MySpace Still Pays $60,000 A Month For Parking & Other Stats From Company In Decline
As NewsCorp reportedly moves closer to deal to unload MySpace – or at least partner with someone to try to rebuild it – a variety of stats about the struggling. Continue reading
ThinkUp: Capture, Analyze, Share Your Social Network Activity
ThinkUp is an open source software solution for monitoring all that social network activity you've been doing to market your music or on behalf of your music clients. It's available. Continue reading
David Pakman: The Best Part Of ‘Social’ Is The Data
"The most exciting thing about everything “going social”… is the data. Our participation online leaves bits of data about ourselves everywhere we go. That data, I have long believed, is. Continue reading
Discover New Music: Algorithms Or Your Friends’ Suggestions?
Where do you discover new music? Maybe you heard from a friend about a new band or discovered new music through services like Pandora. Traditionally, the record labels were the. Continue reading
Mixed Reaction To Apple iCloud & iTunes Match
Early reaction to yesterday's announcement of Apple's iCloud digital locker and iTunes Match has been mixed. Some focused on how iTunes Match essentially legitimizes illegally downloaded music. Others were disappointed. Continue reading
Kaiser Chiefs Launch ‘Create Your Own Album & Sell It’ Campaign For New Release
Late last week, the Kaiser Chiefs kicked off a "create your own version of a Kaiser Chiefs album" campaign for The Future Is Medieval, their latest release due June 27th,. Continue reading
More News: MySpace, Apple iCloud, New MTV Prez, Gray To WMG, Omaha, YouTube + Creative Commons
NewsCorp is nearing a deal for MySpace, but it may be more of a partnership than a sale. (Wall Street Journal) Reactions are mixed to Apple's new iCloud and iTunes. Continue reading
TuneCore CEO Says Apple Just Monetized Pirated Music, Reset Music Industry
Apple’s new free iCloud and $24.99 a year iTunes Match, "marries the two disparate ideas of consumer convenience and the monetization of pirated music, providing what could be the 'missing. Continue reading
iTunes Match & iTunes In The Cloud – Apple Takes Cloud Music To A New Level
Early in today's presentation at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs dropped impressive new stats including 15 billion songs sold on iTunes and 225 million accounts with credit cards on. Continue reading
RootMusic Integrates With Topspin To Sell Downloads, Merch & Tickets On Facebook
(UPDATE 2) Direct to fan platform Topspin has added RootMusic integration to enable download, merchandise and tickets sales on BandPage Facebook pages. Topspin also connects with DamnTheRadio created Facebook pages. Continue reading
The Power Of Sharing: Study Shows Facebook Dominates Share Traffic On Web
A new study by ShareThis along with Starcom MediaVest Group and Rubinson Partners looked at the the sharing and clicking habits of the more than 300 million who each month. Continue reading
