REWIND: DFTBA Sales High, Anti-Piracy Meets Kids, Spotify Stalled Again, Music Is “Public Good” & More
- A study says 70% of Thumbplay users stop file-sharing.
- Another day, a new anti-piracy campaign, this one is for kids.
- The U.S. launch of Spotify has become stalled again and again.
- Online label DFTBA Records cleared 1M in sales in two years.
- Heard of copyright? We now present you with the copyheart.
- Economist says music is a public good like streetlights.
Rewind With The Music Industry Week In Review:
- Tubeify is a new music service. Here's how to get an account.
- The Dalai Llama gives sage advice on how to build a fan base.
- Viinyl.com introduced their quick & interactive single song sites.
- Google exec said they could build iTunes 10x over, but won't.
- This is a two-part interview series on the kindie music scene.
- Hypebot reports live from SF MusicTech. (Here, here, & here)
- Facebook released new profiles. Here's all you need to know.
- Jelli CEO talks about the power of democratic radio stations.
- What Google's new Chrome web app store means for music.
- Ticketfly CEO talks about live music trends and monetization.
- Dave Cool examines the evolving state of what indie means.
- BandApp has launched a brand new, easy-to-use app creator.
- Hypebot would like to interview online community mangers.
- Myspace CEO says they aren't interested in selling music.