Merlin Slashes Independent Label Administration Fees 25% – 50%
Global music rights agency Merlin is slashing the administration fees it charges independent labels by 25 – 50%. Members were informed yesterday via an email obtained by Hypebot. The cuts. Continue reading
Labels Force Playlist.com Shift To Online Radio
Playlist.com has switched from user generated playlists to to an online radio model as of July 1st. The move was forced by the labels, according to the company. It's not. Continue reading
Major Artists Increasingly Opt To Record In Secrecy
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Recording artists often publicize that they were headed into the recording studio. A web, or more recently, Twitter update sends fans into a tizzy of. Continue reading
Let’s Recover The Lost Half Decade Of Music Recorded After Napster [ANDREW DUBBER]
Andrew Dubber is Professor of Music Industries Innovation at Birmingham City University. And other stuff.. Let’s rewind… In September 1995, the first consumer mp3 encoding software was released, allowing computer. Continue reading
MySpace’s Annual Relaunch: MyRadio, Mobile App, $20 Million Ad Campaign, Disappeared Blogs
Yesterday the new Myspace fully launched to the world with a huge ad campaign, a celebrity party and lots of coverage. Though some of us thought this was another relaunch,. Continue reading
Myspace Allegedly Hosting Unlicensed Indie Music, Merlin Prepares Legal Response
Indie music rights licensor Merlin says they have discovered unlicensed music by labels they represent on the new Myspace. Myspace says users must have posted it and they're happy to. Continue reading
5 Tough Lessons Former CEO Mike Jones Learned From MySpace
Michael Jones spent the last two years at MySpace, first as co-president and then as CEO, attempting to turn the company around. Despite a wide range of changes the relaunch. Continue reading
MySpace Shares Comeback Plans, Focus On Music
In late June, Specific Media bought MySpace for $35 million and announced Justin Timberlake's involvement. Yesterday, they hinted at more of their comeback plans via an AdAge interview setting the. Continue reading
Even Überhip Pitchfork Acts Still Use MySpace
Though MySpace is clearly seeing hard times compared to earlier years and merely invoking the name seems to inspire apoplectic fits in the hipoisie, there are still good reasons to. Continue reading
Is Facebook Tumbling?
Could the recent surge in the popularity of Tumblr, coupled with a fall off in the use of Facebook, suggest we have another twist in social connectivity coming our way?. Continue reading
Breaking Through The Clutter: A New Artist’s Perspective On The Music Industry
The music industry is going through major changes. Some say that this is the best time to get into the music industry while others think the opposite. No matter what,. Continue reading
