Daily Archives: March 2, 2008

Rapper ‘Shocked’ By Daughter’s Killing

The rap star Juvenile is “shocked and devastated” by the shooting death of his young daughter, the girl’s mother and another child, his manager said.

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Wal-Mart Stirs CD Pricing Pot with Multi-tiered Plan

The major music companies have been resistant to lowering their price on CDs, but now they may be dragged to that point: Wal-Mart, the largest retailer of music with an estimated 22 percent market share, has proposed a five-tiered pricing scheme that would allow the discounter to sell albums at even lower prices and require [...]

Report: J. Lo’s Twins Named Max And Emme

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have reportedly named their newborn twins Max and Emme. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['ly_csNGDJHM-']=’&U=13bjn9mhc%2fN%3dly_csNGDJHM-%2fC%3d633259.11925429.12646915.1414694%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5212716′; Lopez’ manager, Simon Fields, confirmed the babies’ names to People magazine on Friday.
The twins were born at a Long Island hospital on Feb. 22, with 5-pound, 7-ounce Emme arriving about 15 minutes before her 6-pound brother. [...]

Expected MySpace Service to Compete with ITunes

Amid ongoing competitive pressure from Facebook, MySpace is taking its latest shot at entering the music business as other social networking peers, such as Last.fm and imeem, are making big audience gains with ad-supported music offerings. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['ciXcsNGDJHM-']=’&U=13bkfo8cn%2fN%3dciXcsNGDJHM-%2fC%3d642938.12221298.12651006.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5243154′; According to sources, MySpace is planning a service that would combine free ad-supported music [...]

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