New Music Business Briefing: WMG To Sell On MySpace, Big Box Shrinks Music & More
>>> WMG group has announced that it will sell downloads on MySpace via SnoCap. But unlike others their tracks will be WMA files with DRM protection.
>>> Consumer advocates Defective By Design is asking music fans to send a message to WMG to drop DRM.
>>> Indie Touch & Go is opening its own mp3 download store
>>> As part of their latest plan to save the music industry the RIAA is bringing together labels on May 11th to decide if a new format is needed to replace the CD.
>>> The Wall Street Journal took a look at how WalMart, Best Buy, Circuit City and other big box retailers who collectively account for 65% of all CD sales are shrinking their music operations and squeezing record labels.
>>> Yahoo’s interactive Launchcast service has beat a Sony BMG copyright infringement lawsuit.
>>> The Bandwidth Conference has announced the ’07 conference will take place August 17 & 18 in San Francisco. Topics include marketing, fan behavior, trends and future forecasts,
and an examination of the ways people discover, purchase, interact with, and are exposed to music.
>>> A2IM membership is up to 120 indie labels.
>>> Retail coalition Music Monitor Network is reportedly going to all MP3’s with it’s online store.
>>> Travel.rock.com is offering rock themed travel packages. Do I really want to sleep where Jim Morrison slept? Or maybe he just nodded out there…
