<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sony BMG Music Entertainment: News &amp; Videos about Sony BMG Music Entertainment - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sony_BMG_Music_Entertainment</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sony BMG Music Entertainment from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:50:08 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Sony BMG Music Entertainment: News &amp; Videos about Sony BMG Music Entertainment - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sony_BMG_Music_Entertainment</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Sony BMG Music Entertainment from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Google to include music in search - reports</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/technology/google_music/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/technology/google_music/index.htm</guid><description>Google will soon allow users to to listen to music and buy songs on its search results page, according to several news reports.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singer Leona Lewis attacked at bookstore, label says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/14/leona.lewis.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/14/leona.lewis.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British singer Leona Lewis was "understandably shaken" after a man attacked her during a book signing in central London Wednesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for her record label said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FIRST LOOK: Miranda Lambertâ&#128;&#153;s 'White Liar' - Unplugged!</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20305550,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20305550,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Watch exclusive video of the singer's special acoustic version of her new song</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Susan Boyle Records First Song for New Album</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289456,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289456,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"She sounds fantastic," says Simon Cowell, who is trying not to pressure the emotionally fragile singing sensation</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jessica &amp;amp; Tony Weather the Criticism Together</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276372,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276372,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Simpson and Romo say they can ride out the hurdles amid the comforts of home</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is online piracy a good thing?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/17/online.piracy.for.against/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/17/online.piracy.for.against/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lawmakers have come to a decision in Sweden's landmark copyright case, finding the four men behind one of the world's most popular file-sharing sites, The Pirate Bay guilty of collaborating to violate copyright law and jailing them for a year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Tameka Foster Has Plastic Surgery Emergency</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20257683,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20257683,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Usher cancels a pre-Grammy appearance "due to a serious injury in the family"</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocking or reeling? 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At 76, Davis held the top job at SonyBMG's BMG Music Group, playing Svengali to teen idols like Kelly Clarkson and Alicia Keys. 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In the early days it was dominated by rogues like Morris Levy, the record company boss who stuffed his pockets with his artists' royalties and cons...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Cell Phones Save the Music Business?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356512/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/09/01/8356512/index.htm</guid><description>Looking to build buzz around hip-hop artist Cassidy, Sony BMG shunned CD singles and MTV sneak previews. 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That could be a precursor to an iPod that plays video.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Stern executive to Sony BMG</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/14/news/newsmakers/sony_stern/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/14/news/newsmakers/sony_stern/index.htm</guid><description>Sony BMG Music Entertainment is set to name a former executive from The Howard Stern Production Co. for its new film and television units, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>AOL Music, SonyBMG in video deal</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/25/technology/aol_sony/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/25/technology/aol_sony/index.htm</guid><description>America Online is wrapping up an agreement to gain exclusive access to SonyBMG's music videos for its online video-on-demand service, the New York Post reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 11:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CD club settlement means 75% off</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/16/news/international/bmg/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/16/news/international/bmg/index.htm</guid><description>BMG Music Service has settled a class action lawsuit related to its shipping and handling charges by offering a deep discount on as many as two CDs, according to the settlement statement posted on the company's Web site.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bertelsmann acquires Columbia House</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/10/news/international/bertelsmann_columbia/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/10/news/international/bertelsmann_columbia/index.htm</guid><description>Bertelsmann AG, the German media and entertainment giant, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy New York-based record club Columbia House.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 11:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rosa Parks settles suit over OutKast CD</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/15/parks.settlement/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/15/parks.settlement/index.html</guid><description>Rosa Parks, who helped trigger the civil rights movement in the 1950s, and rap duo OutKast have settled a lawsuit over the use of her name on a CD released in 1998, her guardian Dennis Archer said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Warner Music IPO, but who's buying?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/11/news/midcaps/warner_music.dj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/11/news/midcaps/warner_music.dj/index.htm</guid><description>Investors interested in owning the smallest major record label in a struggling music industry got the heads-up on Friday: Warner Music Group Corp. is going public.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warner Music IPO in the works?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/08/news/midcaps/warner_music/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/08/news/midcaps/warner_music/index.htm</guid><description>The owners of the Warner Music Group are planning an initial public offering to tap into the improved value at the recording company since they bought it a year ago, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The 3G Economy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/03/01/8253102/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/03/01/8253102/index.htm</guid><description>Apps</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Music download prices rising?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/technology/personaltech/music_downloads/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/technology/personaltech/music_downloads/index.htm</guid><description>Just as legal music downloading is taking off in earnest, the major record labels are in talks to raise the price they charge online retailers for song downloads, a newspaper reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ANDY LACK FACES THE MUSIC</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/13/8214242/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/13/8214242/index.htm</guid><description>This year's merger of Sony Music and Bertelsmann's record business created the world's No. 2 music company (behind Universal) and a new challenge for CEO Andy Lack. 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Is there a great rebate card out there?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/12/01/354918/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/12/01/354918/index.htm</guid><description>If you're like most people, you'll charge about $1,275 on your credit card this holiday season. What if you could get 1% back in cash? Or how about those $200 monthly gas station bills? What if you...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Sir Howard Save the Music Biz? In Act I, beknighted Welshman Howard Stringer helped rescue Sony Pictures. In Act II, he'll b</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/07/01/345251/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/07/01/345251/index.htm</guid><description>When Howard Stringer was appointed head of Sony's U.S. operations in the spring of 1997, the prevailing wisdom was that he'd accepted a suicide mission. Eight years had passed since Sony bought Col...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comebacks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/09/333475/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/09/333475/index.htm</guid><description>Two years after Clive Davis's Arista ouster, Bertelsmann resurrected the label legend, buying the rest of his J Records and naming him head of RCA Music Group. And against the post-merger odds, HP'...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hall Of Shame</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/28/330965/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/10/28/330965/index.htm</guid><description>Neil Young defiantly proclaimed he "ain't singing for Pepsi" in his 1988 anthem This Note's for You, but these days you can't be sure whom an artist is singing for. </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shop For A Cause At these five websites, you can do good with every purchase.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314327/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314327/index.htm</guid><description>Want a painless way to give more? Shop through a Web portal that funnels a small portion of what you spend at major e-commerce sites to a charity of your choice. At least half a dozen sites do so, ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Billy Straus ROCK RIVER COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDER</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311236/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311236/index.htm</guid><description>He may never win a Grammy or produce as many hits as Sony Music's Tommy Mottola, but Billy Straus has more than his share of top-selling albums. From his studio in Brattleboro, Vt., Straus, whose b...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Not-So-Easy Reid</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/02/300125/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/02/300125/index.htm</guid><description>Antonio "L.A." Reid was all energy as he took the stage in Cannes last winter. This was his first appearance at BMG Entertainment's semiannual conference since replacing Clive Davis as CEO of BMG's...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Makes Clive Davis Worth $175 Million?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/30/290638/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/30/290638/index.htm</guid><description>The day before Clive Davis is to launch his new record label at a glitzy party in mid-October, he's holed up in temporary offices in the penthouse suites at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. The ph...</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>All-Jazz Special</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/16/264288/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/16/264288/index.htm</guid><description>THE KENNY DREW JR. TRIO Winter Flower (Fantasy/Milestone): Stunning range and two-handed pianistic facility that you just don't hear anymore. Drew can play anything, and on this disk he does Monk, ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ONE OF THESE ROMANTIC CDS COULD MAKE YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/02/01/207731/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/02/01/207731/index.htm</guid><description>THIS VALENTINE'S DAY, THINK CDS. Nope, not certificates of deposit. (If you're interested in those, see Money Monitor.) We mean the musical variety--compact disks. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>