EMI announces successful capital restructuring, and change of ownership
Debt dramatically reduced; EMI now has the financial flexibility to invest in its strategy for growth. EMI Group Ltd (“EMI”), one of the world’s leading music companies, today announces that. Continue reading
Indie Artist Fans Try To Sell Dog Pooping Photos
Sites like Pledge Music, Kickstarter, and Sellaband have created opportunities for artists to make money from aspects of their careers that they have not been able to previously. For instance,. Continue reading
Does Spotify Pay Major Labels More Than Indies?
The utopian dream of the Internet is that it makes artists equals. Each can have their music available on iTunes and have a webpage to call their own. But do. Continue reading
10 Expert Insights Into Great Music Marketing
This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. This past weekend, the California Lawyers for the Art's held their 28th Annual Music Business Seminar at Ex'pression College for. Continue reading
Chart: More Proof That Music Ads On Facebook Work
A recent Webtrends survey of 11,000 Facebook ads measured clickthrough rates (red) and cost per click (blue) for different categories of ads. Check out the big jump in clickthrough rates. Continue reading
Why Digital Music Has Indeed Failed [VIDEO]
This video has been floating around for a week now, but I've only now gotten a chance to watch it. In this MIDEM talk, Forrester analyst Mark Mulligan explains how. Continue reading
Why I Think Video LPs Are A Good Idea
DFTBA Records President and co-founder Alan Lastufka has joined MTT as an author. In his first post, he talks about his experience of releasing a Video LP on YouTube. So. Continue reading
This Week’s iTunes Top 10 Singles & Albums
For week ending Jan. 31, 2011: Top Singles: 1. "Perfect," P!nk2. "Black and Yellow," Wiz Khalifa3. "Grenade," Bruno Mars4. "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) (feat. T-Pain)," Pitbull5. "Tonight,". Continue reading
Muisc Biz News: Is Google Music Near?, Facebook Comments Stones Battle, Luke Wood, RDIO & More
Some reports point to Google Music and perhaps Spotify launching next month. We hear that it will take longer, and Greg Sandoval has an overview of where things stand, "Hey. Continue reading
