SpiralFrog Leaps Back To Life
Fresh of a wave of key executive and board resignations and a delayed launch SpiralFrog is attempting leaping back back to life with a major new board appointment – former. Continue reading
Major Labels Crawl Towards MP3’s
We’ve been saying it for weeks, but now word is coming out of France at the industry gathering MIDEM that 2007 will be the year that the majors seriously experiment. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday January 25th, 2007
Is Hypebot’s Daily Briefing back? Not quite. But sometimes it’s the best way to share a quick roundup of industry news…and today is one of those days. >>> IODA grabs. Continue reading
IODA Adds Burnside And Other Distributors
FROM MIDEM: Digital distributor IODA has added of four new independent physical distributors to its catalog. Burnside Distribution Corp, Liaison Distribution, Thirty Tigers and Traffic Entertainment will now be able. Continue reading
Is SpiralFrog Dead Before Launch?
According to several sources a half dozen top executives and almost as many board members have exited SpiralFrog since Christmas. Included in the group are most of those with strong. Continue reading
Indiestore.com Tracks Now Available For Commercial License Via Ricall
Digital download site indiestore.com has made a deal with Ricall, an online music marketplace used by TV, advertising, computer game and film producers, to add indiestore artists to Ricall’s database. Continue reading
Tuesday Music Industry Miscellany
UPDATED: >>> Booking agency William Morris has added a full service international music division based in London under the direction of former Dire Straits manager Ed Bicknell (press release) >>>. Continue reading
Ruckus Goes Ad-Supported Nationwide. Can It Slow College Downloading?
Ruckus which distributes music online to affiliated college campuses is expanding access to its ad-supported music download service to any U.S. college student. Beginning today any student with a valid. Continue reading
eMusic Hits 250,000 Subscribers Up 25% in 4 Months. Ochard Pacts With Muzak
eMusic has surpassed 250,000 subscribers only four months since hitting the 200,000 mark. This new milestones comes only a month after the sale of it’s 100 millionth download since launching. Continue reading
Monday Music Industry Miscellany
>>> MySpace launches a series of artist on artist clips with interviews like The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D. (press release) >>>. Continue reading
Ben Drury of UK’s 7digital On DRM
The UK’s 7digital and sister site Indiestore.com have been selling downloads in multiple formats for quite some time – a path we think you’ll see other online retailers follow in. Continue reading
