UK’s biggest digital-only station, say the BBC, with a record 1.3m listeners. That’s up from 1.02m last year and 1.14m last quarter.Seems that threatening to close them has had a Heinz Salad Cream effect... More here http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/05/bbc-record-high-for-6-music/

Capital Radio back at #1 for London

2011-05-24T22:08:00.001+01:00

The station now has over two million listeners each week over taking HEART (until Buble has a new single out)... more herehttp://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/05/global-capital-fm-back-at-1/

Nokia drops Ovi from it's music services name

2011-05-24T22:02:00.004+01:00

it's going to be Nokia from now on not Ovi.