I'm headed to LA for the New Music Seminar on Tuesday. Tickets will be available at the door and I hope to see you there. Please grab me in the halls for an intro.
- Attendance was down 13%, but many new features were a hit with attendees.
- Spotify shared some serious growth stats.
- A major global music consumption survey was released.
- Topspin announced major partnerships and a UK office.
- Music DNA showcased a rival to the mp3. Plus PIAS, RightsFlow and Seymour Stein all made major announcements.
- Interviewed: Amanda Palmer, MySpace CEO VanNatta & Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz
- Digital distributor IODA added partners in classical music. China and digital marketing.
- 3 MIDEM rumors: No Spotify for the U.S.?, a Zune Phone and MOG expansion.
Other industry news from last week:
Hope For Haiti benefit release became the first digital only album to hit #1 in the U.S.
- A first look at Apple's new iPad and what it doesn't mean for the music industry ...yet.
- A New Radio Ad Kills Lady Gaga
- Kyle Bylin interviews Jeff Gomez - the author of Print Is Dead: Part 1 & 2
- Content deliver provider MediaNet saw downloads soar to 200 million in December.
- The frontman for indie rockers Blink-182 says he has a recipe to change the music industry.
- Universal is expanding its direct sales effort via a deal with Netbisuit.
- Quincy Jones, Bill Withers & John Mayer will headline ASCAP's 5th Expo.
- Artist analytics tool Band Metrics underwent a major makeover.
