NEWS BRIEF: Chuck D vs. UMG, 7Digital To Android, “Pete Townshend Is Wrong”, NARM + SXSW & More
(UPDATED) Chuck D has become the latest artist to file a $100M lawsuit against Universal over digital royalties, just hours after the label lost a motion in court to dismiss. Continue reading
WARNING: Every Musician’s Digital Performance Royalties Are At Risk
(UPDATED) This guest post comes from Kristin Thomson, of The Future of Music Coalition. Recording artists and indie labels: there¹s a movement afoot to change the way that you would. Continue reading
NEWS UPDATE: Rethink ’12, ThingLink, Soundtracker + Songkick, Getty + Indaba, Getty + Indaba & More
(UPDATED) Berklee College of Music and midem have announced 2nd edition of the Rethink Music conference will be in Boston on April 23-24, 2012. ThingLink has appointment of former Billboard. Continue reading
TuneCore Takes On Songwriter Royalties With New Game Changing Service
(UPDATE 2) With today's launch of a new service, TuneCore hopes to help revolutionize songwriter royalty collection as it did digital music distribution. The company's Songwriter Publishing Administration Service helps. Continue reading
Tracks.by Facebook App Spreads Love For Lil Wayne, Trey Songz & Soon All Indie Musicians
Tracks.by is a new service for content distribution and social media marketing created by Matt Schlicht and Mazy Kazerooni. Their background working at Ustream and for Lil Wayne combined with. Continue reading
BoomBotix Delivers Unique Ultraportable Mini Speaker
Consumer electronics continues to be a sector of the music business that shows no sign of slowing down. New entries in the headphone market are seen almost yearly, and connectivity. Continue reading
Rapper Wale Uses Turntable.fm As Opening Act On His “Ambition Tour”
Turntable.fm is already well established as a place to promote music via special appearances, but Wale has taken things to another level by using Turntable as an opening act for. Continue reading
iTunes Match Music Service Misses Launch Deadline
When Apple announced iTunes Match in early June it promised a launch by "the end of October". As of the morning of November 2nd, no launch is in sight, and. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Sony $1.1B Loss, Pitchfork Worth $12.9M, Blackberry Music Lives & More
Sony predicts A $1.1billion full-year loss – Electronics and entertainment giant downgraded its forecast after a strengthening yen, Thai floods and poor TV set sales. (Guardian) Pitchfork is the 17th. Continue reading
Facebook Deletes Its Own Official Music Player
Facebook has been messaging Page administrators to let them know they are discontinuing their "official" Music Player: "The Facebook Music Player app is being replaced with better ways to incorporate. Continue reading
