Monday’s Music Brief: TotalMusic, Tickets, SoundExchange, Rubin & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Kyle Bylin Named Hypebot Associate Editor
- TotalMusic, Tunepost And Ruckus Shut Down
- A Ticket Reseller Reacts To The Live Nation Tickemaster Merger
- VOTE: What Do You Think Of The Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger?
- Daily D.I.Y. 13K Join Liverpool Facebook Flashmob
- Grammy Winners: Plant & Krauss, Coldplay, Mayer
- Digital Music Forum East Takes Shape
- Hypebot's EconMusic Conference Coverage
- The Music's Industry's Last Week In Review
MORE NEWS (UPDATED):
- The Live Nation and Ticketmaster boards met pre-Grammys last night in LA and a merger could be announced as early as today. But will Obama regulators snub the deal? (NY Post) Stay tuned... What do you think? Vote here.
SoundExchange makes a new offer to webcasters just before a Feb. 15th deadline. (Billboard.biz)- Mobile game sales are helping to boost music sales. (Christian Science Monitor)
Rick Rubin's track record as the president of Columbia Records is coming under increased criticism. (New York Times)- Online music video provider LP33.tv adds an all SXSW channel as part of a pertnership with mext month's conference and adds two industry vets to its team.
- Epic Records tries taxi cab ads to promote The Fray.
- Vibe Records develops new digital distribution technologies.
- Big Music vs. Fans & Artists. (Media Equation)
- The label that loves to sue people (and pull videos off YouTube), Warner Music has hit Songbeat with a lawsuit. (Techdirt)
Thank you for these resources. The Soundexchange information is right on time, since the goldmine of the music business is publishing royalties.
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