“If EMI isn’t planning to discuss the Beatles Monday, why else would Jobs be participating in the briefing? Another possibility is that EMI will discuss a new initiative regarding the easing of usage restrictions on music downloads,” Hau reports.
Hau reports, “EMI, the most deeply troubled of the major labels, is in bad need of a new game plan. It has scaled back its sales forecasts twice so far this year and undergone a painful restructuring that included the January departures of EMI Music Chairman and Chief Executive Alain Levy and Vice Chairman David Munns.”
“Representatives for EMI declined to comment. Apple representatives couldn’t immediately be reached for comment,” Hau reports. “A live audio Webcast of Monday’s EMI-Apple media briefing will be available at 8 a.m. Eastern time at http://www.emigroup.com/
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MacDailyNews Note: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “EMI Group PLC is set to announce Monday that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software [DRM]… through Apple’s iTunes Store and possibly through other online outlets.” The Wall Street Journal has a stellar record of correctly reporting day-before Apple-related announcements, correctly calling the addition of movies from Paramount Pictures to Apple’s iTunes Store and Apple’s teaming with Cingular [AT&T Wireless] on iPhone, for two recent examples.
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