Group buying site Groupon has its share of believers and nonbelievers. Live Nation believes in the company enough to start a partnership called GrouponLive, a service that offers bargains on tickets to concerts and other events. But there are plenty of people who look at Groupon as the embodiment of a second tech bubble. And […]

Industry sources report that Amazon sold some 440,000 downloads of the album – nearly all of which were the 99-cent version (a more expensive deluxe version is also available). So how much is Amazon losing? About $3.2 million over the two days the promotion ran, according to Billboard’s estimate. Here’s the math: For every unit […]

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer – Wed May 25, 10:30 am ET NEW YORK – The release of a pop star’s album usually comes with the typical cross-marketing splash — strategic magazine covers, a few major TV appearances, and perhaps a cosmetics or fashion deal to remind the public a new project awaits. […]

Apple Beats Labels Again Apple is closer to announcing a licensed cloud music service during its Worldwide Developer Conference on June 6th, now that EMI has joined Warmer Music Group in licensing a proposed cloud music service, according to CNet. Several sources also report that deals with UMG and Sony are very closed to being […]

Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed on August 26, 2007 by Sean “Diddy” Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV’s Making the Band 4. The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Andrews, Willie Taylor, and Michael McCluney. The moniker is a tribute to the day when Andrews, McCluney, Curry, […]