UK Online Music Stores Create Dance Download Alliance To Combat Exclusivity Agreement

EXCLUSIVE! Seven UK dance music download stores have joined together to create the Dance Download Alliance (DDA). The seven members, 3Beat Digital, Audiojelly, DJdownload, Juno Download, TrackitDown, Trax2Burn and Xpressbeats, have joined together to counteract a proposal offered to dance labels and distributors by Beatport who offers an exclusivity arrangement, as an option, on all new releases from labels if they chose to...

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Hypebot Takes On eMusic

Hypebot, an online music blog, has taken on eMusic in a multipart series that attempts to uncover some of their strategies and pricing models. The 2nd largest online music retailer is clearly not amused by the investigative report, and has responded tersely to Bruce Houghton’s postings. If you’re interested in looking under the hood of eMusic, then Hypebot’s eMusic Series may be of interest to...

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