(UPDATED) Another week begins. Another CMJ is over. The Terra Firma EMI vs. Citi trial continues. And I'm excited about our exclusive series that started today, DJ Shadow tour will offer a look inside how this cutting edge artist and his team market and stay connected with fans.
- Digital Music Opportunity Is Huge And Now, Says Rhapsody. (SFGate)
- Big changes at jazz indie ESP-Disk as top staffers leave to start new label. (NPR)
- Pitchfork is seeking opportunities to expand overseas. (Music Week)
More Music Industry News & Commentary:
- EMI Music has signed a joint venture agreement with Cathy and David Guetta’s Guetta Events company, to turn the Ibiza dance marque F*** ME I’M FAMOUS into a global dance brand.
- How Squeeze seized the keys to their back catalogue. Glenn Tilbrook and co decided to reclaim songs such as Up the Junction by recording them all over again. (Guardian)
- Laddy Gaga first artist to hit 1 billion YouTube views. (Business Insider)
- Missy Wilson and Laura Wright join EMI Music Publishing team in Nashville bolstering the A&R creative team there.
- Piracy and The Music Industry, The Voices Of Artists Matter. (TF)
- Fallacy Debunking: Successful New Business Model Examples Are The 'Exception' (TechDirt)
- Mobile, Not Net, Drives Indian Music Sales. (WSJ)
- Rupert Murdoch to flog gig tickets? It could be just what the industry needs. (Telegraph)
- There is No New Media: It’s All New Consumption. (Gigaom)
- Piracy Can Boost Book Sales Tremendously. (TF)
- Apple – The short, strange blossoming of The Beatles' dream. (Indie)
