Month: March 2010

The Orchard Announces Executive Promotions And Hires VP Of Engineering

Following the recent appointment of Brad Navin to Chief Executive Officer, The Orchard today announced the promotions of four senior executives, as well as the addition of a Vice President. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2010 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Bootsy Collins Launches Funk U. Online School

“Because a groove is a terrible thing to waste.” Parliment Funkadelic founder and bassplayer extraordinaire Bootsy Collins is launching his own Funk University. Construction of his online campus will conclude. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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More Music Industry News: Apple iAds, New Charts, Choruss, Spotify Q3?, Foursquare & More

Even as the buzz builds toward the April 3rd ship date of the iPad, Apple is preparing to announce its "next big thing" — a new personalized, mobile advertising system. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Prince Charges Fans For Closed Fan Club

From Our Artist/Fan Relationship Dept. To Prince, His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, The Dick Formerly Known As Prince: Today, a year after opening your LotusFlow3r club, you charged fans. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (3)
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Why Justin Bieber Is Such A Big Hit

(UPDATED) GUEST POST: Jay Frank is the author of Futurehit.DNA and SVP Music Strategy of CMT. You can download a free chapter of his great book on his blog FuturehitDNA.com. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (23)
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New Profits From Lyrics?

 Sony/ATV Partners With Zazzle's ArtsProject For Lyric Inspired Merchandise Initiative Can music publishers find new profits from old song lyrics? On demand merchandise provider Zazzle is partnering with Sony/ATV Music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Songwriting & Music Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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YouTube Continues Page Upgrades

YouTube has been testing page design upgrades and last week added a highlights view for comments that summarizes top rated comments, uploader comments and responses that can be drilled into. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (2)
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A Rap Of Daniel Ek of Spotify’s SXSW Keynote

SaulPaul has turned Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's recent SXSW keynote into a rap. via Music Ally

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (2)
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More Music Industry News: Rhapsody Goes Dolby, Doobies Sue EMI, HMV, UMG vs. Pirates & More

Rhapsody is working with Dolby to upgrade audio quality of its 9 million track catalog for mobile delivery. (press release) EMI sued over failure to pay royalties on songs by. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/29/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

Spotify targets 3rd quarter for U.S. launch.  Former Sony chief Donny Ienner's IMHO launches a social media player. Sony trims up to 50 more staffers. EMI tries to pawn catalog. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/27/2010 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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