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JupiterResearch reports that social networking sites such as MySpace "generate more community-related music activity than Yahoo! Music, AOL Music or MTV.com. According to a new JupiterResearch report, "Music and Community: Low Cost, Authentic Promotion," 48 percent of music discoverers find out about music from friends."

David Card, Vice President and Senior Analyst at JupiterResearch and author of the report said "Music marketers should leverage community sites, such as MySpace, to recreate the feel of personal recommendations of friends, not only are these sites free, but they can be effective music discovery tools."

The report uses the music group The Black Eyed Peas as a case study on MySpace, Yahoo! Music, AOL Music and MTV.com. MySpace overwhelmingly outperformed all the others by far as it generated hundreds of thousands of "friends" of the band, and profile views and song views in the millions. The mainstream music sites had numbers only in the hundreds on the best of them.

In the music and entertainment part of their business, Sony (SNE) has not been able to find its way for a long time. It hasn't helped that they have been having a huge battle with their European partner BMG, over... Continue Reading

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Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images a Vince Welnick, the last keyboard player for the Greatful Dead, has died according to the Dead's publicist. He was 51 when he died on Friday. cbs2Chicago reports: Welnick was the last in a long... Continue Reading

Clear Channel Communicatios, the No. 1 U.S. radio broadcaster, was implicated in a lawsuit on Friday of cutting back the competition in concerts and then hiking up the ticket prices. The class-action lawsuit, which was filed in Denver federal court,... Continue Reading

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) named Alan Mintz as their new vice president of content development for its entertainment division, according to Reuters. He replaces Don MacKinnon who left several months ago. Mintz is an entertainment attorney and music executive who has... Continue Reading

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In response to the first good overall weekend in a long time, Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations said "I think this puts to bed the notion that people don't want to go to movies anymore." While this... Continue Reading

Paul Simon hit out at MTV, saying that their focus on image, rather than talent, has hindered many quality musicians from having great careers. According to Simon he also said that he would have never been able to make it... Continue Reading

This shirt in the image says it all: "Your failed business model is not our problem." The entertainment industry still doesn't get it. Just last week they were at it again, suing XM Satellite Radio because of the Pioneer Inno... Continue Reading

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Interscope records has teamed up with web community startup Doppelganger to create a virtual nightclub which will be called the Pussycat Dolls Lounge. Those who want to visit can create their own avatars (customized digital images of yourself) to be... Continue Reading

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National CineMedia, a distributor of digital concerts for movie theaters has scored nonexclusive content agreements  with the two leaders of the concert business, Live Nation and Network Live. This aligns them with the two largest promoters of digital music dedicated... Continue Reading

Members of the South African choir the Ladysmith Black Mambazo  Reuters Photo a A recent report says that Warner Music International (WMI) and South Africa's Johnnic Communications are partnering to promote South African musicians abroad and increase sales of global... Continue Reading

With a network that has become popular through being a leader in pop culture, MTV sure took a long time to enter into the competitive reality show genre. Now they are finally responding with a new show called 'Moves'. Jennifer... Continue Reading

MTV Networks Inc. has sat on the sidelines for years as it has watched numerous companies offer music download services that are gradually growing into profitable business models. For a company that is supposed to be edgy and on the... Continue Reading