Dominic Pandiscia Named EVP EMI Music Services
EMI Music has appointed Dominic Pandiscia to head its Sales and Commercial Development team in North America in the newly-expanded role of Executive Vice President, EMI Music Services. Darren Stupak,. Continue reading
Apple Closing Lala 5/31. Is iTunes In The Cloud Next?
Lala is shutting down The Lala service will be shut down on May 31st, 2010. Unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users. That was the simple message posted on. Continue reading
MusikPitch Launches Online Marketplace For Songs
MusikPitch has launched as an online marketplace for custom songwriting. The site offers music supervisors, corporate brands and others access to a largely untapped pool of songwriting talent and revenue. Continue reading
E1 Buys IndieBlu Labels Artemis, V2, Light & More
Consolidation within the India sector appears to be heating up. Last week Concord acquired the massive Rounder Records catalog and this week E1 Entertainment (formerly Koch) has acquired the rights. Continue reading
Watch Contoversial M.I.A “Born Free” Video
The controversial M.I.A. video "Born Free" depicts the military rounding up red headed children and executing them. Some media outlets reported that YouTube had removed the violent video, but instead. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Flash Ban, Vivendi Reports, HMV Falls, Taco Machines & More
What Apple’s Flash Ban Means For Music. (Billboard.biz) Universal Music Group (UMG) parent company Vivendi said its performance in the first quarter of 2010 was in line with expectations and. Continue reading
UK Band Gets $300,000 To Change Their Name
(UPDATED) Exit Through The Gift Shop Door was the name of a band started by 41 year old Simon Duncan in London just 18 months ago. "It was a kind. Continue reading
Try Stoking Your Fans
This guest post comes from Ben Coe who is an artist coach and co-founder of music management and marketing firm The Artist Farm. His work there is designed to help. Continue reading
MP3Tunes Bumps Free Cloud Storage 5X to 10G
Online music storage locker MP3Tunes has increased the capacity of its free cloud based service from 2G to 10G. That should be enough capacity to store 2000 songs for play. Continue reading
