Yamaha, Fender, Gibson, Guitar Center, Others Probed By FTC For Price Fixing

The Federal Trade Commission is formally investigating several major music manufacturers including Yamaha, Fender, Gibson, Tascam and Guitar Center for what amounts to price fixing. The investigation focuses on MAP (Minimum Advertised Price), a tactic used by manufacturers that mandates a specific price that retailers can charge customer. The investigation has garnered the interest of the entire retail industry since a decision will...

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MySpace Music Announces IODA Deal

MySpace Music announced that IODA, a digital distributor of independent labels will provide its catalog of music to the recently launched MySpace Music.  The addition of IODA will inject over one million new songs into MySpace Music’s growing indie catalogue.   Through this partnership, the MySpace Music community will be able to stream and purchase music from IODA’s catalog of more than one million tracks from a diverse...

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