Thursday’s Music Briefing: iTunes’ Concessions, Lobbying, Lady Sovereign & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
Fancorps Takes Over Contest To Prove The Value Of Street Teams- MyMajorCompany Gets $4.1 Million For Fan Funded Releases
- iLike Adds INgrooves' Indie Catalog
- MySpace Pushes Beyond Browser To TV
- Romancing Your Favorite Music Bloggers
- Hypebot / Topspin Meetup @ MidemNet
MORE NEWS:
- Why Apple’s iTunes Concessions Are a Double-Edged Sword. (GigAOm) Read this one. Once again, OM is right on.
- The Recording Artists' Coalition (RAC) announced today an alliance with The Recording Academy to become part of the "Grammy on the Hill" initiative which lobbies Congress and the government. (press release) Since the RAC is about artists and the Academy is funed by the big labels, do their interests always coincide?
Hip-Hop artist Lady Sovereign has entered into an agreement with EMI Music Services to distribute her new label, Midget Records. Under the deal, Lady Sovereign will hold the creative reigns, including A&R, marketing and promotion, while EMI will provide distribution, licensing and sync.- Akon talks digital music at CES. (Wired)
- The will be no Rock Band 3 in 2009. (paidContent) More than one major label income projection is being adjusted as you read this
- New site Musebin features one-line music reviews. Anyone can write reviews, and the best reviews are voted to the top of the front page. It's like Digg for music.
- MusicXray launched this week offering a platform to "measure, monitor, and grow market demand for your songs". I'd love to hear from Hypebot readers experiences with MusicXray.
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