3 Major Labels Resist Unlimited Download Model
ISP Virgin Media and Universal announced an unlimited download service that would allow subscribers to keep the tracks. But Sony Music and EMI are now signaling that they don't believe. Continue reading
Forrester Study Offers Plan To Save Music Industry
A Summary & Commentary – Forrester Research has released an aggressive road map of changes that analyst Mark Mulligan says are "necessary to save the music industry from the current. Continue reading
Snoop Dogg Named Chairman EMI’s Priority Records
Can an 80's Hip-Hop success story breath new life into one of the genre's original labels? EMI Music apparently thinks so, and has named Snoop Dogg to the new position. Continue reading
WMG Down Another Exec As EVP Kevin Liles Exits
Stock Dips Below $4.00 Warner Music Group announced today that Executive Vice President Kevin Liles has decided to leave his day-to-day role at the company to pursue his own entrepreneurial. Continue reading
UMG Sees Slight Revenue Drop
Vivendi released its Q2 and first half financials and its Universal Music Group division did not do well. Digital sales grew 29% first half of 2009, but revenue was down. Continue reading
Warner Music Group Puts Focus On Nashville
WEA Corp. President John Esposito To Head New Division Jbara Promoted To Head WEA. Bennett Steps Down. At a time when labels are cutting back, WMG is instead shifting resources. Continue reading
Sony Music’s Web Efforts Bear Fruit
If its true that the the web rules, then the world's #2 major label group just got closer to the throne. Sony Music Entertainment recently became one of the Web’s. Continue reading
Hypebot Revisited: Infiltrating Columbia Records Site With An Anti-Label Ad
What a difference a year makes. It seemed appropriate that today's installment revisiting some of our favorite posts during this blog's 5th Anniversary would be last summer's post "Hypebot Infiltrates. Continue reading
Universal Goes Direct To Fan With Echospin
Universal Music Group Distribution has signed with Echospin for direct-to-fan sales and promotions from their artist websites. The two companies say it's the first time that a major music. Continue reading
WMG Forced To Pay $217,000 For Rapper’s Ph.D
Congratulations to recent Cornell graduate Dr. Roxanne Shanté, best known for the hip hop "answer" classic, Roxanne’s Revenge. All $217,000 of Shante's education was paid for by the Warner Music. Continue reading
