UPDATED: EMI Offers Entire Catalog DRM Free
UPDATED: The Beatles weren’t the talk of Monday’s joint press conference held by EMI Group and Apple in London, but a new plan to sell EMI tracks free of DRM. Continue reading
Could Litigation And Regulation Kill Music 2.0?
RIAA lawsuits are increasingly targeting college students and turning a generation of music consumers into enemies and outlaws. ASCAP thinks a download constitutes a performance and wants payment for both. Continue reading
Marketing Guru Seth Godin Says Embrace Music Industry’s “Dip”
Marketing guru Seth Godin has new new book coming in May called "The Dip". On his blog recently he used the music industry as an example of how "The Dip". Continue reading
7 Digital Grabs Access To Bebos 31 Million Users
7digital and Bebo have announced a partnership which will allow Bebo’s 31 million users worldwide to download music directly from the social networking site. Bebo currently has over 450,000 registered. Continue reading
NY Times Looks At New Music Business
“You have to create an almost hysterical pace to find hits to sell as digital downloads and ring tones that everybody’s going to want. It’s scary.” – former Atlantic President. Continue reading
Mozes Cuts Universal SMS Pact And Offers Service Free To Indies
SMS broadcast service Mozes has cut a major deal with the Universal Motown record group for campaigns by a bevy of the label’s acts. (details here) The company also told. Continue reading
Indie Fueld By Ramen To Launch Streaming Destination
Indie label Fueled By Ramen who already uses new technologies and the net better than most, is set to launch its own streaming destination FBR+ tomorrow 3/27 with a live. Continue reading
Three Music 2.0 Services Worth Watching
Patrick May agent provocateur for our sister firm Skyline Music and one of our SxSW scouts came back from the trade show with these three tips: Disc Revolt – Provides. Continue reading
Who Benefits As New Royalty Demands Rise?
Even as music sales are dropping, mechanical and performance royalties are at all time highs thanks payments from emerging media. The push for even higher payments reached new levels this. Continue reading
IODA Partners With DownlaodCentric For Direct To Consumer Downloads
Digital distributor IODA has partnered with DownloadCentric to offer its labels direct to consumer download services that can be placed on band and label web sites. This follows last week’s. Continue reading
