Video: Duran Duran’s John Taylor On Attention, Competition & The New Music Industry
I set off quite a debate last week when I published a quote from John Taylor of Duran Duran’s presentation at UCLA’s 40th Anniversary of the Internet conference that Twitter. Continue reading
Hulu Nabs Norah Jones And EMI
EMI Music becomes the first major label group to pact with Hulu, the popular U.S. online video service that offers TV shows and movie. EMI will offer concerts and videos. Continue reading
Chartjackers: Crowdsourcing To Top The UK Charts
The BBC TV show Chartjackers follows four UK YouTube favorites during a 10 week quest to crowd-source a number one single for the charity Children In Need with no money.. Continue reading
YouTube Gets Social
As socialization continues to dominate the web, YouTube, once satisfied with being the top online video site, is taking steps not to be left behind. They've built some tools into. Continue reading
WMG Pacts With FreeWheel To Monetize Video
The Warner Music Group has signed on with FreeWheel to manage and monetize its online advertising strategy. Under the agreement, WMG will use FreeWheel's Monetization Rights Management (MRM) platform to. Continue reading
Foo Fighters Draw 440,000 To Web Only Concert
It's not quite the 10 million that YouTube says watched last week's U2 online concert, but 440,000 tuning in to see a net only concert by the Foo Fighters via. Continue reading
Video From Google Music Search Announcement
Video interviews with executives involved in the project including RJ Pittman of Google, MySpace’s Courtney Holt and Bill Nguyen of lala (via Techcrunch) and two video preview of the new. Continue reading
“Barbie Girl”: 12 Years Later The Subject Of A Lawsuit Becomes Mattel’s Marketing Tool
In 1997 Mattel Corp. sued one hit wonders Aqua for copyright infringement over their annoying yet catchy hit “Barbie Girl”. The lawsui lasted until 2002 when the judge ruled in. Continue reading
John Mayer Video Adds Each Fan As A Digital Extra
Augmented Reality Comes To Music Videos The new John Mayer video uses a bit of digital trickery to insert the fan watching into the background as an extra. Fans turn on. Continue reading
VEVO To Launch Before Year’s End
(Updated) YouTube is on the verge of getting its first real competition…or not. Tucked inside yesterday's announcement that Universal and Sony backed music video channel VEVO had received major funding. Continue reading
WMG Pacts With Outrigger To Monetize Videos
Warner Music Group is partnering with Outrigger Media to sell online advertising and sponsorships. Outrigger will represent the label group to potential sponsors and advertisers for WMG operated sites, third-party. Continue reading
