- Geist takes ACTA battle to the Washington Post
- Canada a mecca for music industry, study posits
- Subscriptions boost XM Canada Q4 revenue growth
- International
- UMG helps Vivendi Q3 profit tumble 78%
- Activision rakes in $310M on 1st day sales in N/A, UK
- DJ Hero sells 175K copies in 1st month
- Cable fees drives Disney’s 18% Q4 gain
- This Is It hits $200M in global B/O receipts
- Norther Irish music marketing body implodes
- China’s growing indifference to US export market
- Trans World to close 125 more stores
- Vinyl, digital sales hit new peaks in US
- Technology/Marketing/Media
- Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
- Playboy stock uptick on rumour of buyer interest
- Blockbuster loss grows as revenue tips 21%
- Liberty to buy German cable firm for $5.2B
- RIM and Microsoft rumours fuel speculation
- Beatles fail to make software Top 10 in October
- As many as 35M tuned in at some point for CMA Awards
- Talent/Features
- The graph the record industry doesn’t want you to see
- Judd apologizes for snarky comments about Swift success
- Septuagenarian John Mayall on the road, plugging 57th album
- ‘Whispering Pines’ explains Canada’s influence on US folk scene
- Who tipped to play SuperBowl
- Robert Johnson’s birthplace soon to become a museum
- John Lydon slathers on the charm
- Obituaries
Today’s headlines, November 13
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