- 24-7 Ent. has a Rhino of a deal in Canada
- Rogers argues against fee-for-carriage, cites trade irritant
- XM Radio makes good with out-of-court royalty settlements
- CBC Radio Orchestra reborn as National Radio Orchestra
- CRTC oversight to settle strife-ridden campus FM, CKLN
- Network TV profits fell 92% in 08, to $8M
- Liverpool, NS approved for community radio station
- CAB lobbies Ottawa for digital framework
- U2 joins Elvis at 999 Yonge St. for TV taping
- International
- Abbey Rd. limps to #1 in US with 89K sales; catalogue shifts 600K
- EMI throws a wrench into Google Books settlement
- MRI reports $5M payout to publishers from streamed audio licences
- Coldplay plagiarism suit dismissed by judge
- Billboard expands into Korean market
- FCC takes another peep at Janet Jackson wardrobe ‘malfunction’
- IP alliance pressing hard for ISP policing in UK
- UK Music coalition backs down on ISP disconnect demand
- Revised French download law passes lower house
- Blockbuster could be closing as many as a thousand stores
- Universal unveils Harry Potter theme park
- Rupert Murdoch ruminates at Goldman Sachs conference
- Study: 92% of Americans listen to radio weekly
- Technology/Marketing
- TV manufacturers pushing 3D at home
- Activision ponders a ‘Guitar Hero’ free of consoles
- Colbert site to stream musical guests
- Talent/Features
- Death by digital: Music retailers speak out
- Chicken Soup for the Soul reborn as songwriters storybook
- Lily Allen’s filesharing editorial in The Times of London
- Mick Taylor denies he plans to sue the Stones
- American Idiot, the musical, opens in Berkeley today
- Toby Keith voted songwriter/artist of the decade
- Bobby Rydell makes news with DUI charge
- White Stripes Canadian tour doc premieres at TIFF
- Kayne West/Lady GaGa Fame Kills tour a vanishing act?
- Obituaries
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