November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006

anniversary.

has released over 200 albums and continues to passionately support new and original music made in Iceland. Mojo online claims this is all genres including tracks with The Sugarcubes, Bjork and Sigur Ros.

iTunes, eMusic and Napster all are featuring a compilation on their front pages which provide a look at the last 20 years.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. You've probably got a little extra surfing time on you hands today as you smartly avoid the holiday rush.

Unfortunately, it's also a slow news day. So in addition to the stories below take a minute to vote in our Zune poll (in the right hand column) and to read some archived articles. A few of the most popular are listed in the next post down.

We've been teaching this mantra for several hears and now the NY Times agrees. The older demo has suddenly become the darlings of the music business because they have more disposable income and a general aversion to downloads. Now even the AARP is getting into the act.

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MSN Radio had relaunched using Pandora song customization technology. ( )
Habbo Hotel with it's 7 million distinct young users monthly and other teen sites are drawing interest from music marketers and bands including U2. ( )
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Proposed tougher Australian rights protection legislation is drawing sharp criticism.

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R.I.P - Delta blues legend Robert Lockwood Junior.

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HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING! Here are a few of the post over the last year that were most popular with our readers. Many are worth re-reading.

In no particular order they include:

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- You have to go through a lot of crap on YouTube to get anything good. —David Poltrack, Chief Research Officer, CBS and more quotes from the Future Of Television Conference. ( )
- Digital music sales not showing much recent growth.

( via Digital Music News) And we wonder if restrictive and incompatible DRM, devices and stores and the lack of variable pricing is hurting sales growth?
- Sony BMG apparently does not believe in the long tail of classical music as the head of Sony BMG Masterworks and some staff depart and the division gets absorbed. ( )
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writes on why MySpace will likely settle the Universal lawsuit rather than fight it:

if (MySpace attorney) Chernin is truly dedicated to the cause of copyright protection, rather than holding up the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as a defense to skirt any responsibility MySpace has, he would argue for an amendment to the law. When the legislation was enacted in the late '90s, lawmakers didn't anticipate a world in which content could be shared with millions across social networks as easily as it is today.

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..Of course, it also might be a tall order to make changes to the law.

Given that challenge -- and Chernin's own high principles -- I'd imagine he'd hold MySpace to the same high standard.

That's why this case is more likely to settle than be protracted and dirty.

Less than 1% of content items played by iPod users on either iTunes or the device itself were videos. Among video iPod users, that percentage barely improves, up to 2.2%.

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Emusic is approaching its 100 millionth mp3 download and The Barenaked Ladies promise an original song for the person who downloads the milestone track. ( )
extends it's empire with the new release blog. ( )
The sale of Clear Channel's radio stations could effect ownership caps.

( ) Some shareholders are suing to block the sale stating the price is too low. ( )
Worthy Click: Recording Industry Vs. The People.

A lawyer's blog devoted to the RIAA's lawsuits of intimidation brought against ordinary working people. ( )
The NY Times looks at how DRM is confusing the consumer and hurting the growth of digital music The article offers consumers some alternatives. ( )
FREE THE IPOD!

New software promises to unlock tunes bought on iTunes. ( )
- Yusaf aka Cat Stevens' first CD in 15 years carries a healing message. ( ) Amazon has a BBC performance .

Has UK cell provider 3 found the secret to getting consumers to embrace streaming media and mobile content on their cells? Hint: Low flat pricing plus ads. ( ) 3 also published a report that claims mobile music sales will overtake computer downloads within 5 years.

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