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The U.S. government has expanded its antitrust investigation of online music ventures backed by the recording industry, a trade group confirmed Monday. A spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America said the trade group had received a subpoena from the Justice Department seeking to determine the extent to which the industry sought to control distribution of music over the Internet. “Yes, we did receive a CID,” or civil investigative demand, RIAA spokesman Jano Cabrera said. A Justice Department representative did not immediately return phone calls. The Justice Department launched an investigation last summer of two industry joint ventures, Pressplay… Read more »

Even if you’ve already sold a couple of million albums after releasing only one single, chances are you still live by the age-old adage “Radio stations – can’t live without ’em… can’t live without ’em.” That’s why Alicia Keys and her record company, J, aren’t putting up a fuss about some stations picking their own follow-up to her smash ballad, “Fallin’,” for her. While Keys’ upbeat warning to a homewrecker, “Jane Doe,” has been getting play over the airwaves for the past few weeks, it’s not the next salvo from her almost-triple-platinum Songs in A Minor LP, according to J.… Read more »

British music giant EMI Group Plc on Monday appointed former PolyGram president Alain Levy as the new chief of its recorded music division in a move aimed at reversing the decline at one of its main operations. EMI, home to such acts as Mariah Carey, Radiohead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, said Levy would become the new chairman and chief executive officer at EMI Recorded Music, replacing Ken Berry, who had left the group by “mutual agreement.” Levy also will take up a position on the main board. The company added in a statement its trading remained… Read more »

It’s been nearly four years since R&B star Monica released her last CD, 1998’s The Boy Is Mine, which featured the chart-topping title track, a duet with Brandy. Her fans won’t have too much longer to wait for new music. “I hope to have the record ready by the beginning of the year,” she says. “I’m working with Jermaine Dupri, and right now we have three songs done.” In addition to reuniting with prolific producer Dupri (Ludacris, Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, Lil’ Bow Wow), with whom she worked on The Boy Is Mine, Monica is getting production help from Dallas… Read more »

The Washington Post yesterday reported that XM Satellite may alter its $40 million marketing campaign as a result of shortfall in cash and slower-than-expected consumer adoption of the service. XM (and rival Sirius) have been essentially dependant on the sale of new automobiles with satellite-equipped radio tuners installed, so the slumping economy is projected to hurt the sale of new cars as consumers stay away from buying expensive durable goods until the economy rebounds. In addition as a result of the staggering stock market, further investment both in stocks and in long-term bank loans are drying up, causing the company… Read more »

MusicNet, Pressplay working out kinks in technology, licensing – now they need paying users. Although the major labels have been making strides in their efforts to deliver music to listeners’ desktops while collecting money for themselves and their artists, the road ahead is still littered with questions, and the labels’ long-promised services still are not a reality. When will music fans see them? When they do, will they be willing to pay for something they now can get for free? Can the industry shoot down all the new hotshot – and free – file-trading services? And whatever happened to Napster,… Read more »

The Grateful Dead played their final show more than six years ago. And thanks to a career-retrospective box set, an endless stream of live CDs, a documentary film featuring late guitarist Jerry Garcia and steady touring by the group’s surviving members and their new ensembles, the Dead’s legacy isn’t close to fading away. A 12-CD box set, The Golden Road (1965-1973), out October 16, chronicles the Dead’s six-year stint on the Warner Bros. label with remastered versions of each album – from Grateful Dead (1967) to History of the Grateful Dead Vol. I (Bear’s Choice) (1973) – along with studio… Read more »

Cher is planning her return to the music scene this fall, releasing her new single “The Music’s No Good Without You,” in Europe November 5th. The diva’s label are banking on the same strategy they used on Cher’s comeback effort, 1998’s Believe, taking the new single and upcoming LP, Living Proof to Europe first, before bringing it stateside early next year. Living Proof will feature twelve tracks recorded this summer in Los Angeles and London with producers including Believe’s Mark Taylor, Scandinavian producers Stargate, and producer/artist Chicane, who previously collaborated with Bryan Adams. Included on the disc will be a… Read more »

Global media companies Viacom Inc. and News Corp. Ltd. Tuesday tallied up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses as advertising revenues were hurt by a weak economy and an uncertain outlook after the Sept. 11 hijacked jetliner attacks. The attacks led many networks to air commercial-free coverage of the news events for at least five straight days. For the most part, however, U.S. investors shrugged off the news of losses as having already been factored into stock prices and sent Viacom and News Corp. shares, as well as major media players like Walt Disney Co., higher on the day.… Read more »

Pop diva Janet Jackson on Monday called off the European leg of her star-crossed “All For You” tour, citing safety concerns in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on America. “If anything happened to anyone on this tour, I could never forgive myself,” the singer said in a statement released in London. “Like most people the events of Sept. 11 have troubled me enormously and I remain concerned about the foreseeable future.” The statement said the singer had decided the risk to her tour personnel was “too great to proceed comfortably.” Full refunds will be given to fans who… Read more »