New Twitter Offers More Opportunities For Music
Twitter has been expanding its on the web offering far beyond the boundaries of 144 characters. But enhancements rolling out to users starting yesterday offer an even richer online experience. Continue reading
A Music World That Centers On The Fan
How Information Empowers and Changes Music Fandom (UPDATED) In less than a decade, the record and music industries have shifted from being artist-centric to revolving around the fan. The focal. Continue reading
Top Ten Reasons Why Listeners Think Radio Sucks
No surprise to anyone, the National Association of Broadcasters still wants government mandated FM tuners to be put in your cell phone. The revelation though is that they are now. Continue reading
Serve The Fan: Topspin Adds VIP Access
A cornerstone of modern music marketing is the understanding that artists have different levels of fans. Some just want a free single; while others will pay well for access to. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Google Music, Spotify, Thumbplay, Gail Zappa, VEVO, Blackwell & More
(UPDATED) Lots of action at WMG yesterday as the executives suites at both Warner Brothers Records and indie arm ADA and Rhino all saw major shakeups. But as talented and. Continue reading
Tom Whalley Exits Warner Bros. Records. As WMG Names New Executive Team
(UPDATED) Tom Whalley, who has served as Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records since 2001, is leaving the label in a shakeup that substantially changes the makeup of the. Continue reading
“The Mystery Is Gone And Artists Just Start Looking Like Normal People That Aren’t So Special,” Says Kevin Breuner of CD Baby. Interview Part Two.
In the second segment of my interview with Kevin Breuner, who is the Marketing Project Manager at CD Baby and host of the DIY Musician Podcast, we talk about the. Continue reading
Mitchell Wolk Leaves ADA, WMG Names New Leader
Alternative Distribution Alliance, the indie distribution arm of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) just announced a succession plan that will see company veteran David Orleans named President succeeding Mitchell Wolk.. Continue reading
Indaba Music Adds On-Demand CD Production, Offers Hypebot Readers Free Trial Of Service
Online collaboration community Indaba Music now provides its users with on-demand and personalized CD production services. In partnering with CustomCD, the company will expand its growing collection of third party. Continue reading
McAfee Study Says Free Music Comes At A Price
It's seems that all this free music may be almost as bad for your computer as it has been for the bottom line of the average record label. A new. Continue reading
Top 40 Artists Downloaded Via P2P Last Week
PayArtists monitored P2P to rank the 40 most popular artists based on number of downloads in a week. Some key trends: Hip Hop music is the most popular genre of. Continue reading
