RoyaltyShare Acquires UK’s Musicalc

RoyaltyShare, a provider of digital royalty services, has acquired Musicalc, a UK-based provider of music royalty accounting software.  With the acquisition, RoyaltyShare expands its European presence and adds royalty processing. Continue reading

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New Music Business Briefing: Net Radio Hearings Today, Guitar Center Grabbed, SonyBMG Gets Russian & Much More

>>> A compendium of coverage of Tuesday’s internet radio "Day Of Silence" protest and a preview today’s House Committee Hearing on stopping the rate hike which would cripple may broadcasters. Continue reading

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Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 06-24-07

Pos.  ARTIST   |   TITLE 1 WHITE STRIPES|ICKY THUMP 2 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 3 QUEENS OF THE S|ERA VULGARIS 4 TRAVELING WILBU|TRAVELING WILB 5 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 6 INSTANT KARMA: |INSTANT. Continue reading

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Why The iPhone Is Not Big News For The Music Industry

Anticipation of the iPhone launch has grown to a feverish pitch including glowing reviews from influential Wall Street Journal tech writer William Mossberg and the NY Times. But three major. Continue reading

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New Music Business Briefing: “Silence” A Success, RealPlayer First Look, Sanctuary Shuts Promo & More

>>> Yesterday’s "Day Of Silence" protest at internet radio seems to have been a success with thousands of broadcasters participating and servers and Congressional phone lines jammed with traffic.  (RAIN). Continue reading

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Help Wanted: Koch Seeks Coordinator Mobile Distribution

Here’s another help wanted posted as part of our free service to readers. If you’ve got a a music related job opening at your company, please email us the details. Continue reading

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The Beasties Go Viral For “Mix-Up”

Never ones to be caught behind the curve, The Beastie Boys have gone viral to promote their surprisingly addictive new all instrumental release "The Mix Up". The campaign includes a. Continue reading

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Sonific Songspot Widget Adds 125K Songs To Library

Sonific has added 125,000 new songs to its library so that SongSpot widget users can choose from 200.000 licensed tracks to easily generate the code for a music player and. Continue reading

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Majors Steal Indie Moneymaker And Get It Wrong Again

Forbes online takes a interesting look at how several major labels are creating new imprints to release new CD’s by classic artists. (Forbes) Indies like Koch have been making money. Continue reading

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EU Reopens Sony BMG Review

The EU Commission charged with reviewing the Sony BMG merger says it has gotten the materials requested and this is reopening the review process. It set an Oct 10th deadline. Continue reading

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