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EMI gets bought by Universal and Sony, evil music industry execs cackling maniacally

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By Mike Searle (CHARTattack) November 11, 2011 4:40 pm
In what can only be described as an industry game-changer, today EMI was sold to both Universal and Sony for a whopping total of $4.1 billion. EMI’s recorded music division was sold to Vivendi/Universal Music Group for $1.9 billion while EMI Publishing Group was nabbed by Sony for $2.2 billion. This means that the "Big Four" major labels, who...
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I Read The News Today... For May 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 19, 2011 3:49 pm
People! The Sheepdogs made the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest! Clear your fucking cookies like crazy and go vote like crazy over here! Hey! Apparently the world is ending on Saturday (what a damper on your long weekend)! So CHARTattack contributor Steve McLean has made the perfect playlist for you. Montreal singer/...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 2, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 2, 2011 4:42 pm
The Sadies have just announced some eastern Canadian dates that'll take place in March and April. The Toronto alt.country band head back out on the road next week and will play some western Canadian dates from Feb. 11 to 18 before taking a break and starting to tour again in March. —MySpace The Foo Fighters have confirmed their upcoming new album...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 15, 2010 3:02 pm
Oopsie: Remember those "illegal" file-sharing websites the U.S. Department Of Homeland Security shut down over American Thanksgiving Weekend? Turns out a good portion of them were blogs that post material given to them by managers, artists and labels. —The New York Times Memphis rapper Yo Gotti turned himself in to police yesterday and was charged...
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Beatles Songs Removed From BlueBeat

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 6, 2009 2:08 pm
EMI won a temporary court injunction against BlueBeat, the online music store it was suing for posting and selling Beatles tracks, which has forced the retailer to remove the songs. BlueBeat had been selling Beatles songs for as little as 25 cents U.S. (about 27 cents Canadian) this week, but a Los Angeles judge ordered the site to remove them...
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EMI Asks DJ Danger Mouse To Cease And Desist

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By Sofi Papamarko (CHARTattack) February 13, 2004 4:30 pm
It's being hailed as one of the best remix albums ever made — and you may never even get the chance to hear it, let alone own it. The Grey Album is a marriage of musical samples taken from The Beatles' The White Album overlapped with vox and beats from Jay-Z's The Black Album. DJ Danger Mouse was slapped with a cease-and-desist order after EMI...
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