Coldplay’s Free “Violet Hill” Downloaded Over 2 Million Times

According to EMI, Coldplay’s “Violet Hill” was downloaded more than 2 million times during the one week free promotion. When it was initially offered on April 29th, Coldplay’s servers were inundated with requests causing it to crash. However, despite the problems, the track was reportedly downloaded 600,000 times on the first day. The new album, “Vida La Vida or Death and All His Friends,” will be...

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Ministry Of Sound Partners With Brightcove For New Video Portal

Ministry of Sound (MoS) is partnering with Brightcove to turn the dance record label’s catalog of more than 1000 music videos, and other visual content, into online advertising revenue. Brightcove, who specializes in online video delivery, has already developed commercial online-video mechanisms for Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group. The partnership will make use of MoS’ archives of more than 1,000...

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