Report: UK Recorded Music Biz A Mix Bag In 2009
The statistical highlights courtesy of BPI: Total UK recorded music trade income rises 1.4% overall to £928.8m Trade revenues from physical formats down 6.1% to £739.9m Digital income now a. Continue reading
Spotify Gets A Major Upgrade Unifying Cloud & iTunes Playlists In A Single Player
Details & A Video Introduction (UPDATED) After six months of development, Spotify has released a major upgrade that allows users to import tracks from their download library into the Spotify. Continue reading
Free SoundExchange Artist Webinar Today & 10 Reasons Artists Don’t Register
Digital royalties collection group SoundExchange is offering a free webinar open to the first the 1,000 musicians to register today at 2:00pm EST. Participants will learn about SoundExchange, maximizing digital. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: EMI’s Future, SoundHound, Seeqpod, Another Blog-Label, PlayMPE Hacked & More
(UPDATED) New EMI Music chairman Charles Allen is believed to have pulled back from suggesting sales of parts of the group in the strategic plan he has just submitted to. Continue reading
Even For Majors Labels, It’s A Direct To Fan Future
UMG & Mozes Expand Latin Fan Outreach Direct to fan marketing and sales has been the indie d.i.y. mantra for months, and now even the major labels are getting into. Continue reading
Rhapsody Adds Offline Playlists & An iTunes Buy Button To Mobile App
As promised when they released an Android app last month, Rhapsody today launched a new version of its iPhone app that enables subscribers to download playlists to their iPhone, iPod. Continue reading
Column: What Do You Mean, Broken?!?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor (@kbylin) Since publishing my latest essay I’ve started to wonder whether or not I delivered a concept that was useful and at least somewhat universally understandable. . Continue reading
David Pakman: Witnessing The Atomization Of The Music Industry And What Do Do About It
We are witnessing the atomization and decentralization of the music industry, says David Packman, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock and former eMusic CEO. The music industry's best hope. Continue reading
CD Baby Adds $9 Digital Singles Distribution
(UPDATED) Online independent music distribution service CD Baby has added a digital singles program. For a $9 one time fee plus 9% of net earnings, CD Baby will distribute a. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: NZ 3 Strikes, Suburban Home, Azoff Profile, Fourquare + VH1 & More
Want to be sure that you didn't miss anything last week? Be sure to read REWIND, Hypebot's Music Industry's Week In Review. New Zealand Moves Forward With Three Strikes; Big. Continue reading
