More Music Industry News: INgrooves, Gretchen Wilson DIY, P2P Use Down, Pirate Bay & More
X5 Music Group has signed a deal with INgrooves for mobile distribution and delivery to various online stores. Country singer Gretchen Wilson talks about going it on her own without. Continue reading
Music’s Top 10 Money Makers
According to Billboard, Music's Top 10 Money Makers in 2010 (which the last time I checked was only 2 months old) are: U2 $108,601,283 Bruce Springsteen $57,619,037 Madonna $47,237,774 AC/DC. Continue reading
Music Power Network Ramps Up Online Music Business Learning & Toolkit
You've seen the Music Power Network ads on Hypebot for several weeks now, but just in case you haven't clicked through to check it out, its time to share a. Continue reading
Tom Silverman To Receive NARM 2010 Independent Spirit Award
Music trade association NARM will honor Tom Silverman, the founder, chairman and CEO of Tommy Boy Entertainment, with its Independent Spirit Award at the Annual NARM Convention in Chicago on. Continue reading
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