- CRTC to scrutinize another cell firm’s ownership, without hearing
- Macleans: Clement elaborates on Globalive decision
- New broadcast satellite to launch in 2012
- Feds pull plug on parody websites
- US-style cable deal not likely here, observers say
- Trio of Canadians in finals for Baseball Hall of Fame
- Canadian authors lobbying against Google book deal
- International
- Chinese cultural sector given new mandate
- GEMA agrees on new concert licensing rates
- UMG partners with Korean K-Pop firm
- French ’3 strikes’ law delayed
- Napster wants retrial
- Imeem to pay The Orchard $1.8M in copyright judgement
- India cracks down on unlicenced musical performances
- Romania cracks down on internet piracy
- Bono’s call for net policing draws widespread criticism
- Finish label halts signings in protest of lax piracy laws
- Cronkite’s voice retired at CBS
- Chinese sites establish anti-piracy fund
- Google mobile in talks with Spotify for US launch
- e-music on the block
- Live Nation closes at near 52-week high
- Technology/Marketing/Media
- A bum note for Spotifiy
- Google’s Nexus arrives today
- New platforms, gadgets to debut at CES show
- The 6 hottest trends at CES
- Toronto library system now offering free Wi-Fi
- Digital piracy hits the book industry
- DOJ pushed for more spectrum for wireless broadband
- Chrome tops Safari in browser usage
- Cinema surpasses DVD sales
- Retailers fear Simon Cowell, Harry Potter overkill
- E-commerce emerges as revenue stream for mainstream media
- Pro sports feeling pinch from the economy
- MySpace swaps Imeem playlists for ads
- Avatar soars into $1B territory
- ‘Comes With Music’ to close within a year, analyst predicts
- Networks selling programs online ahead of DVD releases
- Talent/Features
- Huffington Post: 5 music biz New Year’s resolutions
- Colin James singing the blues with Tom Wilson
- Notable music business deaths in past year
- Johnny Hallyday’s daughter in suicide attempt
- Lhasa’s death attracts widespread notice
- Canadian violinist Owen Pallett merges genres
- More free music from Vancouver Province
- Silverstein’s decade includes 4-night El Mocambo celebration
- New MJ duet with Lenny Kravitz leaked online
- Thom Yorke pens 3 songs for Tibet doc
- New Britney album to deliver ‘epic’ sound
- Thorney Bleeder Records releases another free album
- Yoko plots her autobiography
- Ke$ha makes US digital sales history
- Obituaries
- Former Remy Zero drummer Gregory Slay, aged 40
- Sandro, Argentina’s Elvis, aged 64
- Steeleye Span’s Tim Hart, aged 61
- Top Japanese singer, Masahiko Shimura, aged 29
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