AM News: UMG Watermarks Files, Google+ Games, MySpace Goes Down, CashMusic Retools & More
UMG Watermarks Audiophile Files, Pisses Off Paying Customers (Techdirt) "When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn…" Google+ gets games, but game-haters don't have to see them (ars). Continue reading
How Do Users Spend Time Online? A Pew Study [HINT: Don’t Ditch Your MySpace Page]
(UPDATED) Cleaning up email lists and updating MySpace pages are still important for musicians and marketers, according to a new Pew study of U.S. internet users which showed that Email. Continue reading
PM News: Hello Music To New $20M LA Incubator, UK Warehouse Fire Updates & Fund, MTV O Awards Back
Two ex-Virgin Digital executives, former CTO Brendon Cassidy and president Zack Zalon are launching and LA digital business incubator Elevator Labs with $20 million from KCG Capital . Hello Music,. Continue reading
Even Überhip Pitchfork Acts Still Use MySpace
Though MySpace is clearly seeing hard times compared to earlier years and merely invoking the name seems to inspire apoplectic fits in the hipoisie, there are still good reasons to. Continue reading
The Week’s Best New Music Apps: iTunes For Android, Smart Guitar & A Digital Accordion
This week Evolver.fm intern Connor McKnight offers the latest music app roundup for Apple iOS, Google Android and on the web. His latest picks include iTunes For Android, Smart Guitar and. Continue reading
How To Make Money Through YouTube Ads
Do you have YouTube videos of your performances or musings? There’s a possibility that you could be getting money through YouTube ads. Note: You cannot participate if you cover songs.. Continue reading
Melodica Marketing Is Finding New Retail Outlets For Indie Music
After a previous post on creating alternative music distribution networks, I followed up on a comment by Paul Santos from Melodica Music Marketing. Santos filled me in on his company. Continue reading
Spotify Responds To Century Media Pullout, Another Label Joins Anti-Streaming Chorus
(UPDATED) Earlier this week, metal and hardcore music group Century Media pulled its labels from Spotify "to protect the interests of their artists". "Spotify in its present shape and form. Continue reading
NEWS: Sirius Hopes To Bypass SoundExchange, $254M MySpace Loss, HTC Gives Dre $254M & More
(UPDATED) SiriusXM Radio is attempting to directly license music from record labels, bypassing SoundExchange. (Billboard.biz). Direct licensing at more favorable rates is becoming more common place. Some worry that the. Continue reading
How You Can Help 150+ Indie Labels Devastated By London Riots Warehouse Fire
UPDATED: The international music community is rallying around the 150 independent labels whose stock was destroyed in the Sony Music/PIAS warehouse fire during the riots in London. While insurance may. Continue reading
