World music champion Charlie Gillett dies at 68 (AP via Yahoo! News) - Charlie Gillett, a DJ and music historian who helped bring music from around the world to wider attention, has died at the age of 68, his employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., said Thursday.
Nokia Will Launch Music Service in India (PC World via Yahoo! News) - Nokia will launch an online music service in India in the first half of this year, a spokeswoman of the company in India said on Thursday.
Country music impresario Johnnie High dead at 80 (AP via Yahoo! News) - Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80.
Big Music's Digital Strategy: Cheap CDs (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance) - Good chance that if you're reading this story, you haven't bought a CD in a long time. Would you think about it if they got cheaper? That's what Universal Music Group is hoping. The world's biggest music label is pushing a plan to sell all of its CDs at a retail price of $10 or ...
Spotify on the Future of Music Delivery (WebProNews) - I sat in on the Future of Music Delivery Keynote interview with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and author Eliot Van Buskirk on the last day of SXSW Interactive. Buskirk's covered the digital media industry for ten years in various publications. This keynote was not nearly as crowded as the Evan Williams one was at the beginning, but definitely kept a lot more people hanging around through its entirety ...
Snoop Dogg Plans 'Music, Comedy' Tour With Mike Epps (MTV Music Television) - Snoop Dogg discussed his upcoming music and comedy tour with Mike Epps. "I had to find somebody who I could match and who could match me," the MC said of his comedian co-headliner.
Irish music plays proudly on St. Patrick's Day (CNN) - The fiddles and bagpipes are playing Irish music all over the country on Wednesday, St. Patrick's Day, but there's more to the songs from the Emerald Isle than renditions of "Danny Boy" once a year.
Nokia Will Launch Music Service in India (PC World) - Nokia is planning to offer in India free music downloads under its “Comes With Music” program
It would be so unkind to let the music die (The Age) - The din has died down over the demise of Melbourne's live music scene but the fight goes on.
Startup makes inroads in Asia's digital music market (San Jose Mercury News) - The Asian digital music market stands to pay big to anyone who can make the listeners pay -- something they've so far resisted.
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