School Wants To Ban iPods
One U.S. school official may have inadvertently found the solution to the sales slump in record music. Torrington, CT school superintendent Christopher G. Leone wants to stamp out digital music. Continue reading
Music Mastermind Raises $5 Million For Technology That Helps Anyone Make Music
But Is Everyone Making Music A Good Thing? Two year old startup Music Mastermind has raised $4.85 million in Series A funding. Music Mastermind empowers anyone to create music and. Continue reading
eMusic Song Payouts Rise
I've often joined the chorus critical of eMusic for a subscription model that leads to far lower per track payouts to artists than the 60-70 cents paid by iTunes, Amazon. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: New EMI Board Member, Spotify vs. MOG, Twitter Ads, Facebook Patent
EMI has appointed Peter Williams to the board of one of its holding companies. Williams has joined the board of Maltby Investments to act as an intermediary between Terra Firma. Continue reading