The Orchard Announces Executive Promotions And Hires VP Of Engineering
Following the recent appointment of Brad Navin to Chief Executive Officer, The Orchard today announced the promotions of four senior executives, as well as the addition of a Vice President. Continue reading
Bootsy Collins Launches Funk U. Online School
“Because a groove is a terrible thing to waste.” Parliment Funkadelic founder and bassplayer extraordinaire Bootsy Collins is launching his own Funk University. Construction of his online campus will conclude. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Apple iAds, New Charts, Choruss, Spotify Q3?, Foursquare & More
Even as the buzz builds toward the April 3rd ship date of the iPad, Apple is preparing to announce its "next big thing" — a new personalized, mobile advertising system. Continue reading
Prince Charges Fans For Closed Fan Club
From Our Artist/Fan Relationship Dept. To Prince, His Purple Majesty, His Royal Badness, The Dick Formerly Known As Prince: Today, a year after opening your LotusFlow3r club, you charged fans. Continue reading
Why Justin Bieber Is Such A Big Hit
(UPDATED) GUEST POST: Jay Frank is the author of Futurehit.DNA and SVP Music Strategy of CMT. You can download a free chapter of his great book on his blog FuturehitDNA.com. Continue reading
New Profits From Lyrics?
Sony/ATV Partners With Zazzle's ArtsProject For Lyric Inspired Merchandise Initiative Can music publishers find new profits from old song lyrics? On demand merchandise provider Zazzle is partnering with Sony/ATV Music. Continue reading
YouTube Continues Page Upgrades
YouTube has been testing page design upgrades and last week added a highlights view for comments that summarizes top rated comments, uploader comments and responses that can be drilled into. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Rhapsody Goes Dolby, Doobies Sue EMI, HMV, UMG vs. Pirates & More
Rhapsody is working with Dolby to upgrade audio quality of its 9 million track catalog for mobile delivery. (press release) EMI sued over failure to pay royalties on songs by. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Spotify targets 3rd quarter for U.S. launch. Former Sony chief Donny Ienner's IMHO launches a social media player. Sony trims up to 50 more staffers. EMI tries to pawn catalog. Continue reading