Allman Brothers & Cheap Trick Vs. Sony BMG Comments & Commentary
The Allman Brothers and Cheap Trick have filed a class action suit against Sony for allegedly under paying artists for digital downloads (story here). Is this another nail in the. Continue reading
Allmans And Cheap Trick File Suit Against Sony That Could Change The Industry
Two veteran rock acts have joined together in a lawsuit that could help many artists receive greater royalties and in the process may radically change a profit structure at established. Continue reading
WSJ Columnist Calls On Music & Broadcast Industries To Evolve. Says Record Labels “Are Coping The Worst”.
In his RAIN online newsletter Kurt Hanson has written a summary of a keynote address at last week’s National Association Of Broadcaster’s convention by Wall Street Journal tech columnist Walt. Continue reading
New Federal Law Would Outlaw MP3 Streaming
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has discovered that a provision buried in the new PERFORM act now being debated in Congress would essentially ban streaming via the mp3 format favored by. Continue reading
SMART MARKETING: Mobb Deep Hits The Subways
Not sure if a CD titled Blood Money is what we want the kids buying, but Mobb Deep will be riding New York City’s subways in the hours after school. Continue reading
Worthy Clicks – Music & The New Music Industry Online
Encore – Subscribe to a free touring and music entertainemnt trade newsletter from CelebrityAccess MusicStrands – A free music organization, playlist, and reccomendation serivce. MixTapeMovies – One ver smart unsigned. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday April 27, 2006
– Nokia has unveiled the N series. Various cell models include superior video, a 3.2 mega pixel camera, large strange capacity, stereo speakers, an FM tuner, and mp3/AAC software and. Continue reading
Senate Hears Testimony On Proposed Royalty Hikes
Representing opposing viewpoint record labels and new media companies testified before a U.S. Senate committee on today regarding new legislation that would force emerging music resellers such as satellite, cable,. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday April 26, 2006
– Prickly and insightful digital, film, and sports entrepreneur Mark Cuban is bring his opinions to the airwaves via a weekly show on Sirius. Cuban has often been on the. Continue reading
Audio & Music 2.0 Companies On The Web
We recently published a list of Web 2.0 music related companies that got a lot of attention and feedback. Here’s another 2.0 list that we found via Coolfer. There are. Continue reading
