Music Marketing

MySpace Launches HyperTargeting And SelfServe

Want to target only fans of like minded music on MySpace? The day got a lot closer with two programs that the social networking giant launched yesterday. HyperTargeting allows advertisers. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/06/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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MySpace, Others Join Google’s OpenSocial

Just a day after Google launched OpenSocial, MySpace has joined the effort to make widgets and other applications usable across multiple social networking platforms. With 110 million users worldwide, top. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/02/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Googles Launches OpenSocial To Tame The Widget Beast

The mighty Google has decided that the widget playground that Facebook created needs to be open to all and is launching OpenSocial to make it happen. The offering provides a . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Facebook Music May Launch Next Week

Co-ed Magazine claims to have label sources stating that Facebook is set to announce phase 1 of a major expansion into music at next week’s ad:tech conference in NYC. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/31/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)
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The Emerging Musical Middle Class Part 2

I wrote on Monday about the emerging Musical Middle Class – a world populated by more artists selling 20-100,00 copies and making a living through direct sales, touring, merch and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/31/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
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PASTE Magazine Tells Subscribers “Name Your Price”

Taking a page from the Radiohead playbook, beginning today and continuing for the next two weeks, AAA/indie music magazine PASTE is letting readers name the subscription price.  New or renewing. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/29/2007 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)
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EMI And imeem Partner For Viral Song & Video Streaming

Music centric social networking site imeem and EMI today launched free ad supported on-demand full song and video streaming of EMI’s global digital catalog. Sony, Warner and a number of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/29/2007 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Friendster Opens To Developers. Joins MySpace & Facebook.

Friendster has opened its platform to outside developers for a November 30th launch of the social networking site’s first collection of widgets. They will allow developers to keep 100% of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/26/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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iLike And Billboard Team For Two New Charts

Billboard and iLike.com have teamed to create two social media based music charts drawing from the daily music activity that iLike tracks across the net. The weekly charts will be. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/24/2007 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)
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100 Music Promotion Tips: What Works For You?

We’ll publish the final 10 of the 100 Free & Affordable High and Low Tech Music Promotion Tips on Monday. But as we edit the final 10 we’d love input. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/19/2007 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)
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