Debate: Is Creative Commons Good For Artists?
George Howard writes on the Tunecore blog: "The real impact (intentional or otherwise) of the very vocal arguments put forth by Creative Commons with respect to copyright’s contribution to 'restrictive. Continue reading
Bandcamp Chases Music Discovery With Charts & Andrew Dubber’s Weekly Review
(UPDATE) Popular artist toolkit Bandcamp wants music fans to visit their site too. "Fans: discover new music & directly support the artists who make it," reads the headline on a. Continue reading
Facebook Disses Pages With Less Than 1000 Fans
EdgeRank Checker released a study late last week of activity related to Facebook Fan Pages and found that those with less than 1000 fans are seeing reduced activity after recent. Continue reading
What Happened To Ian Roger’s This Week In Music?
(UPDATED) It's been a couple of weeks since there's been a new episode of the popular This Week In Music online interview show, so I reached out to host and. Continue reading
A Cardboard Record Player Rekindles Forgotten Direct Mail Magic
In the spring of 2009, Vancouver, Canada-based Griffiths, Gibson and Ramsay Productions (GGRP) began a direct mail campaign to creative directors of ad agencies marketing their sound production services. The. Continue reading
Warners/Access Pulls Out Of EMI Auction
Len Blavatnik, whose Access Industries bought Warner Music Group earlier this year, has pulled his $1.5 billion bid for the recorded music division of EMI, according to The Financial Times.. Continue reading
New Google TV To Launch With 13 Music Channels
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve learned more about Google’s exciting plan to launch third-party Android and web apps for Google TV, available in the Android market.. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: EMI Sale Stalemate, Google TV Upgrades, Virgin + Spotify Details, Bieber & More
The sale of EMI's record division is getting messy as first Universal and then WMG pull out. Sale of the publishing division to BMG is inching closer. More on the. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry Week In Review
(UPDATED) SoundExchange Pays Out Record $88 Million Google Leaks Music Store On Android Marketplace But May Launch Without 2 Major Labels. Coldplay, Tom Waits Say NO To Spotify, All Streaming.. Continue reading
