Survey: UK Music Buyers Prefer CD To Digital
Will Labels & Retailers Seize The Opportunity? Most UK music fans are still happier buying a CD than downloading, according to the latest research by research agency The Leading Question. Continue reading
Xeinge Offers Labels Direct Digital Delivery Platform
Xeinge, the parent company of WaTunes and Music Expand, has added a professional digital delivery platform to its portfolio dubbed Vidyps. The goal is to make direct digital delivery affordable. Continue reading
Pandora Forces $29.95 Payments From Indie Bands
(UPDATED) Until recently, Pandora accepted music from indie artists at no cost in almost any form including home burned CD-R's. But now, in part because of a deal to display. Continue reading
The Michael Jackson Effect: An Unprecedented Spike In Sales
Get this widget! Once again new media trumped old with AOL's TMZ breaking the Michael Jackson story an hour before other news and gossip gatherers. But in addition to the. Continue reading
New Album Releases Hit Hard By Sales Downturn
A Nielsen study presented last week at NARM (link to full presentation after the jump) contained some particularly bad news for artists and labels releasing new albums. As steep as. Continue reading
Video Interview: Sandy Bitman Of Park Ave CD’s
Interview by Virgil Dickerson for Hypebot. Virgil sits down with Sandy Bitman, owner of Park Avenue CDs and Records. Park Avenue is a great store that is part of the. Continue reading
A Look Inside Topspin’s Premium Offerings
Deluxe and limited editions are one of the new tools in the artist monetization Toolkit that seems to be working. Think of it as music's version of retail up-selling ("Do. Continue reading
Distributor Traffic Entertainment Taps The Orchard
(EXCLUSIVE) Massachusetts based music and video distributor Traffic Entertainment has moved to The Orchard for both digital and physical distribution, Christian Hedlund of Traffic and The Orchard's head of Physical. Continue reading
Album Sales Drop Accelerated To 18% In May
On the eve of the annual NARM music sales convention, Nielsen Soundscan delivered the sobering news that the decline in album sales accelerated to 17.8% in May compared to the. Continue reading
Virgil’s Headed To NARM. Are You?
The Ongoing Adventures Of An Indie Entrepreneur Intrepid indie maven (Suburban Home, Vinyl Collective) and Hypebot columnist (You Can Always Go Back to School), Virgil Dickerson is packing his bags. Continue reading
