EMI Shifts Focus From Sales To Fan Relationships
It almost sounds like EMI has been listening to Seth Godin, Gerd Leonhard and Ian Rogers or maybe reading Hypebot. The artist to fan relationship is taking center stage as. Continue reading
Universal Music Having Strong 2008
It’s still tough times at most record labels, but according to yesterday’s earning report, Universal seems to have turned the corner. $3.97 billion revenue for first 3Q’s of ’08 +. Continue reading
Warner Music Group Goes All 360
Warner Music Group head Edgar Bronfman Jr. told attendees at last week’s Web 2.0 Summit that all new artist contracts at WMG will be 360 deals. Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch. Continue reading
EMI To Announce More Restructuring Today
Elio Leoni-Sceti, the new head of EMI’s troubled music division, will begin a three week global series of presentations to is staff that EMI "is still in the very early. Continue reading
EMI Names New President Of Catalog Business
EMI continues to add executives from beyond the music industry with the appointed of Ernesto Schmitt as president of its catalog business. Schmitt, 38, joins EMI from DSG International, Europe’s. Continue reading
EMI Ups Angelica Cob-Baehler To SVP Publicity N.A.
EMI Music has promoted Angelica Cob-Baehler to SVP, Publicity and Creative Services for North America. She will be based in Los Angeles and will report to Howard Handler, who was. Continue reading
EMI Loss Hits $1.2 Billion. Can It Survive?
EMI lost a whopping $1.2 billion in the financial year that ended March 31st dwarfing the prior year’s $455 million river of red. Revenue declined to $2.3 billion from $2.8. Continue reading
One WMG Board Member Has Better Things To Do
WMG announced Friday that Jonathan M. Nelson has resigned from its Board of Directors. Nelson is CEO Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and. Continue reading
Universal Bundles Music For Dell PC’s
As part of their move back into music, computer maker Dell and Universal have teamed to offer bundles of genre related tracks pre-installed on new Dell PC’s. The 50 song. Continue reading
Majors May Miss MySpace Music Payday
COMMENTARY: According to paidContent, News Corp is now reconsidering the need to bring in private equity partners and spin off the new MySpace Music. The initial success of site appears. Continue reading