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EMI CEO Calls New $546 Million Loss An “Incredibly Strong Performance”

EMI has reported a $546 million pre-tax loss on slightly increased gross revenues of $2.3 billion revenues for the fiscal year that ended in March 2012. Because much of the. Continue reading

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Rumpus Attempts To Connect The Music Discovery Dots

Livewire Mobile, best known for running music download stores for mobile operators like Sprint, Virgin Mobile Canada and Telecom New Zealand, has released a free download of its Rumpus music. Continue reading

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How To Improve Top Charts On Spotify

Guest post by Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs. The popular music experience on Spotify is terrible. There are only three ways to seek out and listen to hit songs, and. Continue reading

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Shazam Reaches Major Milestone With Five Billion Tags

Shazam, the fourth-most popular iOS app of all time, announced today that fans have used their service to identify songs and interact more with TV shows and ads over five. Continue reading

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Buy Tickets With Your Friends Via Walletini App

[Updated] Walletini is a mobile app designed to manage your group ticket buying experience.  It also offers a scanning option to provide one's ticket at the door. Still under development,. Continue reading

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Musicians Online Are Playing In Glass Stadiums With Billions Of Empty Seats

Guest post by Adam Steele, co-founder of Merge.fm, an online platform for musicians to offer their music to fans as engaging online events. Adam shared with us this clever piece that. Continue reading

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Sellbox And Sellfy Provide New D2F Ecommerce Options For Musicians

Numerous D2F ecommerce options now exist for musicians who want more control or more connection directly to fans. A recent wave of lightweight ecommerce options offer flexibility for musicians handling. Continue reading

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Forget Your Business Model, What is Your Vision?

To survive in the long run, businesses need to have a vision. With the business of selling music CDs on the decline, you need to adapt your business to these. Continue reading

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Pandora Continues Rise: Listener Hours Up 76%

Internet music service Pandora has shared new metrics for July 2012; and by almost any measure, the numbers are impressive: Listener hours for Pandora during the month of July 2012. Continue reading

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