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LONDON -- British newcomer Lily Allen scored a leading four nominations Tuesday for the 2007 Brit Awards, whose nominees reflect Britain's bumper crop of new talent. Allen is up for [...]

In a bad case of deja vu for the Sony-BMG merger, suddenly it's 2004 all over again. Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann may need to reseek regulatory approval for their 2-year-old [...]

LONDON -- Sanctuary Group's new leaders say they plan a fresh era of financial vigilance, with a focus on the company's strengths rather than its much-vaunted '360-degree' business model. 'I […]

LONDON -- 'I haven't ever seen this sort of impact for a new band,' HMV U.K. & Ireland head of music Phil Penman says. The comment from Britain's leading music [...]

LONDON -- The European independent labels sector has long been critical of the Sony-BMG merger. Now the major label is rolling out its own international division with a mission of [...]

LISBON, Portugal -- MTV Networks Europe introduced elements to its Nov. 3 Europe Music Awards show here that it hopes will broaden the scope of the annual gala going forward. [...]

With a new home and a fresh outlook, organizers of the 17th annual Popkomm are consolidating its position as Europe's biggest summer music conference. As the trade fair enters the [...]

The U.K. government's Office of Fair Trading has approved Clear Channel Entertainment's rival Mean Fiddler Music Group. A representative of the regulatory body confirms that it cleared the takeover proposal [...]

LONDON--EMI Group is looking to the virtual world for answers to a real-world problem. Faced with declining record sales, the publicly listed major is looking for digital music sales to [...]

LONDON -- British independent music companies hope to waken the sleeping giant that is China's music market. Through collaboration among record companies, government and business partners, an office has opened [...]

EMI's Gorillaz -- a band made up of four cartoon characters and masterminded by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlitt--are preparing for another climb up the global charts. Co-produced by the [...]

LONDON -- While many record companies are consolidating or eliminating labels, EMI Music U.K. is doing the opposite. The British company--one of the main suppliers of talent for EMI's global [...]

LONDON -- The Glastonbury Festival is going back to its roots. Founder and organizer Michael Eavis has declared that 2006 will be a 'fallow' year, in which the iconic event [...]

LONDON -- What is Gwen Stefani waiting for? The best possible deal, perhaps. In a sign of the changing times, major-label artist Stefani has signed on with an independent British [...]

LONDON -- For the first time, Europe's live music community will speak with a clear, unified voice. The sector's leaders have established a trade body, the European Live Music Forum, [...]

Robert Sillerman is on the move again, as his growing CKX entertainment empire gets a big boost from the acquisition of Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment. British music industry entrepreneur Fuller [...]

Having played a critical role in the rise of 1990s U.K. indie powerhouse Creation Records, label executive Dick Green has a new international hit in British rock act Bloc Party. [...]

LONDON -- The British industry is preparing for the biggest overhaul of its weekly singles chart in decades, as it moves to incorporate download sales along with the physical format. [...]

LONDON -- Tony Wilson is ready to score again. The veteran British music personality, broadcaster and agitator--whose unconventional career was the subject of the film '24 Hour Party People'--has established [...]

LONDON -- The wealth of new British talent that emerged in 2004 received a ringing endorsement at the 2005 Brit Awards. Of the 17 trophies handed out at the Feb. [...]

LONDON -- With a 360-degree business model that continues to spin new revenue streams, Sanctuary Group appears poised for organic growth. The independent British music company on Jan. 27 reported [...]

LONDON -- The nominations for the 25th Brit Awards, unveiled here Jan. 10, were greeted by the music industry as the most credible in years. The awards, branded Brits25 with [...]

LONDON -- Europe's leading music executives and top policy-makers have a lot to catch up on. When the record industry gathers next summer in Brussels for the IFPI Platinum Europe [...]

LONDON -- European regulators' decision to investigate Apple Computer s iTunes download service in the United Kingdom could yield benchmark data for Europe's download market. The British Office of Fair […]

Europe's independent label community is hoping that an ambitious new legal action will bring about a sea change in the way European regulators deal with mergers. On behalf of its […]

LONDON -- The British public's appetite for music shows little sign of waning, but the methods of consumption in the world's third-biggest music market are changing. New statistics from labels […]

ROME -- Even before the dust settled on the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards, held here Nov. 18, organizers had begun work on next year's event. 'I have decided on […]

LONDON -- An all-star rerecording of the 1984 hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' is generating extraordinary interest in Britain before it has even hit retailers' shelves. The Band Aid […]

AMSTERDAM -- After a couple of years of depression, the worst may be over for the European dance music sector. The consensus at the ninth Amsterdam Dance Event, Europe's main […]

LONDON -- North Americans received the lion's share of the nominations for this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, to be held Nov. 18 in Rome. Hip-hop act OutKast leads with […]

LONDON -- The British music industry is--for the most part--confident that the launch of its first official download chart marks the coming of age for the digital business in Great […]

LONDON--The British record industry is optimistic that a fresh government pledge to tackle the counterfeit trade will be backed by firm action. The British government unveiled its strategy to fight […]

LONDON -- Independent British-based publisher Kobalt Music Group has inked an exclusive administration deal with Detroit's 8 Mile Style Music for its hitmaking songwriters Luis Resto and Steve King. Through […]

LONDON -- In the absence of any merger propositions, EMI Group is confidently banking on what chairman Eric Nicoli described as a 'strong' second-half artist release schedule to meet its […]

FRANKFURT -- MTV executives say they are confident regulators will approve parent company Viacom's proposed acquisition of German broadcaster Viva Media within 90 days. American media 1giant Viacom confirmed plans […]

LONDON -- A new Anglo-American power player is set to emerge in the digital music marketplace. Seattle-based Loudeye is in the final stages of acquiring On Digital Distribution, the pioneering […]

LONDON -- By adding the United Kingdom, Germany and France to its roster June 14, Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store is now available in markets representing more than 60% of […]

The rollercoaster that is EMI Group's stock price has lost none of its power to surprise. The London-based company revealed May 24 that it had outperformed the music industry for […]

LONDON -- When EMI Music Publishing's European executives gather next month on the Mediterranean island Majorca, a new management team will be calling the shots. It will be the first […]

LONDON -- What once was a $40 billion business is now down to $32 billion. The global recorded-music business experienced another downturn in 2003, bringing the industry back to a […]

LONDON--Diesel is getting to know its customers' music tastes. Through a worldwide marketing campaign with Warner Music International (WMI), the Molvena, Italy-based clothing label is encouraging its typically young clientele […]

LONDON -- 'We should thank our collective parents for bestowing on us the gift of rock.' There was some British irony in this one-liner from the Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins […]

The Darkness confirmed its status as Britain's new favorite rock band at the Brit Awards last night at London's Earls Court, taking three major trophies. The band--which led the nominations [...]

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has launched CIS Net, a database of musical works that will interconnect its 209 member societies. During Midem yesterday in [...]

Digital music will claim 33% of the global music market by 2008, analysts said Saturday at MidemNet in Cannes. During a presentation called 'Get out of the Plastic Business,' Josh [...]

NEW YORK -- The recording industry posted its third consecutive year of dwindling sales in 2003, but publicly traded companies with music ties were a hit with investors. Indeed, the […]

Echoing much of the stock market in 2003, publicly traded companies with ties to music showed signs of life among investors over the last year. Many music-related media, retail and [...]

LONDON -- The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is sending signals to consumers who exchange unauthorized music through illicit peer-to-peer networks in Europe that it is now prepared to […]

Legal action against European consumers who exchange music over P2P networks is inevitable, the IFPI has warned. In a newsletter published yesterday, IFPI chairman/CEO Jay Berman hints that the group [...]

LONDON -- The Chrysalis Group is confident that uncertainty concerning the major labels may yet prove a blessing in disguise. With three of the five majors involved in pending mergers […]