U2 Manager Calls Google “Monopoly”, Spotify “Promotional Medium” #MIDEM
From Cannes by Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically. Google’s role in the recent campaign against the proposed SOPA anti-piracy legislation in. Continue reading
Webdoc Announces Deals With SoundCloud, Songkick & Topspin @ #Midem
From Cannes by Stuart Dredge for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically. Swiss startup Webdoc is making a splash at Midem, announcing deals with SoundCloud,. Continue reading
Sony Music Exec Says Streaming Does Not Cannibalize Sales #MIDEM
(UPDATE) Stuart Dredge from Cannes for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically. The new president of Sony Music’s global digital business, Denis Kooker, defended streaming. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid Subscribers, 20% Conversion Rate. Startup Murfie Gets $1.4 Million To Rip Used CD's, Sell Downloads. Gobbler Gets $1.75 Million To Expand Musician File Management. Indie. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank.com Weekly Recap – Spotify: Millions Of DJs & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Simon Tam: The Real Reason Why SOPA Didn’t Pass: Marketing Wes Davenport: The 5 Most Important Skills Twitter Teaches Us Shane Jones: Digital. Continue reading
Will Anonymous Attack Facebook Today?
A video of unknown origin, but allegedly from hackers Anonymous calls for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack Facebook, this Saturday 1/28/2012. Some have question the authenticity of this. Continue reading
Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid Subscribers, 20% Conversion Rate
During an appearance at at Universal Music Open Day in London, Spotify Chief Content Officer Ken Parks announced that the music streaming service now has 3 million paid subscribers. That's. Continue reading
Tom Silverman: 1st Anniversary Of The Resurrection Of The Music Business
Guest post by Tom Silverman, music industry veteran, thought leader and founder of the New Music Seminar. As I sat and planned the program for the June 2012 New Music. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 1.27.12
There may be trouble afoot for EMI and its two separate businesses – recording and publishing – are heading towards merger with Universal and Sony respectively. With EMI set to meet with. Continue reading
Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums & Bruce Springsteen [VIDEO]
A variety of record albums related to the Occupy Movement are set for release including "Occupy This Album" from Music For Occupy with a star-studded list of participants, "Folk the. Continue reading
