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Universal’s Imeem Deal May Unlock More Free Music (New York Times)
Universal Music Group’s announcement on Monday that it would license its catalog to Imeem , a rapidly growing social networking site, may well be a key milestone in the development of digital music.

Norwegian music fests go climate-friendly (UPI)
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 23 (UPI) -- Two music festivals in Norway linked with the United Nations to become a climate-friendly music venues, the U.N. Environmental Program says.

Warner Music Stock Outperforms Peers (New York Times)
Here’s some good news for Warner Music Group ’s long-suffering private equity backers: According to The New York Post, the music label, whose artists include R.E.M. and Green Day, is the year’s best-performing media stock.

MySpace Music to launch in September (CNET)
Chris DeWolfe announces launch date of the service, which is backed by three of the four top music labels, during Fortune Brainstorm conference.

Piracy-fearing music industry to tax downloaders (The New Zealand Herald)
BRITAIN - Internet users could face an annual charge of up to 30 pounds (NZ$80) to download music, under plans to be unveiled today that aim to tackle illegal file-sharing.

Most locals ignorant of music's true potential (The New Straits Times)
MOST Malaysians today are musically illiterate and have been so for a long time. This is no exaggeration. Increasing commercialism has affected significantly music education and music-making.

Helen Music (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
WILLIAMSTOWN – Helen Hiscock Bennett Music, 91, of Williamstown, formerly of Prestonsburg, Dexter, Mich. and Meriden, Conn., died Tuesday, July 22, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Grant County, Williamstown.

Music Video Games, LLC Announces Strategic Relationship with Rhino Entertainment (GameSpy)
The agreement allows MvG to license original music for upcoming games.

MIKE WENDLAND: iPhone music apps abound (Detroit Free Press)
Thanks to a bunch of new programs downloaded from the App Store, my iPhone 3G now has become a music lover's dream machine, letting me listen to live radio, identify songs I hear or even hum and, on the fly, build a playlist of my favorite artists or genres.

'Mirroring the music' (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
For the new, $1 million production of Verdi's "La Traviata," which opens tonight at Music Hall, its creators had to find a fresh take on the familiar story of the good-hearted but doomed courtesan.

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