June 2009 News
29.06.09
SingTel launches unlimited music download service
cellphonenews2.com
26.06.09
Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dies at 50
cnn.com
26.06.09
Spotify is streaming CD quality music as part of its new premium service
avreview.co.uk
26.06.09
Amy Winehouse to launch branded products
boston.com
25.06.09
Danish music service TDC Play won the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) award for best music service at the worldwide mobile industry's 'Meffys' awards ceremony
25.06.09
A study by NPD Group study has found active Twitter users buy 77 per cent more digital music downloads on average than non-users
25.06.09
Shazam, the mobile music discovery provider, has announced it is launching an updated application on the iPhone App Store. The new version offers iPhone and iPod touch users expanded features, enhanced functionality and added social networking capability, including access to Twitter
24.06.09
Spotify is offering upgraded audio quality for users of its monthly £9.99 premium service
brandrepublic.com
24.06.09
The Flaming Lips are to offer a free digital EP with ticket purchases on select dates on their upcoming tour
nme.com
24.06.09
Canadian band Nickelback take home 3 awards from the MuchMusic Video Awards held over the weekend in Toronto
billboard.biz
22.06.09
The Official UK Charts Company considers incorporating songs from music streaming sites such as We7 and Spotify
bbc.co.uk
22.06.09
Vodafone is sponsoring MySpace's fan remix site Music Studio with a competition to win real recording studio time
brandrepublic.com
22.06.09
Nokia has inked a Europe-wide licensing agreement with the German collecting society GEMA for its unlimited Comes With Music service
billboard.biz
18.06.09
Spotify is offering listeners a range of extras for its premium service including bundled downloads, improved audio streams and ticketing
techradar.com
18.06.09
Taylor Swift was the big winner at the Country Music Television awards, taking home Video of the Year & Female Video of the Year
yahoo.com
18.06.09
UK - Faith No More have been confirmed as one of the headline acts at The Edge Festival in Scotland
nme.com
17.06.09
Samsung offer the chance to win E10,000 to spend on a night out with Swedish pop star September
thelastcall.tv
17.06.09
The Red Bull Big Tune is offering the chance to win a trip to LA to work with a prominent recording artist at Red Bull Studios
redbullbigtune.com
17.06.09
UK - Calvin Harris, Bloc Party, Placebo & Mika are to play free London shows as part of the 2009 iTunes Live festival
nme.com
16.06.09
Universal Music and Virgin are partnering to provide unlimited music to Virgin Media subscribers
bbc.co.uk
16.06.09
Free streaming music service Spotify adds an additional 8,367 albums and singles, totalling 90,513 new tracks
spotify.com
16.06.09
Australia embarks on a new music format, the DDA album - which is to be sold on branded USB memory sticks that contain bonus content
watoday.com.au
15.06.09
SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest telco, has launched its Unlimited Music offering, AMPed
asiaone.com
15.06.09
UK - 2 new music charts will be launched this month aimed at championing up-and-coming acts signed with independent labels
reuters.com
15.06.09
Take That fans can get an exclusive version of the group's new single if they text to receive a voucher code which can be redeemed at Play.com
mad.co.uk
12.06.09
UK - BT are hosting a battle of the bands style contest as part of their sponsorship of the BT Sounds Like Summer Music Festival 09
nwipp-newspapers.com
12.06.09
Lady Gaga has teamed up with fashion clothing retailer Vanity on a campaign offering a chance to meet the singer
blancheagency.com
11.06.09
Sony launches Vidzone today, offering 10,000 music videos that can be streamed directly to Playstation 3 consoles
computerandvideogames.com
11.06.09
Nokia has released its Dance Fabulous game on N-Gage
prnewswire.com
11.06.09
UK - The University of Glamorgan in Wales has launched the first masters course in music marketing
marketingmagazine.co.uk
10.06.09
Sony Ericsson has launched its unlimited music download service PlayNow Plus in Austria
billboard.biz
10.06.09
Live Nation is offering up discounted tickets to shows in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
billboard.biz
10.06.09
Walmart.com is showcasing an exclusive concert by the Jonas Brothers featuring the 1st live performances of tracks from their upcoming album
dmwmedia.com
09.06.09
Songkick, the live music tracking service has relaunched & now holds the largest concert database in the world (over 1M events)
techcrunch.com
09.06.09
Bryan Ferry has been honoured at the 7th Muz-TV awards in Moscow for a lifetime contribution to the world music industry
billboard.biz
09.06.09
MOD Systems' kiosks which let buyers download digital tracks directly to phones, MP3 players & other devices have inked new deals enabling them to offer over 5.2M DRM-free tracks
dmwmedia.com
08.06.09
We7 is launching on mobile with the introduction of an iPhone app
billboard.biz
08.06.09
Australian duo Empire of the Sun are to headline this year's Parklife Festival on 26th September
billboard.biz
08.06.09
Universal Republic & Big Machine Records have teamed up on a new Nashville imprint entitled Republic Nashville
billboard.biz
04.06.09
Nokia's Comes With Music service has surpassed 3M downloads in the first 2 months after launch in Singapore
channelnewsasia.com
04.06.09
An article looking at how bands are getting involved in music video games
google.com
04.06.09
UK - Pianos are to be placed at 31 popular landmarks in London in a bid to get the public singing in the street as part of the 'Play Me I'm Yours' arts project
streetpianos.com
02.06.09
Sony Music is to add catalogue recordings to eMusic's digital subscription service
reuters.com
02.06.09
A partnership between Woodstock Ventures & Sony Music attempts to create "the Web's most comprehensive live music community site"
rollingstone.com
02.06.09
The Black Eyed Peas, M.I.A., Silversun Pickups & Girl Talk are among the line up for the 2009 Street Scene festival which kicks off on 28 Aug in San Diego
billboard.biz