Wednesday’s Music Brief: Goom Gets $16M, WMG MySpace, AEG, Obama, Savoy & More
- Goom Grabs $16M For Innovative Online Radio
- MySpace & CD Baby Deliver DIY Upgrades
- Top 7 Music Licensing Sites
- Future Of The Album Week Continues:
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- EMI owner Terra Firma has the cash to shore it up. (FT)
- An embarrassed Warner Music regrets MySpace Music deal (TechCrunch)
- Free Comes To Concerts: Nettwerk Testing Its 'Pay On The Way Out' Concerts (Techdirt)
- Interview: Lala Co-Founder on 10-Cent Songs, iPhone Apps and Cable Partnerships (Epicenter)
- Concert promoter AEG has launched a simple yet innovative platform that aggregates the sponsorship opportunities at its many major music festivals called Your Brands Our Fans
- The Obama administration taps 5th RIAA lawyer for the Justice Dept. (Threat Level ) How about just one lawyer from the EFF?
- Universal's indie distribution arm Fontana has added the Savoy Label
Group which includes 429 Records, Denon Classics, SLG Records,
and Savoy Jazz - Hands-on: Free but inconvenient music doesn't work for Qtrax (ars)
- Local record stores play on despite economy. (Orion)
- Video producer Mills Miller has created a non-commissioned video inspired by Kayne West's "Street Lights". Watch it after the jump below.
Kanye West-Street Lights(SPEC) Dir:Mills Miller from MillsMillerMedia on Vimeo.