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Vodafone Group today announced that nearly 450,000 Vodafone customers have signed up to its music subscription services since it signed DRM-free deals with all four major labels in 2009.

VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service created in partnership by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Media Company and powered by YouTube, was the most visited U.S. web network in the Entertainment-Music category last month with 35, 395, 000 unique visitors, according to comScore.

VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service, today announced an agreement in which EMI Music will join Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in providing music fans with professionally-created video content when the service debuts on December 8 in the United States and Canada.

NEW GREATEST HITS COMPILATION FROM THE WHO SPANS THE RECORDING CAREER TO DATE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER ROCK AND ROLL BAND

As part of its continued support of the U.S. Ski Team, Audi of America announced that it has commissioned a documentary film, Truth in Motion: The U.S. Ski Team’s Road to Vancouver, which will tell the unique stories of these elite American athletes as they prepare for the competition of their lives – the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

U2's fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire, has been remastered and will be released by Mercury Records on October 27, 2009.

Diluted earnings per share were $4.32, up nearly 17% from last year's $3.70 per diluted share, reflecting volume increases and improved margins in most regions, along with share repurchases. The benefits of those factors were partially offset by significant foreign currency related losses.

B is for Bob, a collection of Bob Marley's most beloved songs re-imagined for kids, will be released June 23 by UMe/Island/Tuff Gong. The international musical legend's eldest son, four-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley, executive produced the album, which bridges the gap between the timeless Bob Marley and a new generation of kids.

Doug Morris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company and Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., announced that UMG and YouTube, a Google subsidiary, are working together to launch VEVO, a music and video entertainment service that will feature UMG’s premium video content.

Get On Your Boots, the first single from U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon, will be released as a digital download on February 15th with a physical format to follow on February 16 through Mercury/Universal.

Fourth Bourne Movie Anticipated for Release in Summer 2010

New Nokia Music Store is Committed to Local Content - Which Represents More Than 54% of the Music Sold in Italy

Movie Bundles include Spider-Man, The Matrix, and Children's pack starting at $25

As part of this unique offering, Dell and UMG have created 50 and 100-song music bundles starting at $25, each of which includes a curated selection of MP3s for approximately half of current standard per track pricing.

Earns 8 of the Top 10 Latin Albums in the Country; Leads Industry in Latin Grammy Nominations

Sets New Studio Record for Crossing Billion-Dollar Threshold.

The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group have signed an exclusive, long-term, worldwide recording agreement.

Following the success of the feature film "Mamma Mia!" which opened in theatres this past weekend, "ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits," the compilation CD released by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1992 has hit #1 on the national catalog chart.

Bebo today announced the next generation of its online drama commissions, to be produced by Universal Music UK's production arm Globe Productions in partnership with Monkey Kingdom and set amongst the real-life workings of the music company's West London headquarters.

Social Music Network Will Offer Portishead's Third in its Entirety for Free-On-Demand Streaming, One Week Before Official Release