Interchangeable Identities: The Collision of Culture, Technology, and Self
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Photo Courtesy of Sara Kiesling For those who came of age just before the rise and fall of Napster, what music they listened to depended greatly. Continue reading
Is Twitter Use In Decline?
Traffic to Twitter was down a dramatic 27.8% between September and October, according Nielson and eMarketer. ComScore showed Twitter's unique visitors were down 8.1% in October and Compete reported a. Continue reading
Video Viewing On Social Networks Doubles
Is Facebook The Next You Tube? Facebook was the dominate force once again, as the time spent viewing video on social networking sites increased 98% over the last year from. Continue reading
Is Everyone In The Music Business?
Yesterday, during one of those rare moments of personal clarity, I wrote on the MidemNet blog: The line between music fan and music professional has become difficult to draw. The. Continue reading
2009 AMA’s Tips Hat To All The Usual Players
A Full List Of 2009 American Music Award Winners If there is a music awards show that you could publish the winners even before the curtain goes up, it's The. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Should CD prices be lower? A record store joke: "What do you call a CD that retails for more than $9.99?" MySpace buys imeem at a fire sale price. Merlin. Continue reading
Merlin Finally Makes Indie Deal With MySpace
New Deal Includes All Indie Music (Updated) Indie licensing agency Merlin, which represents almost 10% of the global music market, has reached an agreement with MySpace Music on behalf of. Continue reading
TunesPro Sells Legal 19 Cent Hit Song Downloads
(UPDATE 3) : Brenden Mulligan of ArtistData tells Hypebot that his sources say that TunesPro is NOT authorized by the labels (see other evidence in the comments section). On Friday. Continue reading
Sony Wants To Take On iTunes
Sony is taking a page from the Apple playbook and will open an online store for music, film, books and other digital content next year. Years after iTunes launched and. Continue reading
Susan Boyle Grabs Amazon’s Biggest Ever Pre-Sale
The usually press shy Amazon made a rare announcement yesterday: internet and TV sensation Susan Boyle’s upcoming album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” has become the largest global CD pre-order in. Continue reading
