Music Industry News: Majors Love Russian Site, Rosoff Moves, Android #1, Evenbrite’s $20M & More
(UPDATED) I wrote a short piece titled "Innovation Over Indictments" on the MidemNet blog; it's inspired by the relaunch of the RIAA's latest whack-a-mole target Mulve.com (which appears to be back. Continue reading
EMI Publishing Exec Dan McCarroll To Head Capitol & Virgin Labels In North America
(Updated) Another publishing exec joins the top ranks of EMI's record division wtih Dan McCarroll's appointment as President of the Capitol & Virgin Label Group in North America. Currently EVP. Continue reading
Why We’re Less Happy With Music Now Than Ever: The Paradox of Reversible Decisions
At their core, BitTorrent and LimeWire are a flight simulators, not a piracy machines. Their appeal is in their ability to let fans preview their music decisions, not solely because. Continue reading
Losses At We7 Highlight Streaming Music Struggles
Losses at UK based we7 offer insights into the struggles facing all music streaming services unless ad revenues jump, labels and rightsholders become more flexible or both. We7 reported a. Continue reading
U.S. Ringback-Tone Sales Fall Again; Will Music Streams Take Their Place?
(UPDATED) Annual U.S. mobile music projections from BMI set the value of the 2010 retail ringback-tone market in the United States at $181 million, down 7% from its revised 2009. Continue reading
Sony Launches Ariama Classical Retail Site With Some Features Others Should Copy
Sony Music Entertainment continues its campaign to drive purchases back to its own branded retail outlets with the launch in public beta for Ariama.com, their new classical music online store.. Continue reading
Spotify Coming To Windows Phone… In The U.S.?
In what may be an early clue that Spotify is coming to the U.S. before the end of the year as promised, the streaming music service will available on the. Continue reading
Orange Adds Singing Tweetagrams To Marketing, And You Can Too
Audio Tweets: Personalized Fan Contact (UPDATED) An ad campaign for U.K. telecom Orange puts a modern twist on the singing telegram. Tweet a message to anyyone adding the hashtag #singingtweetagrams.. Continue reading
Lawyers Fighting Pirates Have Become Pirates Too
"Good artists borrow, great artists steal." Apparently, so do anti-piracy lawyers. Writing all those letters is hard work. Ars details a series of exchanges between two anti-piracy lawyers, wherein, one. Continue reading
Former EMI Exec Syd Schwartz Opens Linchpin Digital Music Consultancy
Digital marketing veteran Syd Schwartz has formed Linchpin Digital to provide marketing and strategic solutions for the music, media, gaming and technology industries. Initial clients include Dympol, his former employers. Continue reading
