• Changes at EMI. The Blue Note Label Group was named the jazz repertoire center for EMI Music worldwide, a function previously centered in London and partly handled by EMI Classics Centre. Josh Lerman was named VP of International and will be responsible for marketing jazz on a global basis for all labels under Blue Note. (Read article at All About Jazz)

• Universal Music Group is replacing defective copies of Kiss Alive! 1975-2000 sold at Best Buy that did not contain two bonus tracks. (Read article at Blabbermouth)

• An article on gospel, which is selling well in 2006. (Read Boston Globe article)

• UMG's Fontana India label, though Fontana Distribution, will release digital versions of over 400 previously unreleased titles from its catalog of Indian music. (Read article at Glamsham)