COSON, Sony Lay Map For Music Licensing And Distribution

The Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), has commended the efforts by the management team of Sony Music Entertainment Africa, on their partnership in trying to work with the organization in strengthening the Nigerian music industry.

The delegation led by the Managing Director, Mr. Sean Watson met with the Chairman of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji and the society’s General Manager, Mr. Chinedu Chukwuji to discuss the landscape for the licensing of musical works and sound recordings in Nigeria.

Welcoming the delegation to the COSON office, Chief Okoroji said, ‘At COSON, our mantra is ‘Let the music pay’ and this mantra provides the energy that drives everyone at COSON to do everything we can 24 hours every day to ensure that music is profitable for all those who invest their talent, ingenuity and financial resources to create and make available the music that the world enjoys.’

Michael Jackson Album Will Cost You Nearly £600 & To Be Released On Mobile Phone

It is the news Michael Jackson fans have been waiting for - but those desperate for a new album by the King of Pop may have to buy a new mobile phone to hear it.

Sky News understands Sony Music Entertainment will release an album of the late singer's unreleased material and lost tracks by the end of April.

However, it will initially be available only as pre-installed music on the Sony Xperia Z2 phone.

An advert for the Xperia Z2 phone uses a song from the album - a remix of Jackson track 'Slave 2 The Rhythm'.

The ad features a ballerina dancing with a red sheet, and Sky News sources believe this will form part of the music video.

The album is being produced by Epic Records, which is owned by Sony, and its chief executive LA Reid is thought to be personally involved.

PlayStation 4: Coming in?!?

Sony is preparing to take the video game by storm.

At a press conference in New York City, the company is expected to announce that PlayStation 4 will hit stores in November, with rumors circulating that different versions will retail for $429 and $529, respectively.

Over the last week, Sony has posted YouTube videos as a sort of retrospective to this gaming system, chronicling the PlayStation launch in 1995.