Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Napster, Agency 3.0, Nokia & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Can the Music Industry Save Itself? Part 2 – Off With Their Heads!
- Video: Napster’s COO on Pricing, Piracy & His New MP3 Store. Read our interview with him here.
- Music marketers take note: Blog readership is growing.
> Napster’s new MP3 store gets a bad review from ars
> William Morris is launching Agency 3.0 with Amp’d Founder Adderton. (PaidContent)
> Ticketmaster adds paperless ticketing and plans to roll it out worldwide. (Ticketmaster) See video of how it works after the jump below.
> Nokia has launched a music store in Sweden.
> "Rock’s New Economy: Making Money When CDs Don’t Sell" – Rolling Stone
> David Rose @ KnowTheMusicBiz.com tells me he was inspired by a recent popular post Help Wanted: Patrons & Champions to write Record Labels Are Not Venture Capitalists. Whatever the inspiration its a smart take on Music 2.0 artist and project finance.
WORTHY CLICK: Amazingtunes.com, a digital portal for unsigned artists calls itself a fair trade music company, with the site 70% of profits made from selling music online back to the artists and new label runs along a similar fair trade concept.
TICKETMASTER VIDEO TICKETING:
