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	<title>CMU: Complete Music Update &#187; Charts, Stats &amp; Polls</title>
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		<title>Merlin reports streaming is booming for indie labels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Great Escape 2013]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Caldas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merlin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the opening keynote of the CMU-programmed Great Escape convention this morning, the CEO of Merlin, Charles Caldas, announced the results of a new survey of the group&#8217;s members, as the indie labels&#8217; digital rights agency turns five years old. The organisation represents over 20,000 independent labels and distributors from over 35 countries, representing the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/merlin-reports-streaming-is-booming-for-indie-labels/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Universal sees revenues rise in first quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-sees-revenues-rise-in-first-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universal Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vivendi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Revenues at Universal owner Vivendi were stable in the first quarter of its current financial year, though net income slipped by 18.5%, from 825 million euros to 672 million. Unsurprisingly, it was the entertainment and communication group&#8217;s mobile business that caused most of that slide, it having been struggling for a while. Universal Music, in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-sees-revenues-rise-in-first-quarter/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RIAA adds streaming to digital gold and platinum certification</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/riaa-adds-streaming-to-digital-gold-and-platinum-certification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts, Stats & Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIAA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Recording Industry Association Of America has announced that it will now count on-demand streaming data in its calculations for gold and platinum Digital Single Awards &#8211; which previously had been based on downloads only &#8211; 500,000 getting a gold, one million a platinum, and two million a multi-platinum prize. In the new formulation, which<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/riaa-adds-streaming-to-digital-gold-and-platinum-certification/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bestival crash victim achieves posthumous chart position</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bestival-crash-victim-achieves-posthumous-chart-position/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bestival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Molloy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Best Recordings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A song by one of the festival-goers killed in a coach crash as he returned from last September has charted, after getting support from the festival&#8217;s sister record label Sunday Best Recordings. Three people, including the driver, died when the coach carrying 50 music fans back from the Isle Of Wight festival to Merseyside crashed<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bestival-crash-victim-achieves-posthumous-chart-position/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public performance royalties on ad music net publishing sector £10 million in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/public-performance-royalties-on-ad-music-net-publishing-sector-10-million-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts, Stats & Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRS For Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PRS For Music yesterday revealed that the songwriting and publishing community earned nearly £10 million in 2012 from the public performance royalties paid in relation to music that appeared in TV and radio advertising. Which is pretty good when you consider these are the royalties the broadcaster pays, and are separate and additional to the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/public-performance-royalties-on-ad-music-net-publishing-sector-10-million-in-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ten most-read news stories on theCMUwebsite.com in April 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-april-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan McGee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric Daisy Carnival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joss Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Loaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susanne Sundfør]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tallinn Music Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Rocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will.i.am]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month’s most popular articles were dominated by updates in the long running sagas of HMV and The Pirate Bay. However, most popular on theCMUwebsite.com last month was our report on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs banning (or at least strongly opposing) fans from taking photos during a show in New York. Debate raged hard, but<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-april-2013/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sandé breaks Beatles chart record</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sande-breaks-beatles-chart-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emeli Sandé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Beatles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That Emeli Sandé has only gone and broken a Beatles chart record. According to the Official Charts Company, her debut album &#8216;Our Version Of Events&#8217; has now been in the album chart&#8217;s top ten ever since its release 63 weeks ago. The Beatles&#8217; debut long player &#8216;Please Please Me&#8217;, released in 1963, spent 62 weeks<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sande-breaks-beatles-chart-record/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon sees revenues rise but profits fall</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/amazon-sees-revenues-rise-but-profits-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon saw its revenues rise 22% in the first quarter of the year, though profits fell 37% year-on-year, from $130 million in 2012 to $82 million. Though, interestingly, the investment community was pleased with the profits figure, which was better than expected, but a little disappointed at the revenues, which were slightly less than anticipated.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/amazon-sees-revenues-rise-but-profits-fall/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Record Store Day deemed a success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ERA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Quirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Record Store Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, Record Store Day 2013 was a success. Though if you were one of the people who looked at the queues outside some of the most popular shops, thought &#8216;bollocks to that&#8217; and went home, you might already have guessed it was. In total, eight of the top ten best selling vinyl albums last week<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/record-store-day-deemed-a-success/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calvin Harris breaks UK chart record</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/calvin-harris-breaks-uk-chart-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calvin Harris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calvin Harris has broken the UK chart record for the most top ten singles released from one album. So far Harris has seen eight tracks from his third album &#8216;Eighteen Months&#8217; reach the top ten, the latest being &#8216;I Need Your Love&#8217;, featuring vocals from Ellie Goulding, which entered the chart at number seven on<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/calvin-harris-breaks-uk-chart-record/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warner owner is top music industry player in latest rich list</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alisher Usmanov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clive Calder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Len Blavatnik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul McCartney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Branson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Times Rich List]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Len Blavatnik is the highest ranking music industry bod in the latest Sunday Times Rich List of Britain&#8217;s wealthiest residents, on account of him [a] being worth £11 billion, [b] now owning Warner Music and the Parlophone label, plus stakes in the Deezer and Beats streaming services, via his Access Industries conglom, and [c]<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/warner-owner-is-top-music-industry-player-in-latest-rich-list/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bowie data turned into music</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bowie-data-turned-into-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film & Shows News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexis Kirke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bowie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data relating to record sales, lyrics and song keys in music by David Bowie across his career have been turned into &#8216;sonifications&#8217; by composer Alexis Kirke and musician Martyn Ware. Kirke told Wired: &#8220;I created a database of Bowie&#8217;s lyrics going from &#8216;The Laughing Gnome&#8217; up to the end of the &#8216;Tin Machine&#8217; era. These<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bowie-data-turned-into-music/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Young music fans lead in vinyl purchases</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/young-music-fans-lead-in-vinyl-purchases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Record Store Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of Saturday&#8217;s Record Store Day festivities, research firm ICM last week published a new piece of research that showed that 18-24 year olds account for a higher number of vinyl purchasers than 25-34 and 35-44 year old consumers. Of the 2030 consumers ICM interviewed, 5% said they had bought music on vinyl in the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/young-music-fans-lead-in-vinyl-purchases/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>HMV market share slips 1.5% in administration quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/hmv-market-share-slips-1-5-in-administration-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMV Timeline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kantar Worldpanel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HMV saw its share of the entertainment retail market slip just 1.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of this year, despite the firm shuttering nearly half its stores during this period after falling into administration in January. Though, of course, the closing down sales that resulted from the administration, plus the rally of consumer support<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/hmv-market-share-slips-1-5-in-administration-quarter/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Psy breaks more YouTube records</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/psy-breaks-more-youtube-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Psy follow-up the success of &#8216;Gangnam Style&#8217; with his next single? That&#8217;s the question everyone&#8217;s been asking. And considering last year&#8217;s viral hit has had over 1.5 billion views on YouTube, it&#8217;s probably fair to say that he was being set up for a fall, whatever happened. But last week he returned with &#8216;Gentleman&#8217;,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/psy-breaks-more-youtube-records/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Download stores still dominate despite rising streaming services, says NPD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously stated theories that the download era would render the album format redundant and that the streaming era would render downloads obsolete have not proven to be true, according to new research by the NPD Group based on digital music consumption in the US last year, though I suppose the latter prediction could still come<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/download-stores-still-dominate-despite-rising-streaming-services-says-npd/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK album sales increase for first time since 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-album-sales-increase-for-first-time-since-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-album-sales-increase-for-first-time-since-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emeli Sandé]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combined digital and physical album sales in the UK increased slightly in the first quarter of this year, the BPI and Official Charts Company announced yesterday. It&#8217;s the first increase since the final quarter of 2009. Total sales for January to March were 23.3 million, up 1.4% on the same period last year. Download albums<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/uk-album-sales-increase-for-first-time-since-2009/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PPL issues financial results, plus most played songs of 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ppl-issues-financial-results-plus-most-played-songs-of-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ppl-issues-financial-results-plus-most-played-songs-of-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK record industry&#8217;s collecting society PPL has issued its financial results for 2012, confirming that its earnings increased by 11% year-on-year to £170.8 million. The biggest increase came from public performance income, up 17% to £64.8 million. Meanwhile, international income rose 13% to £36.6 million and broadcasting and online income was up 5% to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ppl-issues-financial-results-plus-most-played-songs-of-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead fails to knock Duke Dumont off number one</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-fails-to-knock-duke-dumont-off-number-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-fails-to-knock-duke-dumont-off-number-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duke Dumont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Garland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Notsensibles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead&#8217;, from the soundtrack of 1939 movie &#8216;The Wizard Of Oz&#8217;, has reached number two in the UK singles chart, failing to knock Duke Dumont and A*M*E&#8217;s &#8216;Need U (100%)&#8217; off the top spot, where it remains for a second week. As previously reported, &#8216;Ding Dong!&#8217; began rising up the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-fails-to-knock-duke-dumont-off-number-one/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Radio 1 will not play Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead in full on chart show</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/radio-1-will-not-play-ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-in-full-on-chart-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/radio-1-will-not-play-ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-in-full-on-chart-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Garland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radio 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has said that the Radio 1 Chart Show will not play ‘Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead’ in full on Sunday, when it is likely to appear in the top five of the UK single chart. Instead, there will be a short news item on the campaign to get it to number one<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/radio-1-will-not-play-ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-in-full-on-chart-show/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Musical millionaires: Lady pop stars dominate in young rich list, but male rockers lead overall</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/musical-millionaires-lady-pop-stars-dominate-in-young-rich-list-but-male-rockers-lead-overall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts, Stats & Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Times Rich List]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an industry that is still, in many ways, male dominated, it&#8217;s interesting, is it not, that the &#8216;top ten British musical millionaires under 30 years old&#8217; list is dominated by female performers, led, of course, by Adele, but also featuring Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis, Katie Melua and Florence Welch. And while the One Direction<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/musical-millionaires-lady-pop-stars-dominate-in-young-rich-list-but-male-rockers-lead-overall/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead hits midweek top ten</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-hits-midweek-top-ten/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-hits-midweek-top-ten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A*M*E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duke Dumont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Garland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wizard Of Oz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead&#8217; by the cast of the 1939 film ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ is currently at number ten in the UK Singles Chart, the Official Charts Company has announced in its midweek update. As previously reported, the 56 second recording began rising up the chart on Monday following the announcement of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ding-dong-hits-midweek-top-ten/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Download single sales pass one billion in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/download-single-sales-pass-one-billion-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/download-single-sales-pass-one-billion-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over a billion download singles have now been sold in the UK, since the Official Charts Company started counting in 2004. The milestone was passed on Monday evening, the company announced yesterday. According to the OCC, over three million single track downloads are now routinely being sold each week in the UK, with the most<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/download-single-sales-pass-one-billion-in-the-uk/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pandora passes 200 million users infographic</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pandora-passes-200-million-users-infographic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pandora-passes-200-million-users-infographic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandora has revealed that it now has over 200 million registered users. More stats and information about the milestone in this infographic, and you can read more here. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>One billion UK download single sales infographic</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/one-billion-uk-download-single-sales-infographic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Charts Company has announced that one billion download singles have now been sold in the UK since it began tracking data in 2004. Get the key data in this infographic, and read more here. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>IFPI publishes stats report providing more insights on record industry&#8217;s slight growth in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-publishes-stats-report-providing-more-insights-on-record-industrys-slight-growth-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry yesterday published its Recording Industry In Numbers report for 2013, which mainly confirms trends and achievements of which we already knew, though does so with some more detail in terms of stats. As confirmed by the IFPI&#8217;s Digital Music Report in February, the global record industry saw its<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ifpi-publishes-stats-report-providing-more-insights-on-record-industrys-slight-growth-in-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viagogo publishes ticket fraud report</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/viagogo-publishes-ticket-fraud-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from secondary ticketing website Viagogo, with the only slightly emotive title Scam Nation 2013, reckons that up to 4.7 million people paid for non-existent tickets last year, of which about a quarter probably never got their money back. That, the report reckons, could amount to up to £50 million in money lost<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/viagogo-publishes-ticket-fraud-report/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Official Charts Company confirms renewed BBC deal</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/official-charts-company-confirms-renewed-bbc-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/official-charts-company-confirms-renewed-bbc-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radio 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Charts Company last week confirmed it had signed a new four year deal with the BBC which will see Radio 1 continue to air the official first countdown of the weekly singles chart each weekend. The BBC pop station has aired a weekly chart ever since its launch in 1967. Confirming the renewed<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/official-charts-company-confirms-renewed-bbc-deal/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PRS revenues break record despite declines in recorded media and live</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prs-revenues-break-record-despite-declines-in-recorded-media-and-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prs-revenues-break-record-despite-declines-in-recorded-media-and-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRS For Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collecting society PRS For Music collected a record £641.8m for the UK music publishing sector last year, an increase of 1.7% on 2011. And whereas, in the main, it has been growing international royalty income that has led overall growth in PRS collections in recent years, this time it was booming digital revenue and the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/prs-revenues-break-record-despite-declines-in-recorded-media-and-live/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chart rules tweak allows instant gratification tracks</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chart-rules-tweak-allows-instant-gratification-tracks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chart-rules-tweak-allows-instant-gratification-tracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Charts Company has altered its rules regarding so called &#8216;instant gratification tracks&#8217;, according to Music Week. This relates to the story that surrounded the surprise arrival of David Bowie&#8217;s new material on iTunes earlier this year. A first single went on sale at the same time as the Apple store started taking pre-orders<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chart-rules-tweak-allows-instant-gratification-tracks/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ten most-read news stories on theCMUwebsite.com in March 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-march-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agnetha Fältskog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Watkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Molina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Bieber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lil Wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lostprophets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magnolia Electric Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercury Records]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, top of the charts on theCMUwebsite.com for March was our round up of Justin Bieber’s slightly chaotic trip to London, beating a book written by the daughters of Lil Wayne and Cash Money co-founder Birdman into second place. And there’s a sentence I never thought I’d have to write. In third position, a more<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-march-2013/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ant &amp; Dec score Easter number one</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-score-easter-number-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ant & Dec]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have won the all-important race to the Easter Number One spot with their nineteen year old single &#8216;Let&#8217;s Get Ready To Rhumble&#8217;, following an Oxford v Cambridge-style battle against Pink. Only without oars. As previously reported, the song was originally released in Ant and Dec&#8217;s guise as PJ &#38; Duncan<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-score-easter-number-one/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>German and US industries see record sale revenue slip, despite booming digital sector</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/german-and-us-industries-see-record-sale-revenue-slip-despite-booming-digital-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frank Briegmann]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 Germany was one of the few markets that bucked the trend of decline in the global record industry by scoring a 0.1% increase in revenue. But following the news that record industry revenues worldwide were up 0.3% in 2012, contrary Germany has posted a 3.2% decline. Which probably tells us very little in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/german-and-us-industries-see-record-sale-revenue-slip-despite-booming-digital-sector/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ant &amp; Dec on course for number one</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-on-course-for-number-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-on-course-for-number-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ant & Dec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PJ & Duncan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are currently on course to have the coveted Easter number one single this weekend, with a song they originally released nineteen years ago, &#8216;Let&#8217;s Get Ready To Rhumble&#8217;. As previously reported, the boost in sales comes after the duo reprised their past life as pop duo PJ &#38; Duncan<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-on-course-for-number-one/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pop Powerlist returns to 4Music</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pop-powerlist-returns-to-4music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Powerlist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[4Music will again consider who are the most powerful on-stage players in pop this weekend with &#8216;The Pop Powerlist&#8217;, a follow-on from a similar list show this time last year. The 50 most powerful popsters will be presented, based on stats compiled by Media Measurement that consider social media reach, critical recognition, airplay, endorsements and<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pop-powerlist-returns-to-4music/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ant &amp; Dec back in iTunes chart after &#8216;Rhumble&#8217; reunion</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-back-in-itunes-chart-after-rhumble-reunion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-back-in-itunes-chart-after-rhumble-reunion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reunions & Splits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ant & Dec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PJ & Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Reunion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ant &#38; Dec&#8217;s &#8216;Let&#8217;s Get Ready To Rhumble&#8217; is at number two in the iTunes chart as we speak after the ITV twosome revisited their CBBC past during this weekend&#8217;s edition of their &#8216;Saturday Night Takeaway&#8217; show as the finale of a musical medley promoting ITV2 series &#8216;The Big Reunion&#8217;. Confirming, in case there was<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ant-dec-back-in-itunes-chart-after-rhumble-reunion/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube passes billion viewers a month mark</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/youtube-passes-billion-viewers-a-month-mark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/youtube-passes-billion-viewers-a-month-mark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube now has a billion viewers a month, says the Google-owned video platform, up from 800 million monthly uniques in October 2011. It&#8217;s not clear how many of those new 200 million viewers are just stuck in a &#8216;Harlem Shake&#8217; hole. The stat brag came at an event in LA where YouTube was showing off<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/youtube-passes-billion-viewers-a-month-mark/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU research says piracy not especially damaging</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/eu-research-says-piracy-not-especially-damaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/eu-research-says-piracy-not-especially-damaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Research Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rules of Buddhism dictate that for every bit of research saying that piracy platforms have hindered the legitimate content industries, another bit must state that unlicensed file-sharing actually has no impact on the sale of music or movies, or even better that the try-before-you-buy potential of illegal content sharing means piracy can actually aid<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/eu-research-says-piracy-not-especially-damaging/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Entertainment sales down despite digital boost</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/entertainment-sales-down-despite-digital-boost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/entertainment-sales-down-despite-digital-boost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Digital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online entertainment services of all kinds continued to boom in 2012, according to stats aggregated by the Entertainment Retailers Association, though overall the entertainment retail market declined 12% to £4,213.4 million. The trade body blamed the continued stresses of the shift to digital, plus a weak and bunched release schedule, for the decline. On the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/entertainment-sales-down-despite-digital-boost/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christian music chart to launch</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/christian-music-chart-to-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Charts Company will next week launch the first ever UK Christian &#38; Gospel Albums Chart, so that&#8217;s a thing. Launched in partnership with Compassion UK, an &#8220;international Christian child development and child advocacy ministry&#8221;, the OCC says that the new countdown recognises a growing interest in the Christian music genre in the UK,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/christian-music-chart-to-launch/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The ten most-read news stories on theCMUwebsite.com in February 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-february-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[February’s most-read news story actually dates back to December, when Peter Hook spoke to Xfm about him and Joy Division drummer Stephen Morris being questioned as potential suspects in the Yorkshire Ripper case way back in 1979, due to the band’s touring schedule being similar to the serial killers’ movements. The sudden resurgence of the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-ten-most-read-news-stories-on-thecmuwebsite-com-in-february-2013/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Record industry sees slight growth for first time since Napster</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/record-industry-sees-slight-growth-for-first-time-since-napster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So good news, people. Revenues generated by the global record industry were 0.3% higher in 2012 than they were in 2011, though if you&#8217;re good news averse, that means the recorded music sector is now just 40% smaller than it was in the late 1990s. Party time. But with 2012 the first year since 1999<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/record-industry-sees-slight-growth-for-first-time-since-napster/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube streaming data not coming to UK Top 40 any time soon, says OCC boss</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/youtube-streaming-data-not-coming-to-uk-top-40-any-time-soon-says-occ-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Malt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martin Talbot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Official Charts Company will not be following Billboard&#8217;s lead in the US and adding YouTube streaming data to the UK Top 40 any time soon, the company&#8217;s CEO Martin Talbot has said. As previously reported, the compliers of the main Billboard track chart, who started counting streaming data last year, recently added YouTube stats<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/youtube-streaming-data-not-coming-to-uk-top-40-any-time-soon-says-occ-boss/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fast Company names most innovative music companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know what music firms US business magazine Fast Company reckons are the &#8220;most innovative&#8221; as of now? Digital hoo haa dominates obviously, though Coachella and music film makers Pulse also get name-checks, so that&#8217;s all groovy. Top ten below, or follow this innovative link to find out just why these innovative companies are<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/fast-company-names-most-innovative-music-companies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Madonna tops Billboard&#8217;s list of US pop earners</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/madonna-tops-billboards-list-of-us-pop-earners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Billboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madonna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While digital revenues, whether download or stream-based, are booming, and a solid online base is ever more important for artists, if you want to be amongst music&#8217;s biggest earners it pays to be [a] an old man and [b] a major concert draw. Or at least that&#8217;s what we can take from Billboard&#8217;s review of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/madonna-tops-billboards-list-of-us-pop-earners/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Howard gets biggest post-BRITs uplift</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/howard-gets-biggest-post-brits-uplift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winners and performers from Wednesday night&#8217;s BRIT Awards have seen &#8220;massive sales uplifts&#8221; according to the Official Charts Company, with Ben Howard, Mumford &#38; Sons, Emeli Sandé, Muse and Frank Ocean amongst the biggest beneficiaries of post-BRIT watching iTunes purchasing. Based on just two hours of sales after the BRITs show aired, Ben Howard, perhaps<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/howard-gets-biggest-post-brits-uplift/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change in Billboard chart rules helps &#8216;Harlem Shake&#8217; to the top</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/change-in-billboard-chart-rules-helps-harlem-shake-to-the-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Cooke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baauer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Billboard Hot 100]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Producer Baauer has jumped to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in the US thanks to the ongoing &#8216;Harlem Shake&#8217; video phenomenon and an important change in the way the track countdown is compiled, in that YouTube data has been incorporated for the first time. America&#8217;s flagship songs chart, which always took<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/change-in-billboard-chart-rules-helps-harlem-shake-to-the-top/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music Week lists 30 under 30 in the UK music industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Week has selected 30 people working in the music industry who are aged under 30 and look set to go on to bigger things. The list spans a wide range of genres and sectors and features some very fine people indeed, so well done to all of them. Now, we&#8217;d better get on with<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/music-week-lists-30-under-30-in-the-uk-music-industry/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Most music titles slip in latest ABCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Charts, Stats & Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you work in the traditional music media, it&#8217;s probably worth remembering that favourite mantra of the marketing profession &#8211; &#8220;less is more&#8221; &#8211; whenever the ABC circulation figures are published. The quantity of your print magazine&#8217;s readers might be less, but surely it&#8217;s the quality of reader that matters? Feel better now? Good. And<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/most-music-titles-slip-in-latest-abcs/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gangnam Style passes one million sales in the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CMU Editorial</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charts, Stats & Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Official Charts Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last November, the Official Charts Company revealed the 123 tracks that had sold over a million copies in the singles chart&#8217;s 60 year history. Since then a further six have joined that list. And one of those is &#8216;Gangnam Style&#8217; by Psy, which not only makes him a million seller in the UK, but the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/gangnam-style-passes-one-million-sales-in-the-uk/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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