Music Biz News: 30,055 Albums at $5.99, Music Fandom, Facebook, YouTube the Movie & More
Who says that download prices are too high?: Amazon MP3 has 30,055 albums for sale at $5.99 or less right now including new Cut Copy and Mumford & Sons releases.. Continue reading
This Week on MTT: How To Make Cash From Covers
Several great essays appeared on MTT this week: Jill Haverkamp: 6 Case Studies on Successful Online Music Marketing Alex Holz: Cash for Covers Jonathan Jaeger: Product Placement Won't Save the Music. Continue reading
Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: CD-Complex, Topspin, MySpace, Spotify & More
Top four reasons why the CD-Release Complex is dying. What's Topspin like? Hypebot's take. Readers weigh in. Why music biz students shouldn't let the sky fall on them. iTunes may get an audio. Continue reading
HOW TO: Turn Radio Airplay Into Music Sales
If you're getting radio airplay, how do you turn that exposure into traffic and sales? In this short video, Nimbit President and co-founder Phil Antoniades shares his experience with getting. Continue reading
The 5 Best iPad Apps for Music Discovery
This post is by Kevin English of eleetmusic.com. The April 2010 release of the Apple iPad has created a huge play for tons of computer manufacturers to enter the tablet arena. I’ve. Continue reading
Say What? – “All of My Friends And I Use Ping.”
The other day I had a chance interaction. I met a Ping fan, which is like spotting a Dodo bird. Mid-lecture at a university, I talked about the problems facing. Continue reading
Seth Godin on Making Money from Free Content
PressPausePlay is a new documentary that's coming out in the coming months. It's about hope, fear, and digital culture. In the first sneak peak of the film, marketer Seth Godin. Continue reading
4 Reasons Why The CD-Release Complex Is Dead
At the New Music Seminar conference in Los Angeles, founder Tom Silverman opened by revealing that CDs were still 74% of sales in 2010. “CDs aren't doing so bad,” he. Continue reading
Weigh In – 5 Thinkers Share Thoughts on Topspin
Yesterday, Hypebot wrote a post about Topspin in an attempt to offer a balanced view on what people think of the direct-to-fan platform. Many readers and music industry thinkers took. Continue reading
MySpace Music President Courtney Holt Exits plus CEO Mike Jones’ Memo To Staff
Courtney Holt is leaving his post as president of MySpace Music after two years, reportedly over differences with MySpace CEO Mike Jones over the direction that Jones is taking the. Continue reading