Kork Agency Joins Agency Group
(Celebrity Access) The Kork Agency is merging with The Agency Group. Kork agents Christian Bernhardt and his team Ryan Craven, Andrew Skikne, Avery McTaggart, and Molly Fitzgerald will all begin. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: WMG, Universal 360, Borders Down, Virgin Gone & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: COMMENTARY: Lala is offering 10 cent songs streams thanks to a $20 million investment from WMG. Plus a link to the beta test. Winning Fans – Metallica vs.. Continue reading
Can The Music Industry Save Itself ? – Parts 3 & 4
PART III – 3. BUILD LABEL BRANDS, 4. CHASE THE NICHES PREVIOUSLY: Introduction, Parts 1 & 2 – 1. Off With Their Heads, 2. Cut The Fat The music industry. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Borders, AllOfMp3, National Lampoon & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Part III: Can The Music Industry Save Itself?– Build Label Brands, Embrace The Niches US Ranks 8th In Musical Intelligence ASCAP Partners With Nimbit for artist services SliceThePie. Continue reading
ASCAP Partners With Nimbit
NIMBIT’S ARTIST SERVICES PLATFORM WINS NEW FANS ASCAP will now include Nimbit’s direct-to-fan sales & catalog management tools as part of the basic membership package for more than 320,000 ASCAP. Continue reading
US Ranks 8th In Musical Intelligence
More than 26,000 respondents from 25 countries took an eMusic sponsored Music Intelligence test designed to determine whether they have a well-rounded music collection. The survey revealed that Icelandics have. Continue reading
SliceThePie Logs 1M Reviews
There are a number of competing online and D.I.Y. fan to artist financing systems, and perhaps the most popular Slicethepie just hit a milestone as volunteer "scouts" submitted their millionth. Continue reading
Is Sony BMG Hurting The Music Industry?
COMMENTARY: When Amazon launched an all mp3 download store, it seemed as if DRM was finally dead. But now things seem stalled. Napster just joined Amazon selling only mp3’s. Wal-Mart. Continue reading
Equity vs. Cash For Rights Societies?
The major labels and publishers often get flack for stalling innovation with demands for large advances and other demands, and deservedly so. But performing rights societies, with their own complex. Continue reading
Gydget Gets Band Widgets Right
Few music 2.0 tools have gotten higher adoption rates as widgets. These little pieces of code are popular because they encourage viral promotion. Plus if you keep the widget updated,. Continue reading
