DRM-free music giant EMI agrees takeover (PC Advisor)

DRM-free music giant EMI agrees takeover (PC Advisor)
EMI - the music group behind Apple’s DRM (digital rights management) free iTunes - has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Terra Firma for £3.2bn. EMI has been the subject of bid speculation for the past year as its business has struggled. In early April EMI and Apple announced the sale DRM-free versions of EMI artists’ songs through Apple’s online iTunes store .

SJ native bags online music video contest - San Jose Mercury News

SJ native bags online music video contest - San Jose Mercury News
SJ native bags online music video contestSan Jose Mercury News, CA - 37 minutes agoRepresentatives of Epic and Music Nation also helped choose which acts would advance with the help of such celebrity judges as pop rapper Nelly, …

Music shop blown up in Pakistani MP’s village (Middle East Times)

Music shop blown up in Pakistani MP’s village (Middle East Times)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suspected Islamic militants blew up a music shop in a grenade attack on the interior minister’s village in northwestern Pakistan, police said Tuesday.