Is Apple's Lala purchase the start of a trend? Google and Apple are both buying startups to thwart each other. (eWeek) More: Why Apple Really Bought Lala.
- Apple has counter-sued Nokia claiming iPhone patent infringement. (TechCrunch)
- BACH signs deals with four leading Chinese digital music companies. (press release)
- Vevo’s Caraeff: ‘We Have To Establish Credibility’ (paidContent) I'm not sure it really matters, as I wrote here.
- Radio Days: the celluloid afterlife of real radio. - In the movies, radio is a mythic force: local, rebellious, life-changing. This hardly describes the reality at commercial radio stations today, but it does tell us something about how radio was—and about how we want it to be. (ars)
- The live music business was stronger than expected globally in 2009. (Billboard)
- Citidel Broadcasting is preparing to file for bankruptcy. (FMQB)
- 10 surefire ways to make a terrible video for a good song. (Onion's AV Club)
Kyle Bylin's latest excellent essay "Music as Commerce: Understanding a Mindset" gets much deserved props from Techdirt's Mike Masnick in his post "Understanding The Decline And Fall Of The Major Record Labels".
- On the MidemNet blog, IODA's Adam Rabinotwitz shares his reaction to my previous MIDEM post Doesn't It Feel Lately Like Everyone Is In The Music Business? (MidemNet)
More New Music Industry News: Apple vs. Google, BACH, VEVO, Bad Videos & More
Is Apple's Lala purchase the start of a trend? Google and Apple are both buying startups to thwart each other. (eWeek) More: Why Apple Really Bought Lala. Apple has counter-sued. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/12/more-new-music-industry-news-apple-vs-google-bach-vevo-bad-vide
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