November 2008 News

    27.11.08
    According to Live Performance Australia, live music generated over $1.22B in the year to 30th June 2008
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    27.11.08
    Charts - Beyonce's latest album "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" debuts at No.1 on The Billboard 200 this week, moving 482,000 copies in the US
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    27.11.08
    MTV Networks International announces that Berlin is to be the host city for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards
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    26.11.08
    Disney Interactive Studios has released 'Ultimate Band' a rhythm-based music game with a built-in recording studio for the Nintendo Wii and DS
    businesswire.com

    26.11.08
    Red Bull has launched its 3rd online music talent competition under the Bedroom Jam banner
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    26.11.08
    No Doubt are to headline the 2nd day of Live Nation's Bamboozle Festival in May. Fall Out Boy are set to headline the 1st day of the event
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    25.11.08
    Universal & the Meebo social network are teaming up to offer ad-supported videos of Universal artists to Meebo members
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    25.11.08
    Jack Daniels JD Set Unsigned competition is inviting unsigned bands to compete for a chance to have a 4-track EP distributed as a covermount on Artrocker magazine
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    25.11.08
    Nigerian music sensation, D'Banj was the big winner at the first-ever MTV Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria. He took home three MAMA 'Golden Microphones'
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    21.11.08
    eMusic has added the labels Righteous Babe, Barsuk, and Domino to its catalogue, taking the total no of tracks on the site to 4.5M
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    21.11.08
    Over 400,000 Blackberry users have downloaded the MySpace Blackberry application since it was launched on 12 Nov
    techcrunch.com

    21.11.08
    The first ever MTV Africa Music Awards on 22 Nov will feature performances from Flo Rida, The Game and Kelly Rowland, alongside a host of home-grown artists amongst others
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    20.11.08
    Microsoft introduces the Zune Pass subscription service
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    20.11.08
    Nokia Music Store opens in Italy. Nokia commented that 54% of the music offered in its Italian store is local
    dmwmedia.com

    20.11.08
    Independent online retailer eMusic has now sold 250M downloads according to newly released figures
    digitalmusicnews.com

    17.11.08
    New research form MultiMedia Intelligence equates the value of unlicensed music traded over P2P networks in 2007 at a sizeable $69B
    marketwatch.com

    17.11.08
    A survey of Germany's live entertainment business reveals that live music generated revenues of E2.8B in 2007 (70% of overall revenues and 82% of overall ticket sales0
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    17.11.08
    Spanish labels body Promusicae is asking radio stations in the US to use Ritmonet, its free online digital distribution service, in order to promote Spanish singles
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    13.11.08
    U.K. Music has launched 'Sound Rights', a website resource to support the implementation of the new music curriculum in schools
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    13.11.08
    US charts - The soundtrack to 'Twilight' becomes the 3rd soundtrack No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 this year
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    13.11.08
    A number of Latin music legends were honoured with special awards by the Latin Recording Academy (LARAS) last night
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    12.11.08
    A report from Jupiter Research points to a marked increase in the consumer uptake of paid for online content, as opposed to free, in Europe
    paidcontent.co.uk

    12.11.08
    Ticketmaster is to run an experiment which will see the elimination of add-on service fees for ticket purchases
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    11.11.08
    The Orchard's paid downloads have risen 133% in Q3 to 12.5M, with the company now offering 1.3M tracks (up 72% from the same quarter in 2007)
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    11.11.08
    The announcement of the Australian Music Prize shortlist will be made from the main stage of the St. Kilda Festival in Melbourne, in front of a festival audience of 10,000
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    11.11.08
    YouTube is launching a video-on-demand channel called Impact, which will show full length films from MGM's archives
    bbc.co.uk

    10.11.08
    Coldplay are named as the world's top-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards
    reuters.com

    10.11.08
    UK charts - 'Hero' stays at no 1 on the singles chart, while Girls Aloud take the top spot on the albums chart with new release 'Out Of Control'
    bbc.co.uk

    10.11.08
    MySpace has sparked suggestion that it could develop a digital music player to expand its recently launched MySpace Music offering
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