FACE THE MUSIC November 28, 2009 Features Terra Firma's recent offer to inject £1 billion ($1.7 billion) into EMI Group was a bold move by the U.K. private-equity firm to shore up its investment in the struggling major label. » Full Story
DOLLARS AND SENSE November 28, 2009 Features Top media executives and decision-makers gathered to share their thoughts on the challenges facing the industry at the third annual Media and Money Conference presented by Nielsen and Dow Jones, which was held Nov. 12-13 at New York's Roosevelt Hotel. (See Backbeat, page 58.) » Full Story
BITS & BRIEFS November 28, 2009 Features MixMatchMusic Unveils DIY App Service... Universal Teams With Nokia For New Release Promos... Sales of Stand-Alone Web Radios Expected To Surge... » Full Story
'REALITY' BYTES November 28, 2009 Features Ask any label executive what new technology excites them most and many of them will have the same, ready answer: augmented reality. » Full Story
LEGAL MATTERS November 28, 2009 Features Was the recording industry's litigation campaign against individual file sharers a legitimate use of the federal courts to seek redress for the devastating effects of Internet-based copyright infringement? » Full Story
HOW TO: CREATE A GREAT ARTIST WEB SITE November 28, 2009 Features It's easy for bands to simply rely on MySpace and Facebook for their online presence. But a well-designed Web site offers almost limitless opportunities for fan interaction, communication and monetization that social networks can't. » Full Story
GET IN LINE: APPLE IN JAPAN November 28, 2009 Features 2001: Apple's launch of the iPod raises the company's profile in Japan to new levels. The hard-drive music player successfully cuts into sales of Sony's MiniDisc and Discman players, which had long dominated Japan's portable audio market. » Full Story
CEASE FIRE November 28, 2009 Features Warring factions at Italian publishers and authors' society SIAE have called an uneasy truce after the re-election of president Giorgio Assumma—but members warn the society's financial performance must improve if the peace is to hold. » Full Story
HERE AND NOW November 28, 2009 Features At first, singer/songwriter Coffey Anderson just wanted a way to save his voice. » Full Story
THE MIRACLE WORKERS November 28, 2009 Features Once upon a time, a publicist's job definition was simple: send out press releases and coordinate interviews. But now, in addition to getting ink, the role of the indie music publicist has grown and evolved to include strategy, marketing and sponsorship coordination. » Full Story
EN BREVE November 28, 2009 Features Paez Signs Pub Deal... LaMadrid Upped At Telemundo... Another Top Bow For Santa Rosa... » Full Story
THE BILLBOARD Q&A: TINA SHAFER November 28, 2009 Features Inspired by the famed songwriter rounds at Nashville's Bluebird Café, the New York Songwriters Circle has long provided a home for the city's local acoustic scene. » Full Story
DEAD AIR November 28, 2009 Features A fight over performance royalties has come to a head in Costa Rica, where the government has sided with the country's broadcasters and is not enforcing a performance rights law for artists and labels. » Full Story
GOOD WORKS November 28, 2009 Features Pixies frontman Black Francis may have his hands full balancing family life, an ongoing Pixies tour and a solo career, but it didn't take much convincing for him to participate in a benefit for 9-month-old Winston Bertrand, who was born with lymphatic and venous malformations. » Full Story
COMING ATTRACTIONS November 21, 2009 Features After playing a handful of supporting roles in movies like "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," Dave Matthews will soon appear on the big screen in a starring role as himself. » Full Story
RANK AND FILE November 21, 2009 Features Starting next month, the Billboard 200 will shift from a ranking of the top-selling current albums in the United States to an all-inclusive list of the top-selling albums in the country, regardless of release date. » Full Story
COUNTRY COMFORT November 21, 2009 Features Year to date, country album sales in the United States have totaled 35.2 million, down just 0.9% from the same period last year, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That compares with a 13.2% year-to-date plunge in overall album sales. » Full Story
PUNCHING TICKETS November 21, 2009 Features Few topics in the touring business generate as much impassioned debate as the humble concert ticket. » Full Story
HOT SALSA November 21, 2009 Features Following the acquisition of all its assets by Codigo Group last May, Fania, the most recognizable name in tropical music, is poised for a new phase. The label has revamped its logo, launched a renewed marketing push and remastered and digitized much of its catalog. » Full Story
EN BREVE November 21, 2009 Features Several acts including David Bisbal and Gilberto Santa Rosa spontaneously sang for reporters in the media room during the Latin Grammy Awards, and conversation was also lively, beginning with Enrique Iglesias, who was there to introduce Person of the Year Juan Gabriel. » Full Story
PRINCELY SUMS November 21, 2009 Features El Trono de Mexico's latest studio album has spent the last 52 weeks on Billboard's regional Mexican albums chart, with only two of those weeks outside the top 10. » Full Story
INSIDE TRACK November 21, 2009 Features A relatively light year of touring for Widespread Panic has let the band concentrate on a new album to follow up the 2008 "Free Somehow." » Full Story
TALK RADIO November 14, 2009 Features With the passage of the Performance Rights Act by the U.S. House and Senate judiciary committees, the recording industry has come closer than ever to having the issue of radio performance royalties reach the floor of Congress. » Full Story
TUNING IN TO TUNES November 14, 2009 Features The overarching theme of the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film and TV Music Conference was that it isn't just music supervisors who recognize the value of music in TV and film—it's now common knowledge among creative talent, producers and network executives. » Full Story
HOME FRONT November 14, 2009 Features R. Kelly Kicks Off Billboard/Our World Live Online Concert Series... Madonna Takes top Honors at Billboard Touring Awards... » Full Story
VEXING VISAS November 14, 2009 Features Tour managers and producers are warning that stricter enforcement of U.S. immigration regulations is complicating efforts by overseas artists to schedule live gigs in the States. » Full Story
REACH FOR THE 'SKY' November 14, 2009 Features The Pay-TV giant BSkyB's launch of its music subscription service Sky Songs is expected to increase the pressure on a host of rival U.K. companies that are due to roll out competing products in the coming months. » Full Story
WHEN I WRITE THE BOOK November 14, 2009 Features While label executives occasionally write books about the record business, it's far rarer to see someone from music retailing knock out a tome about record stores. » Full Story
FAST, CHEAP AND IN CONTROL November 14, 2009 Features A sprinkling of bang for a handful of bucks. That's what Universal Music Latin Entertainment has planned for the fourth quarter, with a new EP series designed to capture the noncommittal hit-seeker. » Full Story
BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT November 14, 2009 Features Just about every digital music service is offering artists and labels some insight into how users access their music. This often takes the form of "artist dashboards" that automatically compile traffic statistics and user information for songs, videos and other content. » Full Story
BITS & BRIEFS November 14, 2009 Features Ex-Yahoo Music Execs Acquire Microsoft... Metallica Teams With 'Tap Tap Revenge'... Mocospace, Nellymoser Plan Mobile Music App... » Full Story
POWER TO THE PEOPLE November 14, 2009 Features In this age of satellite and Internet radio, it's easy to underestimate the importance of small, noncommercial terrestrial radio stations to independent artists. » Full Story
6 QUESTIONS WITH VLADO MELLER November 14, 2009 Features For the past three decades, Vlado Meller has mastered albums for acts like Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Duran Duran, Metallica, BeyoncÉ and Kanye West. » Full Story
THE BILLBOARD Q&A: DONALD PASSMAN November 14, 2009 Features Donald PassmanAttorney/ AuthorThe author of 'All You Need to Know About the Music Business' updates his classic.When attorney Donald Passman was teaching a course on the music business at the University of Southern California in the late '80s, he realized that his class notes for that year would make a pretty good outline for a book. » Full Story
FILM & TV MUSIC CONFERENCE November 14, 2009 Features The Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Music conference was held Oct. 29-30 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. » Full Story
