September 2008 News
29.09.08
Shazam, the mobile music discovery provider, has been downloaded over 1.5M times in its first six weeks of being made available
dmwmedia.com
29.09.08
8 trade bodies from among the UK music industry are to support the newly-formed organisation, UKMusic
billboard.biz
29.09.08
UK charts - Kings Of Leon have the number 1 single and album in the UK
bbc.co.uk
26.09.08
Pure Play brings its catalogue of 1.5M tracks and 6,000 unsigned artists to iTunes
macworld.co.uk
26.09.08
Universal is reportedly planning to establish its own online music video portal, similar to NBC's Hulu video streaming site
billboard.biz
26.09.08
Kanye West is inviting fans to remix current single 'Love Lockdown', by releasing stems of the track online
gigwise.com
23.09.08
Studio One Media is launching the first of its mystudo.net stand alone recording studios in American shopping malls which will let people create their own music videos
billboard.biz
23.09.08
UK- Absolute Radio is to let listeners choose what they want to hear on the station. A listener will be picked each week to join the playlist meeting with station staff
brandrepublic.com
23.09.08
Guatemalan singer/songwriter Ricardo Arjona has signed a long-term recording deal with Warner Music Latina
billboard.biz
19.09.08
Rhapsody and Yahoo will enable full song streams on Yahoo searches
billboard.biz
19.09.08
US charts - Metallica top the US album chart, shifting 490,000 copies of Death Magnetic since Friday
bbc.co.uk
19.09.08
Activision is apparently working on a Jimi Hendrix special edition of Guitar Hero & a download subscription service for the games franchise
billboard.biz
16.09.08
Grupo Zeta is to launch a '360-degree' music label entitled El Volcan Musica
billboard.biz
16.09.08
MusicStation has launched on Vodafone in New Zealand, offering up over 1M tracks, with the first week free for every user
16.09.08
Sony BMG has launched MovieTunes, a new service for filmmakers enabling them to select creative and cost-effective music for their films
sonybmg.com
15.09.08
UK charts - Metallica claim the UK number 1 album slot, while Kings Of Leon top the singles chart
billboard.biz
15.09.08
Article on launch of MySpace Music
billboard.biz
15.09.08
Slacker, the personalised radio service, has struck a deal with Research In Motion to make its 100 Slacker radio channels available to Blackberrys
billboard.biz
12.09.08
Yahoo! will open its online music site to feature information about songs and acts from external services such as iTunes and Amazon
billboard.biz
12.09.08
Oasis will launch their new album in the US by getting buskers to play tracks from the album in New York
nme.com
12.09.08
T-Mobile could be about to launch the first Google Phone within a matter of weeks
reuters.com
11.09.08
Indie acts can upload tracks directly to AmazonMP3 via CreativeSpace
betanews.com
11.09.08
Charts - Young Jeezy has the number 1 album in the US. The Recession sold 260,000 copies in the last week
billboard.biz
11.09.08
Launch of Bojam, a web start-up offering musicians the opportunity to collaborate online
techcrunch.com
05.09.08
Amazon launches its new video-on-demand streaming service. Amazon Video On Demand is the new name for Amazon Unbox and offers ad-free streaming of TV shows/movies
ft.com
05.09.08
7digital has added a new feature to its service - cascading tags. They allow you to filter music by combining two different genre categories
7digital.com
05.09.08
Ben Folds Five are reuniting for a one-off show to be broadcast on MySpace
synthesis.net
04.09.08
MOG, the music-focused social network, names Dada Entertainment as its exclusive mobile music partner. MOG profiles for artists will now include a link to buy ringtones and MP3s for mobile
billboard.biz
04.09.08
Launch of Popcuts, based around buying tracks earlier and getting a 'cut' of future sales if the tracks prove popular
google.com
04.09.08
UK - competition in which you can win a Gibson guitar by writing, playing, and uploading an original riff
haynes.co.uk
03.09.08
Amazon is launching a new music wiki, SoundUnwound.com (currently in beta), which will lets users edit information about any band, label, album, or track
wired.com
03.09.08
Sony BMG is testing the water with book soundtracks (releasing a companion soundtrack to Brad Meltzer's new book, The Book Of Lies)
billboard.biz
03.09.08
UK - shortlist acts for the Q magazine awards on 6th October include Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, The Ting Tings, Kings Of Leon, Nick Cave and The Last Shadow Puppets
bbc.co.uk
01.09.08
Ministry Of Sound launches three new branded handsets (one each from Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung). They have pre-loaded Ministry Of Sound/Hed Kandi content such as tracks, videos, and wallpaper
wirelessdevnet.com
01.09.08
UK charts - Katy Perry stays at number 1 in the singles and The Verve go to number 1 in the albums. Interestingly there are six new entries in the album top 10 this week
bbc.co.uk
01.09.08
Interscope recording artist Charles Hamilton is embarking on the 'The Hamiltonization Process' in association with imeem.com. The project will see him 'touring' the top hip-hop and urban music blogs
iamnotcharleshamilton.com