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• Simon Cowell dumps six year-old

  Published: August 12, 2007, 2:08 pm

  Tags: Connie Talbot, Itv, Simon Cowell, Britain S Got Talent, Sony Bmg

  tries to shift the blame to Sony BMG:My views on Connie have NOT changed. I think she's a wonderful talent. But I was persuaded by everyone at Sony BMG that she is just much too young to beembarking on a recording career."When the time is right I will be delighted to see if we can make it work."My views on Connie are still exactly the same.

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• Season six Idols begin recording debut albums

  Published: August 14, 2007, 8:01 am

  Tags: Audio Daydream, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, Jordinsparks, Lakisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, Melindadoolittle, Phil Stacey, Sabrina Sloan, Sanjaya Malakar, Sony Bmg, Stephanie Edwards, Stephaniee

  Filed under: American Idol, Alumni, News and GossipAmerican Idol's season six winner Jordin Sparks and first runner-up Blake Lewis are hitting the studios to record their individual debut albums. With possible release dates as early as Thanksgiving, America will learn soon enough if the latest batch of Idols are "turkeys" or not.Jordin said, "I'm

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• iTunes killer or MyCokeMusic2.0?

  Published: August 21, 2007, 4:08 pm

  Tags: Universal, Gbox, Downloads, Sony Bmg, Ipod, Itunes

  If we had a pound for ever iTunes/iPod killer that's launched, we'd have almost as much money as has been wasted trying to launch iTunes/iPod killers. Of all the contenders so far, GBox might stand the greatest chance so far. But it still feels a bit too scrappy to really take on Apple in a like-for-like battle: not least because it's only

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• Sony caught installing rootkits again

  Published: August 30, 2007, 8:11 am

  Tags: Sony, Computer Security, Sony Bmg

  system) on its CDs, Sony might have learned its lesson.Apparently not: it's started to include them on USB drives now, too. Oh, and is adopting the usual, blase attitude:CNET reported that a Sony spokesperson said the fingerprint reader product is no longer for sale and no other versions of the MicroVault stick contain the rootkit.So,

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• Sony BMG vs Country Radio

  Published: June 7, 2007, 11:20 pm

  Tags: News, Musicrow, Sony, Bmg, Labels, Music, Country, Radio, Publisher, Song, Writer, Songwriting, Nashville, Fargo, Moorhead, Sydney, Skyler, Company, Records, Airplay

  Now does radio have the right to spin album cuts? What do you think? I'd love to know....I am not really sure if Sony BMG knows what they want.... Sony sent a letter yesterday to country radio demanding that they cease using unauthorized works. Specifically, Tracy Lawrence's "Find Out Who Your Friends Are."

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• Eros Ramazzotti y Ricky Martin Unen Talentos

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:37 pm

  Tags: Noticias, Videos, Boricua, Eros Ramazzotti, Estaciones De Radio, Hermosillo, Italiano, Metallica, Nuevo Disco, Playera, Segunda Etapa, Sony Bmg, Vestimenta, Videoclip, Vocero, Wayne Isham

  lo representa en M xico, Sony BMG, saldr al mercado en noviembre. Los dos int rpretes trabajaron el mi rcoles y ayer en Miami en la realizaci n de este clip en un ambiente cordial y de camarader a. El video se est grabando en Miami y es con la participaci n de Ricky. El tema es No Estamos Solos, es a dueto”, afirm ayer un

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• This week's new format

  Published: September 10, 2007, 4:53 pm

  Tags: Formats, Ringtones, Sony Bmg

  Just in case the one-track CD, or USB sticks, or digital vinyl singles wasn't quite enough choice, Sony-BMG are throwing their wait behind the ringle.Yes, the ringle. A CD with two music tracks and a ringtone.A ringtone. Shouldn't that just be a giveaway extra rather than the focus of the disc?

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• Music industry has another death-spasm, coughs up "ringles"

  Published: September 10, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Cd Singles, Cdsingles, Ringles, Ringtones, Sony Bmg, Sonybmg, Universal

  and right on schedule, Sony BMG and Universal have announced their latest three-martini-and-a-cocktail-napkin plan: the "ringle," a $6 CD single featuring a remix and ringtone. There's really not much more to say -- trying to revive the CD single by adding in something that consumers are used to getting over-the-air seems like it speaks for

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• Sony BMG invent CD with mini-bar mark-up

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:18 pm

  Tags: Starwood Hotels, Sony Bmg

  BMG have signed a big deal with Sheraton Hotels that will see them somehow deliver music to the hotel chain. We're not quite sure what either side think they'll get out of this - are customers really going to think "I'll go and stay at at a Sheraton because there might just be Imogen Heap preloaded onto the telly"? Are guests going to choose

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• Phishing for bands

  Published: September 24, 2007, 1:52 pm

  Tags: Soonplatinum, Sony Bmg

  In our experience, it's not difficult to get bands to send you their unsigned demo tapes, so god alone knows why SoonPlatinum has resorted to phishing-like tactics, apparently sending out emails designed to make them look like they're coming from Sony.

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• Sony BMG chief: ripping your own CDs is stealing

  Published: October 3, 2007, 2:43 pm

  Tags: Jennifer Pariser, Ripping, Sony Bmg

  Thomas, Jennifer Pariser of Sony BMG's head of litigation, announced that she believed choosing to transfer music files to your own PC was breaking the law:When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or

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• Sony BMG: Making One Copy of a Song You Own for Yourself Is Stealing

  Published: October 3, 2007, 8:50 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Portable Media, Riaa, Sony Bmg

  head of litigation for Sony BMG, offered testimony that pretty much encapsulates everything wrong with the way the RIAA sees things. When asked if it was wrong consumers to make a single copy of music they've purchased, she responded, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a

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• Riaa: Sony BMG: Making One Copy of a Song You Own for Yourself Is Stealing

  Published: October 3, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Big 4, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Portable Media, Riaa, Sony Bmg

  head of litigation for Sony BMG, offered testimony that pretty much encapsulates everything wrong with the way the RIAA sees things. When asked if it was wrong consumers to make a single copy of music they've purchased, she responded, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a

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• Sony BMG's head lawyer says ripping CDs is "stealing"

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Lawsuit, Legal, Riaa, Sony Bmg, Sonybmg

  called Jennifer Pariser, Sony BMG's head of litigation, to testify before the jury and got her to say some incredibly incendiary things -- not least of which was her opinion that making copies of purchased music is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy.'" That viewpoint, of course, implicates pretty much every single thing

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• Music: Universal Plans Total Music Anti-iTunes Initiative With Free All-You-Can-Eat Music

  Published: October 12, 2007, 11:46 am

  Tags: Apple, Drm Free, Ipod, Itunes, Music, Sony Bmg, Universal, Warner, Warner Music Group, Zune

  it may include Universal, Sony BMG and Warner—75% of music sold in the US—and would offer a twist on the traditional download and "PlaysForSure" subscription concepts. When you buy a Total Music-supported MP3 player, you would essentially get free all-you-can-eat music. According to BusinessWeek, it works like this:[Total Music

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