REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Paul McCartney rejected EMI and took his catalog indie. Facebook partnered with Pandora for social music. Facebook is now 41% of all social net traffic. iLike founders have left MySpace. Continue reading
From Hypebot’s Job Board: Interns Wanted
Two top music industry firms have joined the many successful companies that have used Hypebot's Job Board to find interns and fill paid positions. The Artists Organization, Gary Gersh's artist. Continue reading
The Cult’s Ian Astbury: Giving Away Music Is “Selfish” And “Irresponsible”
"Whoever was irresponsible enough to decide that music was worth nothing and decide to give away the music, that was a very selfish move. When I look at a 17-year-old. Continue reading
Last.fm To Add “Play Direct” Indie Artist Program
But Don't Expect To Get Paid 10 days ago Last.fm dropped single track streaming pushing it off to scrobbling partners like MOG, Spotify and Hype Machine. Among those most impacted. Continue reading
Major Label Atlantic Asks Fan To Help Fund New Natty Release Via Pledge Music
Things must be tough over at Atlantic Records and its parent WMG. First label group president Lyor Cohen is selling his $28 million NYC townhouse and now Atlantic is asking. Continue reading
Video: Music, Twitter and The Real-Time Web
(UPDATED) From The 140 Characters Conference Takeway: Twitter is a very useful viral tool, but don't expect it to convert to sales. Panelists: indie musician Matthew Ebe, Steve Greenberg of. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Bye Bye Malcolm, Amazon $’s, Drooling Fanatic, iPod Taxes & More
Anarchy ruled as Malcolm McLaren's funeral draws punk glitterati. (Guardian) "Where's the cash? Can I dig you up?" – Steve Jones, "On this cruel, cruel day … Get a life!". Continue reading
Earth Day 2010: Take The Clean Concert Pledge
The Clean Concert Pledge is designed to help change the concert-goers trash mentality by asking them to make a simple promise, "I will leave no trash on the ground at. Continue reading
Beyond Oblivion Joins MySpace In News Corps Digital Music Portfolio
(UPDATE 2) Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has increased its bet on digital music beyond MySpace Music with an investment in start-up Beyond Oblivion. With a promised launch date of 10.10.10,. Continue reading
Do Four Chords Make Up Every Hit Song?
Jay Frank takes the scholarly approach to dissecting hit songs in his Future DNA. Australian comedy group Axis Of Awesome prefer to go for belly laughs but along the way. Continue reading
