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It's a month old, but last night I was looking over the 10-K of Entertainment Distribution Company, Inc. and noticed its mixed performance. The company was formed from the acquisition of Universal Music Group's manufacturing U.S.

One of the great things about articles in the city paper and in the Tennessean - and every other local newspaper across the country - is that you can get a quick sociological snapshot of the level of education and critical thinkers among the masses in a particular geographic region by reading

"Only four in 10 said they have moved forward in the past five years -- a record low, Pew says, and far off the record 57 percent who in 1997 said they had moved forward in the previous five years."

I don't think I know any of the folks who've actually moved forward, and I'll be that the majority of them aren't taking into account the in

Sony Corp released its earnings today. Sony BMG revenues dropped 4% while operating profit jumped 90%. (Info is on slide #4 and #18 of the earnings presentation .) No results with constant currency were given.

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Job #1 is to stop the bleeding. A new Jupiter report predicts in 2010 UK digital music revenues will offset declines in CD sales.

Jupiter analyst Mark Mulligan posted about the report today at his blog.

Job #1 is to stop the bleeding. A new Jupiter report predicts in 2010 European digital music revenues will offset declines in CD sales.

Jupiter analyst Mark Mulligan posted about the report today at his blog.