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Warner deal sees Vodafone 100% DRM-free from major labels
While "value-added, multimedia album bundles" talked up 21 September 2009 15:25 GMT
Vodafone has announced a new deal with Warner Music - the last of the big four record companies it is to cosy up with - for DRM-free music.

That Warner has now signed on the line means that Vodafone is apparently "the first global mobile network operator to...
BT plans music subscription service
Competing with Sky 6 August 2009 13:47 GMT
BT is reportedly in early discussions with execs at all four major labels to try and build a legal music subscription service to rival the vague plans that Sky says it has about a similar initiative.

Sky says that it's reached agreements with EMI and Sony Music,...
7digital signs pan-European MP3 deal with Warner
Could fuel Spotify expansion 3 August 2009 10:36 GMT
7digital has announced that it's signed a pan-European deal with Warner Music that'll allow the former to sell MP3s from the major label across France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Portugal, in addition to the already-existing deals in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Austria...
iTunes finally goes DRM-free
Macworld 2009: Schiller's first one last thing 6 January 2009 18:32 GMT
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 be pleased to note...
Warner pulls music videos from YouTube
Over "staggeringly low" revenue sharing 22 December 2008 15:31 GMT
Warner Music Group has ordered YouTube to remove all music videos by its artists after contract renegotiations broke down, reports Reuters.

The move, that will affect hundreds of thousands of video clips, is said to be due to Warner demanding more revenue from...
VIDEO: A sneak peek at SanDisk's slotMusic player
We get a hands-on with the concept model 17 October 2008 17:56 GMT
SanDisk's CD rivalling music platform, slotMusic, isn't going to be available in the UK until early next year.

Details have already been revealed though for what albums US punters will soon be able to buy on microSD cards to slot into their slotMusic player.
Play.com signs up big four for DRM-free downloads
"We now have an offer to rival that of iTunes" 9 October 2008 11:25 GMT
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, HMV and Tesco to...
MySpace Music launches with DRM-free downloads from Amazon
US-only for now 25 September 2008 9:23 GMT
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 and artists, MySpace...
SanDisk and big four record labels launch slotMusic
Music on microSD angled as next-gen physical format 22 September 2008 10:11 GMT
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 soon available with...
7digital sees 300% sales increase from DRM-free
Downloads double for UK music site 7 July 2008 10:01 GMT
7digital.com has said that it has seen "rocketing" digital music sales following the introduction of the DRM-free MP3 download format across the Warner Music and EMI catalogues.

In March, 7digital.com was the first company in Europe to offer the Warner Music...
Warner joins Nokia "Comes with Music"
As label's tracks go live on Nokia Music Store 1 July 2008 9:05 GMT
Nokia has announced that Warner Music Group will make its song catalogue available through Nokia Music Stores as well as through "Comes with Music", the phone co's as yet unlaunched music offering.

Comes With Music is Nokia's forthcoming audio offering for...
Warner Music pulls music from last.fm
Negotiating a new agreement in the meantime 9 June 2008 16:46 GMT
Warner Music Group has pulled its music from Last.fm’s free on-demand music streaming service in an apparent dispute over compensation rates.

The online radio station has started removing Warner artists from its services according to industry website Billboard.biz.
Sony Ericsson handsets to come with Madonna album
Warner Music agreement sees "Hard Candy" handset bundles 5 June 2008 15:51 GMT
Sony Ericsson and Warner Music International have announced an agreement that will see music and mobile content from Madonna's new album "Hard Candy" sold with certain Sony Ericsson handsets across 27 countries.

From this month, a range of Sony Ericsson phones...
"PluggedIn" major music video site launches in States
10,000 videos from three of the major labels 17 April 2008 15:13 GMT
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 social networking...
Remix of Madonna's "4 minutes" exclusive to Vodafone
Geddit now for 49p 14 April 2008 13:11 GMT
Vodafone and Warner Music have announced that from today, Vodafone UK customers will be the only people in the country to have access to the "Timbaland Mobile Underground Remix" version of Madonna's "4 Minutes" single.

Downloadable from Vodafone live! for 49p,...
MySpace announces "MySpace Music" with major labels
Landmark venture with Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music 3 April 2008 16:46 GMT
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 have announced the formation...
Musicians say YouTube needs to cough up
Record labels say still waiting on payday 10 March 2008 12:53 GMT
Out of the 12 all-time most viewed YouTube clips, nine are professionally made music videos, and at least one rock video has been watched more than 75 million times.

But despite this, musicians are claiming that they are still waiting for any revenue from the...
7digital to sell DRM-free MP3s from Warner
Albums from a fiver 4 March 2008 0:05 GMT
Warner Music and 7digital have announced that MP3 music audio downloads from Warner Music are now available to
7digital.com customers in the UK, Ireland, Spain, France and Germany.

7digital.com will be, in their words, one of the first major European...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 28 January 2008 19:30 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

Today's news is dominated by the record labels as music chiefs decide to have a go at internet service providers over illegal music downloads. Also in the...
Amazon adds Warner Music to MP3 download service
DRM-free tunes from another major label 28 December 2007 8:20 GMT
In the States, Amazon.com has signed a deal to offer Warner Music Group's tunes on its music download service.

Warner Music songs are now available on Amazon "MP3" service, which lets users purchase the tunes and download them, without restrictive digital rights...
Rumour: Warner Music will not renew long-term iTunes contract
May follow Universal in a month-to-month deal 26 October 2007 11:48 GMT
Following Universal's dramatic decision to not renew its long-standing, long-term iTunes contract with Apple, The Washington Post is reporting that another major label may do the same.

The rumours suggest that Warner Music is considering following its rival...
Universal to sell singles on USB drives
And other major labels to follow 18 October 2007 9:17 GMT
In another attempt to stop the rot in the music industry, Universal Music, the world’s biggest music company, is to release singles on USB memory sticks this month, The Times reports.

The company will charge around £4.99 for USB singles starting on October...
Bands upload video immediately
Atlantic records begins uploading service to connect artists and fans online 17 April 2007 15:22 GMT
Atlantic Records is encouraging its signed bands to embrace the web by allowing them to post what they are up to via their mobile phone.

Groupies around the globe will now be able to follow thier favourite artists every move with a new initative that allows...
Warner says no to Apple's DRM ditching requests
Still wants copyright protection 9 February 2007 10:40 GMT
Warner Music is the latest music company to shun Steve Jobs's open later entitled "Thoughts on Music" asking the music industry to ditch Digital Rights Management (DRM).

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, its boss Edgar Bronfman, said Mr Job's proposal...
Google launches new options for Google Groups
More web friendly pages 24 January 2007 11:51 GMT
Google has released its latest version of Google Groups that promises to give group users their own easy-to-build home on the web for sharing and maintaining information.

The search engine come advertising company has also including tools for creating customised...