Victory Record’s Outspoken Tony Brummel Pummels A2IM
Tony Brummel, the outspoken head of successful indie Victory Records wrote an open letter to the American Association Of Independent Music on their fight to make the airwaves more open. Continue reading
Label News: EMI Combines Blue Note & Narada. Sanctuary Ups Cahill To GM
UPDATED: EMI Music is restructuring its adult pop, jazz and classics labels under the new Blue Note Label Group according to Billboard. The Blue Note Label Group will incorporate EMI. Continue reading
Wind-Up Delivers Seether Direct To Gamers
Going where the audience is almost always makes smart marketing sense, and that’s just what indie Wind-Up is doing by delivering free content of alternative rockers Seether formated for the. Continue reading
ADA Adds UK Distribution Arm
WMG’s indie music distribution arm ADA has announced the launch of ADA U.K. to bring distribution services to independent record labels in Europe. Susan Rush, the former General Manager of. Continue reading
Struggling Sanctuary Sacks Taylor
Struggling independent label Sanctuary has fired head Andy Taylor. "The board’s decision to remove Mr Taylor followed their conclusion that certain of the prior year adjustments made in the 2005. Continue reading
Don Rose & A2IM Fight Corrupt Radio. Should Indie Community Care?
In a piece on Tripwire, long-time indie entrepreneur and head of the label trade group A2IM Don Rose describes how radio fueled his lifelong love affair with music, how far. Continue reading
Manager & Indie Label Founder Jeff Catalez Speaks Out
"As the music business has contorted and shifted, there’s an amazing new playing field, where anyone with indicting music, a budget to hire the incredibly skilled and passionate former major. Continue reading
Hope For Indie Labels
Earlier this month the Knowledge Problem blog (Commentary on Economics, Information and Human Action) asked the question that many Hypebot readers think they already know the answer to – "Has. Continue reading
Indie Label Trustkill Tries To Give Fans More
Rock indie label Trustkill (Real Bands. Real Music. Real Life.) is bringing back old fashioned baseball-style trading card in a promotion that has kids buzzing about the label’s bands. Label. Continue reading
CD Baby Releases Indie Download Sales Analysis
Digital Audio Insider did a nice analysis of figures posted by CD Baby on revenue received from various download services for the indie label product: Download Store Total Sales Percent. Continue reading
