More Music Industry News: Facebook, CD Baby, Guy Hands, Predictions, Van Halen, eMusic & More
- A sneak peak at Facebook's coming redesign. (Gigaom)
- CD Baby's Music Discovery Podcast has been named by iTunes as one of 2009’s best podcasts. A weekly series highlighting songs from a wide variety of genres, the songs played in Music Discovery Podcast usually feature a theme such as “Christmas Rocks,” “Nerd Core,” and “The Un-Googleables.”
- How dealmaker Guy Hands is fighting to recover his balance after his mistake with EMI (Guardian)
- 2009: the Year of Twitter and Facebook. (AFP)
- 5 Predictions for the Music Industry in 2010. (Mashable)
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen a big lump of coal in our stockings. – Guitar Hero: Van Halen offers a bastardized version of the band, a set list that seems almost random, and a limp, derivative experience. It was free if you bought Guitar Hero 5, but if you want to pay full price it's available in stores now. Save your money. (ars)
- 5 Legal Cases That Defined Music in 2009 (Epicenter)
- How internet-based music services make their money . (BBC)
- Former Musician Now Lawyer Comes To Terms With What's Happening To His Music Online (Techdirt)
- eMusic Considers Sale, Shift In Strategy