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Sony Signatures to Host Billy Joel Memorabilia Auction
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Barry Willis  |  Nov 14, 1998  |  0 comments
Billy Joel has decided to clean out his warehouse. Next month, the veteran rocker's almost-30-year-old collection of musical instruments, recording equipment, and stage gear will be put up for public auction by Sony Signatures, his merchandising company. A portion of the gross from the "Billy Joel Memorabilia Auction" will be donated to VH1's Save the Music Foundation, according to Dan Cooper, Senior Vice President of Sony Signatures' music division.
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Sony Will Embrace Internet Sales, Aoki Announces
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Barry Willis  |  Jan 30, 2000  |  0 comments
Where Sony goes, the electronics industry follows. And Sony is going on the Internet—not merely with product information and links to dealers, but with sales direct to consumers. The announcement was made late in January by Sony Electronics president Teruaki Aoki. "We cannot neglect the customers' viewpoint," Aoki said, acknowledging that serving consumers is a higher priority for the electronics giant than protecting dealers.
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Sony's Big Slide
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Barry Willis  |  Jul 27, 2003  |  0 comments
An old adage has it that "when Sony sneezes, the whole electronics industry catches cold." If that's so, there could be an epidemic brewing. Sony's profits plunged an astounding 98% in the first quarter of its current fiscal year. Thomson, Samsung, and some large retailers also reported big drops.
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Sony's MP3 Walkman
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Barry Willis  |  Dec 05, 2004  |  First Published: Dec 06, 2004  |  0 comments
With its new Walkman music player, Sony has broken with its tradition of promoting its own proprietary formats. The NW-HD3 will let users import and export tracks in the MP3 format, a concession to the format's near-universal popularity and an admission of the failed appeal of Atrac, Sony's own music-playing software. MP3 compatibility should give the player appeal to a wider audience than a Sony-only machine.
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Sony's Vancouver Conference
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Barry Willis  |  Aug 11, 2002  |  0 comments
The Super Audio CD is gaining serious momentum.
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Sony, IBM in Online Music Partnership
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Barry Willis  |  Apr 18, 1999  |  0 comments
There's gold in them digital music hills. This obvious reality---supported by the music industry's near-panic in the face of the phenomenal growth of MP3 in the past year---was reinforced last week, when Sony Corporation and International Business Machines announced a digital music mutual-aid pact at a press conference in Los Angeles.
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Sony, Universal Join Forces for Subscription Music Service
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Barry Willis  |  May 07, 2000  |  0 comments
It's mating season for entertainment-industry giants. Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group are in talks to develop a jointly operated subscription music service for the Internet, according to a report the two companies issued in the first week of May. The news followed by only a week an announcement of a possible merger between record clubs Columbia House and BMG Music Club.
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Sony, Universal Reveal Online Music Plans
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Barry Willis  |  Feb 25, 2001  |  0 comments
Will music fans willingly pay for what they've been getting free? With the shuttering of free music site Napster a strong probability, two giants of the music industry are moving forward with plans to roll out a subscriber-based online music distribution plan.
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Sony-BMG Merger Challenged
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Barry Willis  |  Nov 08, 2004  |  0 comments
The merger of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) may not be a done deal after all.
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Soul & Jazz Greats Mayfield, Washington, & Earland Die
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Barry Willis  |  Jan 02, 2000  |  0 comments
The month of December was particularly hard on the music world, which lost three of its greatest talents within a few days of each other: Curtis Mayfield, Grover Washington, Jr., and Charles Earland. All were in their late 50s.
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