Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Sales Decline, Cloud Music, ZapTunes & More
RealNetworks launched Unifi, a new music and media cloud service. Nielsen SoundScan reports U.S. album sales were down 13% in 2010. Reports say that a U.S. launch could've killed Spotify due to costs. ZapTunes plans to relaunch its fraud as. Continue reading
As Google, Apple Hesitate, RealNetworks Demos Unifi Cloud Music & Media Service At CES
Yesterday at CES, RealNetworks demoed Unifi, a new music and media cloud service which its says can serve as a complete library of all the media a users owns, accessible from. Continue reading
Top 6 Missing Features From Thumbplay Music
In past month, I've had the pleasure of using Thumbplay Music. I had recently bought myself an iPod Touch and wanted to experiment with a cloud-based music service. It's been. Continue reading
Portishead Against The Machine: “There Will Be NO Bonus Tracks, NO Remixes [On Our New Album].”
Every once and awhile, an artist gets fed up with the music industry BS and throws up their hands. Portishead's Geoff Barrow is one of those people. On his Twitter,. Continue reading
Digital Only Label X5 Music Gets $9 Million Venture Funding For U.S. Expansion
Who says venture capitalists don't love music? In the last few days alone, RootMusic received $2.3 million to help musicians build better Facebook pages and trueAnthem grabbed $2.9 million to take. Continue reading
2000-2010: RIAA Spends +$90 Million On Lobbying
Since 2000, the RIAA has spent over $90 million in government lobbying efforts in the U.S. alone. In 2000, the record industry spent a mere $4 million, in attempt to. Continue reading
MOG Links Up With Verizon – App Will Come Preinstalled In All Android Phones
MOG has landed a deal with Verizon. It will now come preinstalled on all 4G Android phones. Users will be able to sign up for MOG accounts using Verizon carrier. Continue reading
SoundCloud Embeds Content ID Technology
SoundCloud has collaborated with Audible Magic, a digital media identification and copyright tracking service provider. This technology will be used to help identify the ownership rights of artists, record labels,. Continue reading
Future to Come: Pandora in Hand, Pandora in Car
50% of radio listening happens in the car. In order for Pandora to be in all the places that their users go, they need to find their way into the. Continue reading
Buy One, Give One Free: What Artists Can Learn From Social Entrepreneurship
Over at Music Think Tank, George Howard makes the case that the record industry has yet to find a way to reward fans for sharing music. In many instances, our. Continue reading
