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The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Funny Thing About MySpace MySpace started out as a way to gauge young adult popularity, but now it is democratizing entire industries. Ignore at your own risk, Corporate America.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner's Rising Sun It is the dawning of a new day for Warner Music Group. The company kicked off its new e-label in a daring way. This could be a financial windfall for Warner.
The Motley Fool July 5, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Stocks That Will Rock Your World Some stocks that sound good today will sound even better in the future. As the broadband migration advances, the music industry faces a total makeover. Instead of EMI and Sony dominating, think Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!
InternetNews December 4, 2007 Kenneth Corbin	MySpace The Music (Video) Exchange MySpace today announced the launch of a new music program that will deliver exclusive videos of performances by popular recording artists.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution.
Wired November 2005 Jeff Howe	The Hit Factory How MySpace has become the MTV for the Net generation.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	That's Just Stupid, Warner There's been a falling-out between Warner Music Group and Google's YouTube. The major music label pulled its artists' videos from the popular video-sharing site, presumably over a licensing dispute.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Radiohead's Sonic Boom Radiohead will allow its fans to pay whatever they like for its newest album, available on the Web, giving fans the opportunity to cut out the middleman and deal directly with their favorite bands. Is this the future of music?
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple's Five-Finger Discount Albums are getting cheaper on iTunes if you bought a single.
PC Magazine November 14, 2007 Dan Costa	The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Social Networking Keeps It Reel MySpace launches a film and funny-video site to rattle the video-hungry portals. Investors, keep an eye on the traffic that MySpace generates in these new areas.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CNET's Encore MP3.com gets a second shot at stardom.
InternetNews September 5, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	MySpace Helps Musicians Sell Out Now all those MySpace musicians can find out if anyone is actually willing to pay to listen.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away Warner Music Group is part of an archaic industry that has been suffering in recent years. Is it time to get rid of this stock?
InternetNews April 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	MySpace Music Goes Mainstream MySpace announced its long-awaited joint music venture this morning, unveiling details about a far-ranging service it will offer in partnership with three of the four major record labels.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Rock On, Facebook The social-networking site may be prepping a music platform.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax	SNOCAP's Indie Spirit Giving indie labels a better form of distribution is as significant as allowing artists to sell directly to fans, another possible effect if MySpace's music commerce initiative really takes off.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CBS Records Is Back, Jack The media giant gets back in touch with its musical roots. The label's focus will be digital distribution through its own CBSRecords.com site, as well as through Apple's iTunes.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	MySpace Faces the Music Warner Music Group and Sony BMG are close to signing a deal that will create new revenue channels in ad-supported music and music videos, pay-per-downloads, and mobile phone delivery. EMI and Universal are likely to follow suit with MySpace.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Amazon Catches a Coldplay Marking down Coldplay is Amazon's trap for digital-music lovers.
InternetNews November 7, 2008 Susan Kuchinskas	The Future of Music in the Web 2.0 Era MySpace and Warner Music Group partnership could be the shape of digital music to come.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Bobbing for Apple Is there room for Apple to charge more for tracks? Probably, but does Universal want to be the one to open up that Pandora's Box?
The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Anders Bylund	Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Competitors Look to Take a Bite out of Apple Three new music downloading initiatives could threaten iTunes' dominance. Apple, which now generates 45% of its revenue from its iPod/iTunes division, and its investors could find themselves between a rock and a hard place.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Alyce Lomax	SNOCAP's Snowball Effect? MySpace's musical venture with SNOCAP, a digital licensing and copyright management service, underlines changes underway. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2007 Alyce Lomax	The Music Industry's Downward Spiral Another musician has gone from turntables to turning the tables on the music industry. Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor announces that the band has liberated itself from record labels.
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BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Steve Rosenbush	Hey, Come To This Site Often? MySpace's networking portal has a cool factor MSN and Yahoo! can't match.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple's Big Little Voice Variable pricing has a big impact on music sales at Apple.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The RIAA's Win Is Yet Another Loss Another courtroom "victory" makes the music suits even more like Kobe Bryant.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month.
Wired September 2006 Jeff Howe	No Suit Required Terry McBride has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of the fans and the bands, and the business will take care of itself.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Apple Being Drowned Out? Google or Amazon aren't going to overtake Apple in digital music anytime soon. However, as digital rights crater and variable pricing prompts comparison shopping, the iTunes ecosystem may not be as solid as it used to be.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Warner's Digital Groove Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2007 Alyce Lomax	5 Things I Learned From Grinderman How buying one music disc brought about five observations about the music industry, both in its physical and digital formats.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple Strikes a Chord Apple and EMI are hooking up to promote unlocked digital downloads. Is EMI an unlikely first mover among its major-label brethren? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Apple Ain't The Beatles If Apple is a band, it's probably not The Beatles. Sorry. Aim lower. A lot lower.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Music Industry Gets Nailed Again The Nine Inch Nails' new four-volume instrumental album, Ghosts I-IV, was released Sunday night in digital form.
InternetNews January 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Sony BMG Opens DRM-Free Content to Amazon Sony BMG's move gives Amazon a new boost in its quest to upend iTunes, but where do the record labels' priorities' really lie?
AskMen.com Steve Richer	How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Kicking Axe and Taking Names The music label turned heads when CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. lashed out at Activision's Guitar Hero and Viacom's Rock Band over licensing.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Plan B for News Corp. If it can't catch up to Facebook as a social network, News Corp. may as well be the leader in social music or music discovery sites.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Sing a New Song If the playing field has been leveled, why are online music sites so out of tune? The recording industry continues to move toward digital distribution. Yet the Internet has also given unheard musicians a platform for getting noticed, while technology has made home recording affordable.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Amazon.com Cranks Up the Music Amazon, the country's leading online retailer, will launch its eagerly anticipated MP3 store in three weeks. The company will be selling songs in the MP3 format, free of digital rights management. Will it take a bite out of Apple?
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	I Guess iLike This Acquisition by MySpace News Corp. digs deeper into digital music, buying iLike, a music-discovery app with a social networking angle that's been a hit on Facebook for two years.
AskMen.com Craig Mazin	5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling.