REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week Review
Warner Music Group & KKR are preparing another bid for EMI.
- Amid the turmoil, EMI launches a new label.
- Digital growth outpaces CD decline for the first time in the UK.
- YouTube adds paid partner program for indie bands.
- Sony pays $250
million for Michael Jackson recordings. - Mobile app sales will surpass CD sales by 2012.
- Dimensional buys
back distributor The Orchard. - Toby Benson of Complete Control on the importance of remix swaps.
- Topspin expands their fan acquisition and music marketing platform and opens their API.
- ReverbNation expanded their music distribution service.
- eMusic adds subscriber rewards program and SubPop to its roster of labels.
- Interview: Zach Zalon on Hello Music's opportunity engine for D.I.Y. musicians.
- 34 bloggers offers new music exposure in 34 countries.
- Home Taping Is Killing Music: Hilarious video takes on efforts to stop file sharing.
- Dave Kusek of Music Power Network's Modern Music Marketing Basics.
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