BPI to offer fund to help indie labels affected by the fire
14:47 | Friday August 12, 2011
The BPI is to make £100,000 available to indie lables affected by the fire at the Sony DADC distribution centre on Monday night.
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Label news
Coldplay to release fifth album in October
13:58 | Friday August 12, 2011
Coldplay’s fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto, the follow up to 2008’s Viva La Vida, will be released on October 24 by Parlophone.
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FreeIndie launches online shop
11:12 | Friday August 12, 2011
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Financial crisis could halt EMI sale
18:45 | Thursday August 11, 2011
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Edge made RCA CEO
Thursday August 11, 2011
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1.5million discs destroyed in Sony warehouse fire
11:14 | Thursday August 11, 2011
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CD warehouse instigates contingency plan
Wednesday August 10, 2011
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Was appointed to Blue Note creative officer
16:08 | Tuesday August 9, 2011
Record Label Focus
EDITORIAL: R.E.M hints show label release is not always automatic for the people
Saturday July 16, 2011
The fact that R.E.M are even contemplating the possibility of self-releasing their next album speaks volumes about how an increasing number of acts believe they no longer need the support of a label.
INTERVIEW: Martin Kierszenbaum, CEO of Cherrytree Records
18 June 2011
From the post room to A&R; supremo, label head and hit writer for Lady GaGa, Music Week's Stephen Jones hears the story of the rise to the top of the tree of a music business polymath.
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Ninja Tune signs Raffertie
Thursday April 14, 2011
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4AD signs Zomby
April 16 2011
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Mute signs Apparat
Wednesday April 6, 2011
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EMI signs Rise To Remain for world
Wednesday March 16, 2011
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Regional sales breakdown: Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
Monday March 14, 2011
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Armada declared best global record label
Friday March 11, 2011
