The 3 Biggest Reasons Music Magazines Are Dying
It's no secret that music magazines a rapidly becoming a relic of another era. Most blame a decline in advertising revenue coupled with the growth of free online music media. . Continue reading
When The World Is Your Stage….
Globalization Opens New Doors For Niche Artists For decades music executives and even artists themselves have shied away from many musical niches because their potential audience was too small to. Continue reading
Ethereal Rockers Barcelona Say Thanks For Sales Bump From Pirated YouTube Video
A song by the band Barcelona was used without permission in a short production by Vancouver documentarian Jon Rawlinson that went viral on YouTube with 911,000 plays and climbing. But. Continue reading
The Orchard Partners With Digonex For Variable Pricing Experiment
Digital distributor The Orchard has partnered with Digonex to offer dynamic pricing beginning with a select group of albums and tracks from the company's catalog. The Orchard will use Digonex's. Continue reading
More Music News For Wed. 7/28: Pirate Bay Deal, Tenenbaum Trial, Sonos, Blip.tv & More
The deal to buy Pirate Bay appears to be falling apart. (cNet) Orange and UMG launching Monkey unlimited streaming mobile music service in UK. (Music Ally) Tenenbaum P2P trial features. Continue reading
Qtrax Preps (Again) For Launch With $1.8 Million Bounced Check To Oracle
In a rambling post on the company blog, Qtrax head Alan Klepfisz admitted that its been a long strange trip to get the ad-supported music service off the ground, but. Continue reading
Guest Post: Why The Band As A Startup Model Doesn’t Make Sense
From Hypebot to the New York Times, a lot of attention is being given to the emerging artist as a start-up business model with Cabdain indie rock band Metric used. Continue reading
Interview: Greg Kot of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor – Read Part 1 & Part 3 & Part 4 (Part 2 of 2) Your recent article Blockbuster era made Michael Jackson and consumed him reads almost like. Continue reading
The Biggest Industry Mistakes Of The Digital Age
Audioholics has composed a list of its favorite corporate and industry-specific "disasters" and the music industry proudly made the list in two places. The Largest Music Retailer Is A Computer. Continue reading