At the Apple keynote at Macworld Expo 2009 in San Francisco Philip W. Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, followed absent Apple boss Steve Jobs' tradition of announcing "one last thing".

Music fans will...

Sony BMG is being sued by the US government for violating federal rules aimed at protecting the online privacy of children.

It's reported that the music company improperly accepted registrations on its music websites from users who were under...

Sony BMG will soon offer its music catalogue DRM-free on iTunes, reports suggest.

Apple rumour site 9to5Mac states on a "hunch" that the Sony record label will offer its tracks in the iTunes Plus format in the next few weeks.

Online retailer Play.com has announced that tracks and albums from all four major music labels are now available in MP3 DRM-Free format on their digital music service PlayDigital.

With the claim of beating their major UK competitors Amazon,...

MySpace, along with the big four record labels, EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group as well as Sony ATV/Music Publishing have unveiled the new, revamped "MySpace Music".

Promising a host of new features for both users...

A new physical music format has been launched by SanDisk and the big four record labels, EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group.

Dubbed "slotMusic" the format is based on the microSD cards that are due to launch...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK and O2 have announced the launch of what they describe as the first operator-supported major label mobile music store.

The store, called My Play, will offer a "full suite" of mobile music products including...

Sony is buying Bertelsmann AG out of their 50-50 music venture Sony BMG for $900 million, giving the Japanese company full ownership.

Analysts say the move will enable Sony to move more quickly as the number two player in the music industry,...

Amazon.com, Sony BMG and EMI Music have announced that they will bring back the music of hundreds of "highly coveted" out-of-print albums on CD through CreateSpace's "Disc on Demand" service that will be offered via Amazon.com.

Formerly...

Reports are suggesting that Nokia has bitten off more than it can chew with its coming later this year "Comes with Music" service.

While the service has won the support of the big music labels including Universal Music and Sony BMG (and possibly...

A new on demand music service, launched at www.we7.com, gives music fans access to over 500,000 tracks from Sony BMG and a variety of independent artists and labels, "legally, safely and in a format they want".

Music fans can listen now to...

Nokia has announced that Sony BMG has officially joined up to the forthcoming Nokia "Comes With Music" service, so far supported by one other major record label - Universal.

"This initiative represents a critical new way of gaining access...

A new video music website has been launched into beta by the music industry in the States, called PluggedIn.

The site offers over 10,000 high resolution music videos by major names, as well as music news, blogs, photos, artist profiles and...

The long running rumours have borne fruit - MySpace has made a major move into the online music market.

The social networking site and three of the world's largest music companies, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group...

Mobile operator 3 has announced the launch of the first ad supported, commercial mobile music video service in conjunction with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.

The service, powered by Rhythm NewMedia, is available to all 3 UK customers and...