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<title>Spotify reportedly prepping US Internet radio option</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/26/spotify.may.compete.with.pandora.slacker/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/spotify-androidhandson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Spotify might be gearing up a more formal Internet radio option, a pair of sources claimed Thursday.  While it already has basic radio features, the new method outlined to Bloomberg would be more akin to one like at Pandora or Slacker, where explicitly labeling it as radio would get government-regulated lower royalty rates.  The method would also purportedly get it access to artists that normally ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK gang sentenced for scamming royalties from iTunes, Amazon</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/30/music.scam.ran.for.over.a.year/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1107/itunes-newtemplate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A gang of 11 people of have been imprisoned or given suspended sentences in the UK after being convicted of scamming the Amazon and iTunes music stores out of royalty payments, according to Digital Trends.  The scheme involved uploading music to the services and then buying it with stolen and cloned credit cards.  To avoid being detected by credit card holders, the gang would never spend more than...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon's Lady Gaga promo cost $3.2m, gave it 38% album share</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/28/amazon.took.voluntary.32m.loss.on.lady.gaga.mp3s/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/bornthiswayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon's two days of its 99-cent Lady Gaga album promo were costly but may have paid off in a market share battle with iTunes, both official and unofficial sources said Friday.  Music industry contacts said that about 440,000 copies of the pop star's album sold in the two days of the promo, almost all of which were the less extensive but much cheaper sale version.  Since Amazon was still paying Un...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon intros Cloud Drive and Cloud Player [U]</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/29/now.official.for.web.android.devices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1103/amazonclouddrive.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[[Update: Sony, other media companies upset by early announcement] Amazon in the night unveiled its rumored media locker and beat Apple and Google in the process.  Cloud Drive gives users a way to store a minimum of 5GB of files on the web and access them from any Mac or PC.  The company has a unique tie-in with Amazon MP3: any songs bought through the music store are saved to the Cloud Drive and a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple sabotaging Amazon MP3's Daily Deal?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/02/record.labels.urged.not.to.participate.in.promo/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1001/itunes.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has allegedly begun urging record labels to decline participation in Amazon's Daily Deal promotions, an unnamed major-label executive told Billboard.biz. Although record labels initially did not interact with Amazon for the promotion, it has since evolved into a more complex cooperation aimed at exclusive terms and special marketing....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: Amazon MP3 has no impact on iTunes</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/15/npd.on.amazon.vs.itunes/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/amazonmp3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon's highly-touted MP3 store has had little to no effect on the success of iTunes, according to a new analysis by The NPD Group.  A study conducted by the group reveals that just 10 percent of all purchasers at Amazon MP3 are converts from Apple's service, with the rest either switching from other stores or else are new to direct-download music.  This comparatively new audience is a "healthy i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>eMusic cracks 200m, credits DRM-free surge</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/14/emusic.passes.200m/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/ipod-emusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Web-based music service eMusic today celebrated a milestone with its 200 millionth song download.  The figure was reached approximately four and a half years after the store's November 2003 launch of its MP3-based subscription service but is touted as having been accomplished without the help of most major labels, relying chiefly on independents for its content.  By comparison, Apple is known to h...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace music store unveiled today?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/04/03/myspace.music.today/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/myspacemusic-woodhands.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[MySpace's frequently rumored music download store could launch as early as today, according to a rumor put forward by CNET.  The publication claims to know sources who say that an initial announcement is planned that will expand the site's currently hands-off music section into a service that offers a combination of downloads and streams.  Mirroring past stories, the feature would allegedly let us...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MySpace crafting music service?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/02/20/myspace.music.rumor/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/myspacemusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[MySpace is currently in talks to create a music service that would offer both free and paid service, according to alleged leaks from those familiar with the negotiations.  The social networking site is reportedly securing rights from all four major music labels for a simply-titled MySpace Music service that would allow it both to provide free, streaming music from its pages as well as paid MP3 tra...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Radiohead: EMI main barrier to online music</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/12/20/radiohead.on.emi.itunes/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0712/thomyorke.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[One of the key reasons Radiohead has refrained from signing on to digital music is licensing rights, the band's lead singer Thom Yorke says in an interview with Wired.  The musician observes that the group's previous, multi-album contract with music label EMI contained virtually no clauses for digital music rights as it was struck years before digital music stores were available.  Radiohead's rele...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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