Friday’s Music Briefing: Napster Exits Edu, Sellaband + AOL & Much More
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- Try to look busy today…Watch a few videos.
- Is "Album Only" The Answer To Anything?
- Join the discussion: The Producer As Manager
- LimeWire Store Doubles In Size With Orchard Deal
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Napster will phase out its university subscription program. (P2P Blog)
> Sellaband has partnered with AOL. The former gets some tech; the later some new music and content for its EU sites. (NMA)
> BBC Worldwide is planning to launch an ad-supported subscription music service based on the content in its cast archives. (NMA)
> MySpace has passed Yahoo! in online display ad views. (Comscore)
> Please Buy My Record:. The Futility Of Flogging Your Own Music. It’s a bit lengthy, but for any d.i.y.or indie musician, the slog through is worth it to get to the punchline (and lesson) at the end. (Music Think Tank. Thanks to Bruce Warila for the tip.)
> Latvian BitTorrent tracker has been taken down and two arrested. (TorrentFreak)
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This post was nonsense and not worth much to me.
Hate to break up your back-slapping festival of futility, but, as you brits would say, bollocks. There are ways to make money, most of them involve having paid management, and yes, you have to work your ass off to do it, and you can’t just sit around the house getting stoned and then expect to sell your music. If you don’t like that reality, fine, give it all away, but don’t present this as some sort of breakthrough philosophy, please…