More Music Industry News: Performance Royalties, Kin, Digg, Pearl Jam, Lala & More
- Performance royalties are growing – both in dollar value and importance. (Glenn Peoples @ Billboard)
- Why isn't Verizon selling Zune Pass with its new Kin mobile music phone? (CNet)
- Analysis: What the Video Game Industry Can Learn From the Death of Glam Metal (Gamasutra)
- Digg plans to lay off another 10% of staff. (NY Times)
- AT&T extends its iPhone exclusive through 2011. (Business Insider)
- Pearl Jam Launch Web Radio Station, 2010 Bootlegs (FMQB)
- R.I.P. indle label Planet-X-Label Records (Village Voice)
- Michael Robertson takes a jab at Lala's shutdown and makes an offer: "If you're an ex-Lala customer then I encourage you to sign-up
for a MP3tunes account using the coupon code: ex-Lala-customer
(coupon expires 5/21/10) and you'll be charged just 10 cents for a
Premium 50 Yearly locker."
Re: Analysis: What the Video Game Industry Can Learn From the Death of Glam Metal (Gamasutra)
That so called “Blockbuster Cycle” is mainly responsible for the current boredom that rules the format radio airwaves today and calls itself music. And it’s also responsible for the length between album releases by an individual artist has gone up as much as it has.