AM BRIEF: EMI Split Sale Close, Google To Add Song Sharing, Is Rubin Out?, Mico Exits UMG & More
EMI SALE UPDATE: Several sources are reporting that a split sale is getting closer, with Sony/ATV or BMG Rights getting the publishing side (BMG has fewer anti-trust issues) and Universal. Continue reading
How To Promote A Show. You may not like what you’re about to read….
This guest post comes from Chris "Seth" Jackson, who blogs at How To Run A Band. Chris experiments with music marketing on his own band Shiplosion and shares the results.. Continue reading
Rihanna’s UNLOCKED Facebook App Builds To New Release “Talk That Talk”
Rihanna's upcoming release of the album "Talk That Talk" is being supported by a Facebook app called "UNLOCKED". The app requires users to conduct "Missions" to unlock material related to. Continue reading
PledgeMusic Partners With Nimbit To Launch PledgeStore
(UPDATE 2) Music fan funding site PledgeMusic has partnered with direct to fan sales and marketing platform Nimbit to create PledgeStore. The store, powered by Nimbit, is designed to give. Continue reading
SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung On Startups, Sounds & The Worst Thing That Could Happen [VIDEO]
Soundcloud has taken the professional music world by storm, but its ambitions extend to all sound. In fact, co-founder and CEO Alex Ljung preaches that sound on the connected web. Continue reading
Apple iOS 5 Adds iTunes Music Match On/Off Switch The Doesn’t Work
The launch of iTunes Match has been promised in the next 11 days, but frustratingly Apple has already added an iTunes Match on/off switch in iOS 5. Found under the. Continue reading
MC Hammer Previews His WIREDoo Search Engine To Skeptical Media Coverage
MC Hammer previewed a search engine project at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday called WIREDoo which is in early development. He mentioned that this is one of a number of. Continue reading
AM BRIEF: Beyond Oblivion Gets 2 Majors, Deezer To 100 Countires, AOL+Slacker, UMG vs. Keating & More
Device based music service Beyond Oblivion has signed deals for its forthcoming Boinc service with WMG and Sony and anticipates the others within two weeks. (Music Ally) Music streaming site. Continue reading
The iPhone 4S, Apple’s Next Music Revolution & A Very Funny Duet With Siri [VIDEO]
(UPDATED) The iPhone 4S is flying off the shelves, in part because of Siri, the voice app that answers questions, schedules appointments and replys to texts. But Siri will also. Continue reading
