MixTube Picks Up Where Muxtape Left Off
YOUTUBE CONTENT + DELIVERY PLATFORM + ADS = PROFITS ? Where the now shuttered Muxtape ran afoul of the RIAA by actually hosting music files, upstart MixTube.org tries. Continue reading
MySpace Opens Self-Serve Ad Platform
NO EXTERNAL LINKS OR KEY WORD TARGETING ALLOWED There’s no sign yet of the new MySpace Music, but the social networker has just launched a self-service ad platform aimed straight. Continue reading
What If You Took A Poll Of Your Fans?
What would you learn if put a poll on the web or had someone with a clip board at shows and asked questions like: How old are you and where. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Briefing: CIMS Looses Leader, GPhone, Janet Jackson D.I.Y. & More
Don Van Cleave will exit his position as executive director of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) at year’s end to join Gary Gersh’s Artists Organization in an executive. Continue reading
RoyaltyShare Adds Mobile Distribution
RoyaltyShare has expanded its low cost mobile distribution services through partnerships with mobile music services LiveWire Mobile, Moderati, SendMe Mobile, Thumbplay and Zed (formerly 9squared). Labels who use RoyaltyShare royalty. Continue reading
Labels, Publishers & Internet Broadcasters Agree On Mechanical Royalties
NOW IT’S UP TO THE COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD UPDATE: The agreement only covers interactive net broadcasters like Pandora or Rhapsody and not general net streams like Radio Paradise and SOMA-FM.. Continue reading
Amazon MP3 Goes Mobile With Google’s Android
GPhone envy may be about to replace iPhone envy. Today is the day that T-Mobile will officially announce the October availability of the first mobile phone powered by Google’s open. Continue reading
We Are The Curator, The Light and The Frame
GUEST POST by Kyle Bylin of indie label 50 Entertainment. Kyle also contributed the much praised post The Fall Of Communization And The Rise Of The Music Fan. The roles. Continue reading
MySpace Music Responds To Indie Criticism
Responding to reports that MySpace may be the subject of antitrust lawsuits because of an equity stake shared by three of the four major labels, as well as, growing criticism. Continue reading
