More New Music Industry News: Rolling Stone, Imeeem, UK Label Boss Resigns & More
A wrap up that I wrote of music industry trends, lessons and highlights from 2009 appears today on About.com: Music Careers.
- UK based Tunechecker.com from consumer champion Martin Lewis exposes large differences in music download market. (Guardian)
- Rolling Stone to open nightclubs starting next year. (press release). Just like the magazine these days, they won't be centered around music.
- Who killed Imeem? Executives blame The Orchard…(Digital Music News)
- Music Industry Inches Forward into Reality. (Huffington Post)
- UK Record Label Boss Resigns From BPI/IFPI Committees Due To Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill. (Techdirt)
- Music-lovers watching their favorite acts at live concerts are increasingly becoming targets for gangs of mobile phone thieves, British police said on Monday. (Reuters)
- Stay tuned for news coming out of the San Francisco Music Tech Summit or follow it on Twitter at #SFMusicTech.
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Hi Bruce. Just wanted to make you aware that the link to your 2009 Music Industry Wrap Up article is broken. Here it is for those who are reading this before it is fixed.
http://bit.ly/6NJvSX
I’d love to see you elaborate on this a bit. I’m sure many aspiring musicians go to About.com first for info on the business we follow and report on daily. Although I read Hypebot on a regular basis, I was left wanting to hear more of your viewpoints.