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• EMI Music CEO speaks out on digital music
  

  EMI Music CEO Elio Leoni-Sceti has admitted that the record industry wasn?t fast enough to adapt to change in the digital music sphere, adding that paying for music seems to have become ?almost voluntary? today.

  
  
  
• eMusic toasts dual milestones
  

  eMusic has passed two milestones, having sold 250m MP3 downloads since establishing its current model in 2003 and having grown its catalogue to more than 4.5m tracks.

  
  
  
• Microsoft creates subscription plus download service
  

  Microsoft has updated its Zune Pass subscription service to include limited downloads.

  
  
  
• French industry hits back at P2P
  

  French record label body SPPF has reportedly launched a law suit against four US technology companies for aiding P2P filesharing.

  
  
  
• Yang to step down at Yahoo
  

  Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is to stand down as chief executive of the internet portal.

  
  
  
• Indie label claims YouTube first
  

  UK dance label Anjunabeats claims to have become the first UK indie to sign a revenue sharing deal with YouTube, following in the footsteps of the four majors.

  
  
  
• We7 officially launches today
  

  Ad-funded music site We7 officially launches today after a year?s beta testing and it is marking the event with a ?Big Listen? launch campaign.

  
  
  
• Live Nation to sell MP3s?
  

  Live Nation is reportedly planning to sell MP3 content from three of the four majors on its new download store.

  
  
  
• The Orchard posts strong Q3
  

  Aggregator The Orchard has grown revenue and cut losses in its third quarter.

  
  
  
• HMV MP3 store goes live
  

  HMV?s new MP3 store has gone live today, with content from Universal, EMI and indies.

  
  
  
• iPod svp set to quit Apple?
  

  One of the key players in the development of the iPod is reportedly set to leave Apple.

  
  
  
• French Senate says yes to three strikes law
  

  The French Senate has passed President Sarkozy?s ?three strikes? law to combat online piracy.

  
  
  
• ERA launches MP3-compatible logo
  

  Seven of the largest music retailers in the UK are backing a new ?MP3 compatible? logo from the Entertainment Retailers Association, which is designed to build consumer awareness about the compatibility of the format.

  
  
  
• Beatles in MTV link-up for video games debut
  

  The Beatles? music is to appear in a video game for the first time in a ground-breaking link-up between Apple Corps and Rock Band publisher MTV.

  
  
  
• Datz launches unlimited download store
  

  Datz has launched a new unlimited download offer, allowing consumers to buy and keep all the music they want from labels such as EMI, Warner and the Beggars Group for a one-off fee.

  
  
  
• Digital sales boost trade delivery figures
  

  A 45% increase in digital sales has helped slow the decline in the UK music market to just 4% in the first half of the year.

  
  
  
• Speakers announced for Music Tank technology event
  

  Representatives from 24-7 Entertainment, Noank Media and Friend MTS are to take part in MusicTank?s We Have The Technology, What?s The Solution? event, which takes place in London on November 4.

  
  
  
• 3 gets Comes With Music
  

  Mobile phone operator 3 has signed a deal with Nokia to launch Comes With Music on its network.

  
  
  
• Revenue down at Microsoft entertainment arm
  

  Revenue at Microsoft?s Entertainment and Devices Division, home to both Xbox and Zune, fell in the company?s first fiscal quarter.

  
  
  
• Universal teams up with Dell
  

  Universal Music Group and Dell are teaming up to give customers the chance to purchase computers with preloaded MP3s.