Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
San Jose, Calif. - Qtrax, the developer of a free, ad-supported music file-sharing service, has secured a deal with the last of the four major music publishers, Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) Warner/Chappell, to license its repertoire for inclusion on the Qtrax service, Wired.com reports. read more
Cnet (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Legal P2P music service must still cut licensing deal before it can offer songs from Warner Music Group.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Music News: Executive to lead media relations, communications -- Will Tanous has been promoted to executive vice president and chief communications officer for Warner Music Group.
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Photo: Getty Images Socialite designer Tory Burch is now dating Warner Music Group chief Lyor Cohen. Leven Rambin may or may not have hooked up with Shia LaBeouf at the SNL after-party he hosted. Newsweek staffers are annoyed that so many famous people attend the Time 100 gala. Beyoncé is maybe pregnant. Scarlett Johansson sang "Happy Birthday" to a friend at Indochine. Bruce Willis...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Alas, TMT readership! Worried about paying the monolithic $2.50 to Virgin Mobile for that Danity Kane ringtone you've been lusting for? Price cuts ahead! Oh-em-gee, sweet reader, the future is now! Burger King is subsidizing Warner Music Group ringtones. But, why, you ask? According to that same Billboard article, BK aims to appeal to the technological bent of us modern folk. (This assuredly...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Tina Sinatra, the singer's youngest daughter, said her family signed a new deal with the Warner Music Group Corp. allowing company to release Sinatra-inspired albums......
Music News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Music industry news from Hypebot: A hip hop Who’s Who filled TVT's list of unsecured creditors. Microsoft sent a one time “Zune Bonus” to indie labels and digital distributors. Losses at Warner Music Group widen. … Original post by Clyde
LA Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Ten years after his death, Ol' Blue Eyes is the color of money under a new deal between the family and Warner Music Group Corp. Anew era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Ten years after his death, Ol'Blue Eyes is the color of money under a new deal between the family and Warner Music Group Corp. A new era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate. The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, and the 10th anniversary is being marked with a flurry of activity, including a new U.S. postage stamp with...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Tenth anniversary of Sinatra's death brings an avalanche of marketing of Ol' Blue Eyes, with family as chairman of the boards. A new era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate.
PC World (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Warner Music Group this week confirmed rising digital sales, though still returned a loss for the quarter.
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Warner Music Group (WMG) is set to make a second investment in music/social networking site imeem , we're told. No details yet on size of the deal or valuation; we're assuming that Warner will be making a pro-rata investment as a part of a new round led by Sequoia this spring. Last year Warner invested in iMeem after settling a lawsuit with the site, which allows users to stream individual...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Warner Music Group suspended dividends Thursday after reporting that higher costs and a shift to digital music resulted in a wider second-quarter loss.
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Los Angeles - Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has added DRM-free songs to Wal-Mart's online music store, which dropped songs from Warner as well as Sony BMG and Universal Music when it decided to offer only MP3s, Hypebot reports. Wal-Mart's MP3 store now offers Warner Music MP3s alongside tracks from EMI and independent labels. read more
Moco News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mobile music remains a challenging business for Warner Music Group ( NYSE: WMG ), which reported today in its second quarter earnings ending March 31 that mobile remains "soft" as ringtone sales fell year over year in the US, and was flat sequentially internationally. The news was a repeat from Q1 earnings where WMG reported then that US ringtones had slipped, while international ringtone...
