Africa’s Music Industry: Building With Cassettes & MP3s In An Underdeveloped Terrain
The African music industry is fascinating less for the sectors that appear similar to U.S. or European sectors of the industry and more for what is unique about emerging African. Continue reading
Midem Announces Visionary Monday
A major credit card company, a Chinese cultural icon, a car manufacturer and a consumer electronics giant will on be on hand to participate in Midem’s plenary conference programme, Visionary. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Mega Launches Saturday. What Can We Expect From Kim Dotcom? How The Topspin, Beats Hookup Foretells The Future Of Music Retailing Music Tech Geekfest Video: Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Meets. Continue reading
Live Nation Bets On Ads & Sponsorship For Growth
Live Nation is increasingly pursuing revenue streams outside of the traditional live music business and hopes to double their profits from sponsorship and advertising in the next 5 years. In. Continue reading
SOLD: CD Baby, Disc Makers, HostBaby
Corinthian Capital has sold their majority take in AVL Digital Group, parent company of CD Baby, Disc Makers, HostBaby, and BookBaby to Stephens Capital Partners, a private equity group based. Continue reading
Ted Cohen On Music Tech And The Music Industry [INTERVIEW]
By Larry LeBlanc for Celebrity Access. Ted Cohen’s nickname should be The Hammer. One of the most popular speakers on the music industry's bustling conference circuit, Cohen—managing partner of TAG. Continue reading
Vinyl News: David Bowie Singles, Third Man Blues Reissues, Remembering HMV, Ice Record
Lots of interesting and creative vinyl news has come out over the last month or so. Highlights include an upcoming exhibition of David Bowie singles covers in England, reissues of. Continue reading
