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Wednesday Business Links: FCC's Copps Against Sat Radio Merger

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Posted on July 23, 2008 - 8:46am at Coolfer
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• FCC Commissioner Michael Copps has voted against approving the XM-Sirius merger. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Commissioner Robert McDowell. Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein has said he will vote for the merger if stricter conditions are met. Commissioner Deborah Tate has not issued a statement yet.

Tuesday Business Links

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Posted on July 15, 2008 - 10:32am at Coolfer
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• FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has voted to approve the XM-Sirius merger under the same conditions (three-year price freeze, 24 channels set aside for noncommercial and minority programming) asked for by Chairman Kevin Martin. XM and Sirius have already agreed to the conditions. (Radio Ink)

One Small Step for the FCC…

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Posted on July 11, 2008 - 12:34pm at ArtistOne Analytics
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…One giant leap for Net Neutrality!

Friday Business Links: A P2P Lawsuit In Spain, Virgin Times Square To Close

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Posted on June 6, 2008 - 11:22am at Coolfer
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• Record labels have sued Spanish P2P developer Pablo Soto for making available software that can be used for piracy. The meat of the complaint appears to be in the company's marketing pitch: Users were lured with promises of free music.

Thursday Business Links

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Posted on May 22, 2008 - 11:38am at Coolfer
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• Album sales last week were 13.5% lower than the same week last year. Death Cab For Cutie's Narrow Stairs (Atlantic) debut at #1 with sales of 144,000. (Billboard.biz)

Wednesday Business Links: iTunes Nears Agreement with EU, Pandora Closes Shop for UK Users

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Posted on January 9, 2008 - 10:10am at Coolfer
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• iTunes is close to reaching an agreement with the E.U. over its European iTunes pricing case. No fine is expected. Also, the antitrust case against the four majors will be dismissed. (paidContent)

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