REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- Exclusive white paper: Bruce Warila on The State Of Music Industry Investing.
- A secret plan by Ticketmaster, Irving Azoff and some of the countries biggest ticket scaplers dubbed Project Showtime is revealed.
- Apple approved the Spotify streaming music iPhone app at a crucial time for both companies.
- Sony Music's web efforts bear fruit as site traffic hits top 10.
- Warner Music is forced to pay $217,000 for rapper Roxanne Shante's PHD.
- Universal Music goes direct to fans with Echospin.
- Social networking only works when its real; plus some Seth Godin wisdom.
- Terry McBride: "A Profound Shift From Content Is King". Join the discussion.
- OurStage and MTV launch an emerging artist program.
- Music blog network MOG gets another $5 million in financing.
- Industry vet Dick Wlngate joins Ted Cohen's TAG consulting team.
- Motel 6 offers select touring bands free rooms. Don't worry; another round is on the way.
- Videos: Rhapsody's proposed iPhone App, Alice Cooper goes from throwing TV's out the window to selling them
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