• EMI has always had the least successful urban music of all the majors, right? It's certainly one of the reasons its U.S. market share is the lowest of the four majors music groups. It's not a hit-free segment of its catalog, but it has been in need of improvement. So it was with interest that Coolfer read at Billboard.com that Jermaine Dupri was signed to head Virgin's urban division. Durpri will record solo albums for Virgin, will produce artists at Virgin and other EMI labels, and his So So Def label will join Virgin. Best of luck, Jermaine. No pressure or anything, but Virgin could use a hit right about now.

• Today's "Sign of the Times" quote comes from an AP article on digital music buzz coming out of the MIDEM conference in France. Dean Hill, an artist manager, said about digital music revolution and how it has taken the spotlight off artists: "It's become a trilogy: Elvis, the Beatles, the iPod - that should really be a band in that third spot. The next revolution's not in bands anymore, and I find that quite sad." Coolfer agrees to some extent, but digital music won't be such a topic of conversation in the future. Today, articles are written for non-tech, major media outlets about all kinds of minor developments in the digital music field. In two years, the honeymoon will be over and more ink will be devoted to artists and their music. At the end of the day, it shouldn't be about how you're listening to the music, but what you're listening to.

• How ya doing, France? Enjoy that 14% drop in your music market last year?

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