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DoubleTwist, the Anti-iTunes, Teams Up With Amazon

BY Chris DannenWed Oct 7, 2009 at 12:27 PM

DoubleTwist, a fantastic little alternative to iTunes, has just become a big alternative. The Mac app is no longer just a stand-in library app: it now features music buying courtesy of Amazon, and lets you sync that music to pretty ...READ»

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Will Fans Pay Public Enemy to Make a New Album or Just Buy Old Hits on CD?

BY Tyler GrayWed Oct 7, 2009 at 6:53 AM

Rap Group Public Enemy is upending the major-label record deal routine by asking fans to finance its new album through Dutch company SellaBand. Meanwhile, Def Jam is re-releasing five discs worth of classic hits from P.E. and others in a plastic milk crate.READ»

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How Led Zeppelin Changed the Music Business [Slideshow]

BY Noah RobischonFri Oct 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM

Led Zeppelin gave meaning to the term "rock star," and changed the music business forever. In Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times, A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band, the lives of the members of the quintessential rock band are documented and captured from their Denmark debut in 1968 to their last performance in London 2007. READ»

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Three Technologies That Are Helping to Save the Music Biz

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 29, 2009 at 9:00 AM

The music biz has gone from fighting the trend of increasing technological involvement in how its product reaches the public to a tentative embrace. We're all familiar with the RIAA legal abuses of music pirates, the tussle between ...READ»

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Behind the Apple-Eminem Feud

BY Chris DannenThu Sep 24, 2009 at 11:27 AM

We wrote about Eminem's dispute with Apple yesterday. Now we've learned that Eminem is seeking $16 million in damages from Apple for selling his tracks without proper authorization, according to court documents. But Eminem made money ...READ»

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