Yahoo Launching iTunes Competitor
FMQB.com and CNet.com report that "Yahoo is close to debuting its own digital music store and software. The company has been working along with MusicNet for quite a while on. Continue reading
CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005….
Here’s an email we got today pitching a very creative tour and marketing concept: CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005…. A full interactive day consisting of. Continue reading
Alternatives To Broadcast Radio Continue To Grow
From Business Week Online’s Brian Albott: "Last September, when the wannabe Denver deejay started playing music on the Internet, the term for what he was doing — podcasting — had. Continue reading
Rev. Sharpton Wants FCC To Censor Hip Hop
FROM THE "I BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH ONLY WHEN IT SUITS ME" DEPARTMENT: Activist Reverend Al Sharpton wants to institute a 90-day ban on radio and TV airplay for any. Continue reading
Starbucks Joins Forces With Morisette For Acoustic “Jagged Little Pill”
FROM THE SMART RE-PACKAGING OF CONTENT DEPARTMENT: "As she neared the 10th anniversary of her landmark album "Jagged Little Pill," Alanis Morissette began pondering how to commemorate the occasion. She. Continue reading
The Hollywood Reporter.com reports that a creative marketing pact between the Independent Film Channel and Grammy-winning band Green Day will be announced today "to merge the band’s song "Jesus of. Continue reading
Sony/BMG Sign With Fanning’s Snocap
Sony BMG Entertainment and Snocap, the copyright management and filtering system created by Napster founder Shawn Fanning, have reached a licensing deal. This is the Snocap’s second major label signing,. Continue reading
Labels Still Blaming P2P
It seems as if the major labels will never stop blaming piracy for all there woes. Acording to FMQB "Sony-BMG CEO Andrew Lack said the music industry is still on. Continue reading
P2P Meets Net Broadcasting
From Cnet.com: "A new generation of start-ups is… allowing Net radio listeners to draw their programming at will from one another’s hard drives." "At the head of a movement that. Continue reading
Egocasting: The New Extreme Escapism
From Wired.com "We have moved beyond (broadcasting and) narrowcasting into ‘egocasting’ — a world where we exercise an unparalleled degree of control over what we watch and what we hear,". Continue reading
