News Brief: Amazon vs, Labels, MySpace Suitors, Shazam + eBay, Hackers Have Sony Data & More
Behind The Scenes: Record Label Demands From Amazon (TechCrunch) Shazam has launched “Unlimited Tagging” globally sponsored by Ebay. Security researchers say they'd seen discussions on underground forums indicating that the. Continue reading
12 Tips To Handle Musician Social Media Overload
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube…the list goes on. Dozens of social media that artists use to connect with fans and market themselves. Great tools, but tiresome if you have a billion other. Continue reading
Looks Like iCloud Is Name Of Apple’s Music Locker
Apple's pending cloud based music service will likely be called iCloud according to GigaOm. Sources tell Om Malik that Apple just paid $4.5 million for the domain of the former. Continue reading
Co-Founder Of #1 Music App RootMusic Says Facebook Must To Do More For Musicians
BandPage is is the #1 music app on Facebook with 21 million active users; and that's quite an accomplishment since it was created for bands rather than the masses fo. Continue reading
Sonicbids Teams With House Of Blues Clubs For “New Music Nights”
Sonicbids has teamed with Live Nation to bring an emerging music night to select House of Blues concert halls. "New Music Nights at House of Blues" will launch in Los. Continue reading
Still Trying To Decide Whether To Build an iPhone Or Android App? Look At These Stats
iPhone apps are all the rage, but Apple's lead over Android will disappear by the end July. In the chart below, ou can see the gap between Android and iPhone. Continue reading
The Recorded Music Industry: Crisis Or Opportunity
危機 "When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy The recorded music industry. Continue reading
Topspin, Dolby Chairman Peter Gotcher On Venture Capital & Music Entrepreneurship [VIDEO]
Peter Gotcher is an independent venture investor focusing on investments in digital media companies and the Executive Chairman of Dolby Laboratories, as well as Chairman of Topspin Media, which he. Continue reading
News Brief: New WMG Lawsuit, Rdio+Amazon, Sony Stumbles, Neurotic Checks In, Wolfgang TV & More
WMG Accused of illegally selling rap songs and keeping the money. (AllHipHop) Rdio becomes the first music streaming service to add an Amazon Payments option tapping into that huge user. Continue reading
Marketing To Hispanics: Reaching A Growing Demographic
The 2010 U.S. Census continues to be a goldmine of data as the AP revealed recently in recognizing that Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans in most U.S. cities. This news was. Continue reading
