Topspin’s Ian Rogers Joins Beats As CEO New Digital Music Service Daisy
(UPDATED) Respected digital music and direct to fan pioneer Ian Rogers has left Topspin to serve as the CEO of Project Daisy for Beats Electronics. Rogers will remain on the. Continue reading
Do TV Show Music Placements Lead To Greater Artist Awareness?
By Liv Buli, Resident Data Journalist for Next Big Sound. You’ve just tuned in to your favorite television show, be it Gossip Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, or Glee, and are enthralled. Continue reading
2012 Cassette Single Sales Triple In UK
Although the numbers are absurdly small, the UK's Official Charts Company keeps up with not only cassette sales but the sales of cassette singles aka cassingles. In 2012 they tripled. Continue reading
Gaggle Prices Single At 3000 Pounds To Raise Awareness Of Music Costs And Value
By Tim Cushing of Techdirt. If you asked most people what a single track is worth, most would answer with the going market price, which ranges from ~$0.79-$1.29. This is. Continue reading
Guitar Hero Co-founder On Bootstrapping A Product Retailers Didn’t Want
Bootstrapping a startup doesn't sound too hard if you're talking about software and a tight, devoted crew. But try bootstrapping hardware for years with a maximum of two week's operating. Continue reading
How MP3.com’s IPO Changed SEC Regulations
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. One of the big stories of 2012 was that the big music services, most of which are losing money themselves, are stiffing artists. Hopefully,. Continue reading
Indie Music Grabs 32.6% Of U.S. Album Sales In 2012
According the A2iM, The American Association For Independent Music, Billboard and SoundScan stats show that independent labels grabbed 32.6% of U.S. album sales in 2012. As in 2011, indie labels. Continue reading
Will EDM Reality Show Be DJ Starmaker Or Celebrity Wannabe Humiliator?
Doron Ofir, a man who's proud of the accomplishments of Pauly D, is casting a new EDM reality show that he believes will be a "star-making vehicle." EDM purists and. Continue reading
BMG Rejoins With Sony For Parlophone Records Bid
Sony Music is again partnering with Bertelsmann's BMG, this time in a bid for Parlophone Records and a number of other EMI properties put on the block by Universal Music.. Continue reading
