REWIND – Music Industry’s Week In Review: Gaga, Google, Facebook+Spotify, RIAA Salaries, More
Lady Gaga dominated the week with her new release. Major brands like Google flocked to be a part of the campaign. Amazon offered the album for $.99 and so many fans flocked to the site that it crashed some severs; so they tried it again 2 days later. The campaign demonstrated at least 4 creative strategies that all musicians should consider.
- Google reportedly offered record labels $100 million to license a robust cloud music service and they refused.
- Facebook and Spotify will reportedly partner for a new music service.
- While the music industry crumbled two top RIAA execs made $4.8 million.
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