Vinyl singles making a comeback in Britain
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LONDON (Billboard) - Physical singles may be losing the war  against digital formats, but the UK market has found an  unlikely hero to lead the fight: good, old-fashioned, 7-inch  vinyl.
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The portable stereos that ruled city streets in the 1980s aren't shipping in high volumes anymore. But some sound artists are finding new ways to incorporate the devices into performances and ad-hoc radio networks. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.
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Owners of 45 per cent of US pre-recorded disc market signed
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Around 100,000 copies of the new Band Aid single were sold on its first day of release yesterday, according to estimates. Eager shoppers were queueing before stores opened to get their hands on the CD; HMV opened up an hour early to accomodate the demand.
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The tune seems to be changing ever so slowly at some record labels when it comes to DRM. Both out of consumer demand and to some extent necessity, some have begun to offer digital downloads in the unprotected MP3 format.
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EMI signalled today it was winning the war against piracy after sales of downloaded music surged six-fold over the summer. The group unveiled profits of Â£36.9million for the six months to September 30, up 9% on a year ago.
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A collector's treasure trove of more than 6 million songs -- on vinyl and CDs, in genres from rock and jazz to country and Broadway -- goes up for auction. Bidding starts at $3 million.
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People in the UK are buying and playing more games than ever before, a report has found.
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Music weekly NME may have failed in  its campaign to make the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" a  No. 1 single 30 years after it first missed the target, but EMI  still regards its accompanying vinyl reissue program as a  success.
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Compact speakers for personal music players have been around since the original Walkman. Now that mini-hard drive music machines can hold your entire collection, the product category is back with a vengeance...
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Business & money: Britain's music shops receive badly needed good news with industry figures showing British shoppers led the world in CD purchases in 2006.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Metallica, which has already put out  a documentary feature, an EP and a book this year, is getting  ready to release a boxed set of albums on vinyl.
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File-swappers in Britain are to be taken to court for trading tracks over the Internet. The crackdown by the British Phonographic Industry is the first of its kind in the UK, although the
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The first vending machines to sell music downloads will be introduced in London next month as Britons continue to turn their backs on traditional methods of buying singles.
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Compact speakers for personal music players have been around since the original Walkman. Now that mini-hard drive music machines can hold your entire collection, the product category is back with a vengeance.
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Radioheadâs âIn Rainbows,â which was previously available for free online, is on sale in record shops on Tuesday. Will anyone buy the CD?
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By Graham Brough  THE Beatles are set for a pounds 500million-a-year bonanza after settling a long dispute with computer giant Apple.  The settlement means the Fab Four's entire back catalogue will be available on iTunes at 79p a song.