Music Industry News: Google, MOG, PC Mag Responds, Pledge Music, Vampire Weekend & More
Google is trying to buy Groupon for $6 billion. (BoomTown) Google’s Secret Social Initiative Delayed Until Spring 2011 (Mashable) Supreme Court rejects teen's appeal in Internet music case. (AP) PC. Continue reading
Diaspora, Privacy-Aware Facebook Rival Goes Beta
Chances are you don't need another social network to join. You're already doing enough tweeting and status updating and not doing nearly enough working and creating the way it is.. Continue reading
Full List Of The 80+ Domains Seized Today By U.S.
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized the domains of 80+ web sites that it says are offering unauthorized content. While many of the sites. Continue reading
Strong iTunes Sales For The Beatles Driven By Facebook, Not Search Engines Or News
Where did people learn that The Beatles music was finally for sale as digital downloads and where did they go to learn more information? Conventional wisdom would says a news. Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will “Reform” Music, Film & TV Within 5 Years
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used last week's Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco to share his most sweeping vision yet of how Facebook will fundamentally change the music, film, TV. Continue reading
Track And Fields: New Remix & Music Licensing Site
Track and Fields, a Berlin-based remix and licensing opportunity site, offers a number of tools for musicians and producers alike. They provide pre-cleared samples and stems to use; referrals for. Continue reading
The Importance Of Great Website Visuals
You've heard it before. Keep fans on your site. Visuals are important. The first is straightforward. Don't bring fans to your site and send them to Myspace. Your site is. Continue reading
Christmas Comes Early! Lady Gaga, Usher & Justin Timberlake Promise To Stop Tweeting This Tues.
Alicia Keys and her friends, such as Lady Gaga, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Seacrest and even (gasp!) Kim and Khloe Kardashian, have all promised to stop tweeting and updating their. Continue reading
Mashed Up: Configurable Culture, Remixes As Art
Recently, I spoke with Aram Sinnreich, who is assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University and author of the book Mashed Up: Music, Technology, And The Rise. Continue reading
Bruce Warila: Can Computers Really Analyze Songs For Hit Potential?
(Updated) This guest post comes from consultant and entrepreneur Bruce Warila. Bruce has studied the technologies and services that measure a song's hit potential. In response to the ASCAP and. Continue reading
