CNet brings the news that Sony Music is experimenting with a new twist on the CD format called the Blu-Spec CD, so named because the masters are made by cutting the discs with a blue laser (like Blu-Ray discs), and not an infra-red one as is customary; the change in lasers apparently results in a more accurate digital signal being transmitted. Will audiophiles be convinced to drop an extra dime on these discs (which, apparently, can be played the CD player you own right now—well, if you haven’t gone all-digital yet, that is) because of their purported higher quality? More on this new format from a site about CDs and the Playstation 3: MORE »
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Sony Decides That Now Is The Time To Launch A New Physical Format
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Sony Music Thinks Writing An Annoying James Blunt Song Counts As Executive Experience
Proving that learning something from previous mistakes isn’t really the way the corporate world works, Sony is hiring British musician Amanda Ghost (not to be confused with her band, Amanda Ghost) to run Epic Records, home of Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, Jennifer Lopez, Sara Bareilles, and the Skunk Anansie catalog. Ghost seems to recognize that she lacks the general qualifications to be the president of a significant subsidiary of a global corporation, but hey, she’ll bring the same creative verve that she brought to co-writing Jordin Sparks’ “Tattoo” and James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”! MORE »
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No. 52: Perez Hilton And Sony BMG Have A Slapfight
The record industry’s attempts to throw spaghetti at the wall and see if it stuck, no matter how rancid the pasta or listeria-laced the meat sauce, resulted in guttersniping blogger Perez Hilton getting courted for an A & R by major labels who were confused about that maxim regarding all press being the good kind. But then his dreams of record-industry riches were torpedoed by the company formerly known as Sony BMG, who sued his brightly clad ass for streaming Britney Spears tracks on his site without permission. Because he had to get all “this means war” about it! MORE »
