Apple May Offer Free Music To iPod, iPhone Users (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Apple May Offer Free Music To iPod, iPhone Users (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Apple Inc. is in talks with record labels over a deal to give iPhone and iPod customers free access to the iTunes music library if they pay extra for the devices.

Chris Tomlin won male vocalist of the year and Natalie Grant was awarded female vocalist honors during Wednesday’s 39th annual Dove Awards, which celebrate the best in gospel music.

Tejano music star Emilio Navaira, who suffered a serious head injury in a bus accident, began rehabilitation on Wednesday in what his doctor called an important step in his recovery.

Mark Hall, vocalist and songwriter for the Christian group Casting Crowns, is the leading nominee for Wednesday’s Dove Awards, which celebrates the best in gospel music.

Finnish cell phone vendor battles Apple’s iPhone and iTunes with two new XpressMusic smartphones and a recently opened music store.

Microsoft’s decision effectively places an expiration date of about three to five years on song libraries that MSN Music customers thought they had purchased for life.

GetBack Media, a social network targeted at people over age 35, is set to launch Wednesday stocked with music and TV content.

What happens when you put musicians, promoters, journalists and music fans in one room? Schmoozing, boozing and, if the nominees are lucky, not losing — those are the highlights of the Detroit Music Awards, happening on Friday night at the Fillmore Detroit.

Nokia, the world’s leading mobile phone maker, said Tuesday that music company Sony BMG had agreed to join Nokia’s music service programme, giving Nokia device users access to music published by Sony BMG.

Sony Corp. of America will buy Gracenote, which made its name with software that identifies digital music files, for about…

Nokia will offer free 12-month access to music from artists of Sony BMG, the world’s second-biggest label, to buyers of its particular music phones, the world’s top cellphone maker said on Tuesday.

The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) unveiled on Tuesday two new music phones to add to its XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5320 and the Nokia 5220.

Sony BMG just became the second recording label to join Nokia’s mobile music platform and service.

Cousins Florida and Daniel Jaimes grew up rich in music. But the two seniors needed help from the community to fulfill their dreams of studying it in college.

A federal magistrate has ruled that eight Ohio State University students can be dropped from a music-piracy lawsuit, but their victory might be short-lived.

Ed Cash won songwriter of the year honors and his composition “Made to Worship” was named song of the year Saturday at BMI’s 2008 Christian Music Awards.

Not content to let MySpace, iLike and Facebook take all the online music thunder, Buzznet is roaring into the Music 2.0 market with a vengeance.

One of the biggest new-media sensations to emerge from last year were music-related widgets — mini-applications that allowed members of social networking services like MySpace or Facebook to customize their profiles with such music features as streamed playlists and tour calendars with links to ticket sales.

There’s only one Howard Stern, but music formats offered by satellite radio broadcasters Sirius and XM frequently overlap.

As he prepares to release his third album in as many years, R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo says he is “a little bored” with urban music.

BELVIDERE | When Charlie Zetterstrom began teaching music at Belvidere High School five years ago, the instrumental program had 10 students. Now there are 115 students in instrumental alone and half of the school’s 570 students are part of a music program.

Success in the music industry is usually tied to excess, whether that means selling millions of CDs created from resource-consuming plastics or performing on huge, elaborate stages transported by gas-gulping semis.

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More than 9.1 million viewers tuned in for the premiere and repeat telecasts of this week’s Country Music Television awards.

If music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, as the English dramatist William Congreve wrote about three centuries ago, yesterday it did something even more remarkable: It quieted a concert hall packed with 2,500 fourth-graders.

Amazons digital download store has become the distant No. 2 to Apple, according to NPD. Other data show that people still borrow and steal music more often than they buy it.

Will Universal’s big investment ruin music blog Buzznet’s reputation?

MySpace climbs into bed with the major labels to put together a service that promises all things to all music fans — and could reinvent the music industry.

Nokia prepares to launch Australia’s first subscription music service as it seeks to use its mobile industry clout to topple Apple’s iTunes.

As we reported first two weeks ago, Universal Music has officially announced its investment in music social network and destination Buzznet…the size was not disclosed, but we reported a total investment of up to $25 million, which includes other investors as well. This partnership marks one of the first times that a label will be directly involved in developing editorial programming for a …

Music video by Rihanna performing Don’t Stop The Music
with T. E. Hermansen, M. S. Eriksen, T. Dabney, M. Jackson
(C) 2007 The Island Def Jam Music Group

Just 10% of Amazon.com’s MP3 customers had previously bought digital music from Apple’s online store, an NPD Group survey reveals.

Organizers of one of Britain’s best-known music festivals on Tuesday defended their decision to book Jay-Z as their headline act after Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher blamed the rapper for disappointing ticket sales.

Organizers of one of Britain’s best-known music festivals on Tuesday defended their decision to book Jay-Z as their headline act after Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher blamed the U.S. rapper for disappointing ticket sales.

To Angelo Brocato, the upcoming New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival isn’t just about good music. It’s also an important harbinger of the city’s recovery.

The social network hopes to attract fans with free music videos. A Santa Monica company whose investors include actor Will Smith is launching a website Wednesday that offers 10,000 high-quality music videos and concerts for free.

The Pacifica’s interpretations at the Menil Collection of the Elliott Carter string quartets had the depth of feeling and vivid dramatic shape of top-notch music-making.

– Potential California Taxes on Digital Music: Didn’t really happen, but could: a controversial proposal in the California State Assembly would have extended the state’s sales tax to include digital downloads of media, but was narrowly defeated in a hearing. Assemblyman Charles M. Calderon estimated that the additional taxes could bring $500 million in annual additional revenue, but others have …

It’s the end of the line for the Soul Train Music Awards, which have largely been ignored by the African-American stars the event aims to honor.

– Potential California Taxes on Digital Music: Didn’t really happen, but could: a controversial proposal in the California State Assembly would have extended the state’s sales tax to include digital downloads of media, but was narrowly defeated in a hearing.

The Doors - When The Music’s Over performed live

Apple talking to labels about unlimited music: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Apple talking to labels about unlimited music: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Apple is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said.