Monday’s Music Briefing: Rick Rubin, meebo, Predictions, Pump Audio & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Labels Force Content Off YouTube And MySpace SonyBMG Signs On With Project Playlist Music’s Long Tail Just Got A Lot Shorter What The RIAA Doesn’t Want You To. Continue reading
Warner Music Pulls All Content From YouTube
Unable to renegotiate the share of ad revenue it sought, Warner Music Group has pulled all of its content from YouTube. Affected are thousands of songs and artists from WMG’s. Continue reading
YouTube Telling Labels Not To Count On Big Checks
Just yesterday I wrote about Universal earning an estimated $100 million in 2008 from online music videos. The other major labels are getting big checks too with 80% of the. Continue reading
MySpace Pulls Project Playlist After Label Threats
Facebook Holds Firm For Now… MySpace pulled all Project Playlist widgets from its site yesterday. The move apparently came after MySpace received notices from several "major music companies" demanding that. Continue reading
Music’s Week In Review: Sales Slump, YouTube Fights Labels, EMI.com, NY iTunes Tax & More
Overall Music Sales Drop 2% even as Digital Track Sales Top 1 Billion EMI.com Relaunches As Music Discovery Lab Four Dirty Little Secrets Of Music 2.0 Indie Labels Unite To. Continue reading
YouTube Turning Into Major Label Revenue Stream
Recent surveys have shown YouTube’s growing influence as a place for music discovery, but now its becoming a significant source of revenue as well. No one is releasing hard numbers,. Continue reading
Music Sales Drop 2% Q3 Despite Digital Growth
Overall demand for music among U.S. internet users fell 2% in Q3 of 2008 according to a new NPD survey which included purchased CDs and downloads, P2P sites, and borrowing. Continue reading
Indie Def Jux’s Uzoigwe Answers: What Is Working?
In conjunction with US. independent music trade group A2IM (American Association Of Independent Music), we’re asking indie professionals: In this fractured media landscape, what is working? What outlets and tools. Continue reading
I’ve Joined Band Metrics’ New Advisory Board
Band Metrics, a TechCrunch50 2008 semi-finalist, has announced its initial advisory board and I’m proud to join record industry veteran and friend Barney Kilpatrick and music technology expert Parag Chordia. Continue reading
