Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 10-14-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE1 BAND OF HORSES|CEASE TO BEGIN2 SPRINGSTEEN*BRU|MAGIC3 IRON & WINE|SHEPHERD’S DOG4 KID ROCK|ROCK N ROLL JESUS5 BEIRUT|FLYING CLUB CUP6 HARVEY*P.J.|WHITE CHALK7 LENNOX*ANNIE|SONGS OF MASS DES8 FOO FIGHTERS|ECHOES. Continue reading
EMI Publishing Shuffles Executive Deck
EMI Music Publishing has named Big Jon Platt as President of West Coast Creative. He will also continue to head EMI Publishing’s Urban Music department. Platt’s iuband signings include Jay-Z,. Continue reading
Sony, KIDDI Link Could Challenge Apple
Sony and Japan’s second largest mobile carrier KDDI said Tuesday they will enable digital music to be shared between Sony portable and home music players and mobile phones on KDDI’s. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Yahoo! Rejects Music Subscription, Artist Nation, Pirate Bay & More
>>> From yesterday’s Yahoo! earnings call from CEO Jerry Jeng: "…we have de-emphasized our focus around subscription music in favor of advertising supported music". (transcript) We’re not sure what that. Continue reading
iTunes Plus To Drop DRM Free Price And Add Indies
As early as this week iTunes Plus is expected to drop the price of all DRM free tracks to 99 cents from the current $1.29. Also on tap is the. Continue reading
Napster 4.0 – You Can Put Lipstick On A Pig, But…
Yesterday Napster launched 4.0. an upgrade that eliminates the need to download special software thus opening their system to Apple and Linux users. They’ve also added some new music discovery. Continue reading
Six Degrees Gives Away “Emerging Artist” Tracks
Today Six Degrees Records is launches “Download of the Week” to highlight their hip digital only Emerging Artists series. For the next nine weeks you can download a free MP3. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Radiohead $, HypeMachine Back, Court Action & More
>>> Radiohead download payments are averaging in the $5-$8 range according to new estimates. (Listening Post) >>> Mp3 blog said Hype Machine wouldn’t relaunch until 10,000 visitors were on their. Continue reading
We Now Interrupt The Music For…Blog Action Day
UPDATE: More than 15,000 blogs with 12 million plus readers are participating in Blog Action Day. Check out some of the posts from our friends at the B5 blog network. Continue reading
