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AP – Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.

AFP – Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the myth that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.

AP – Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.

AFP – Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the myth that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.

Reuters – Pink Floyd on Tuesday launched legal action against record label EMI in a case that centres around royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age.

BusinessWeek – A first semester in business school is probably best summed up through some sort of interpretive dance.Refusing to be confined to words only, I am supplementing this entry with music.My B-school Playlist (downloadable here) is a song collection recapping my first semester. 1) Jordin Sparks, Battlefield Business school is the most intense thing I have done — and that includes fleeing a war-torn country. The pace of classes is brutal and the amount of learning intense. As a career-switcher, I’ve had to add researching companies and pursuing informational interviews to my plate. …

Reuters – The sequel to Phantom of the Opera, one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard phans who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.

NewsFactor – Competitors in the fast-moving tablet-computer category are lining up to take on Apple’s iPad. Hewlett-Packard is the latest to preview its upcoming slate product, and other companies like Lenovo, Sony, Dell and Acer are similarly positioning their products.

AP – An executive who helped run The New York Times’ Web site has been hired to guide The Associated Press’ effort to sell consumer applications for the Apple iPad and other digital devices, the news cooperative said Tuesday.

PC World – Hewlett-Packard has begun a marketing campaign against the iPad and for its Slate tablet PC, highlighting the fact its tablet runs Adobe and AIR software and the iPad doesn’t. HP is still mum on the specifications, pricing, and the release date of its Windows 7-based Slate tablet. But that hasn’t stopped HP from flaunting its tablet in the days leading up to Apple’s release of the iPad. Pre-orders for the iPad will start on March 12.