- U.k. Indie Group Testing Streaming Licensing
The online music licensing trial at the Assn. of Independent Music (AIM)—a U.K. indie label organization representing 26% of the retail market—has reached a new ......
- Vitaminic Wins Labels' Acceptance
This story was prepared by Kai R. Lofthus in Oslo and Mark Worden in Milan.
- Time Warner Eyes Executives For Departing Daly, Semel
Following Bob Daly and Terry Semel's surprise announcement yesterday that they plan to leave as chairmen/co-CEOs of Warner Music Group (WMG) and Warner Bros. studios ......
- Bertelsmann Defends AOL Ties Amid EC Questioning
Bertelsmann responded yesterday to the European Commission's suggestion that its cross-marketing deal with America Online would create a dominant corporate alliance in the online sector....
- Artist Harnesses New Media For 'virtopera'
This issue's column was written by Kai R. Lofthus, Billboard's European new-media correspondent.
- BMG Names Story To Euro Sales Post
Richard Story, GM of commercial and new media at BMG U.K. & Ireland, is to become sales director for the company's European operations, Bulletin has ......
- Vitaminic Gets 'Amplified,' Names Scandinavian MDs
Download network Vitaminic has forged a distribution deal with Amplified.com. Under the deal, Amplified's catalog of some 15,000 tracks will be integrated into the Vitaminic ......
- Ram's Sights On Dutch Dance, Swedish Pop
This story was prepared by Kai R. Lofthus in Stockholm and Robbert Tilli in Amsterdam.
- Emi Bolsters Scandinavian Presence
This article was prepared by Kai R. Lofthus in Oslo, with additional reporting by Jonathan Mander in Helsinki and Charles Ferro in Copenhagen.
- Billboard's Lofthus Takes Edel Position
Billboard Nordic bureau chief Kai R. Lofthus is exiting after five years to take the role of Edel label manager at Playground Music in Norway.
- EMI Shareholders Briefed For Warner Merger Vote
EMI Group shareholders received notification yesterday of the special general meeting at which they will be asked to approve the Warner EMI Music merger. The ......
- Billboard Opens Nordic Bureau Will Be Headed By Former Label Exec Lofthus
Billboard is bolstering its coverage of the important Scandinavian market with the creation of a Nordic ......
- First-half Stats Underscore Int'l Turmoil
LONDON‹A small number of large successes is masking some regional crises for the global record ......
- Words &deeds
MUSICAL QUOTA: Bandit, a member of U.K. rap act MSI & Asylum, as well as head of the act's KranKru label, says he saw the ......
- Global Music Pulse
SWEDEN: Eagle-Eye Cherry, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-bred son of late jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, recently nabbed three Swedish Grammi Awards (Billboard, Feb. 28) and is now ......