Apple Promises iTunes Announcement “You’ll Never Forget” Tomorrow Morning
"Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget." blares the Apple.com home page. "Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes." (click on image at left to. Continue reading
Warner Music Group Plannning $750M EMI Bid
Terra Firma's Guy Hands and EMI CEO Roger Faxon claim they have no intention of selling EMI. But its doubtful that their largest lender Citigroup agrees, and since loosing his. Continue reading
The Day Steve Jobs Dissed Me In A Keynote
In 2003, iTunes had just launched and was starting to put music in its store. During this time, Apple and Steve Jobs invited hundreds of people from small record labels. Continue reading
What Is INDIE? An Unsigned Artist, Plain And Simple.
Recently, I spoke with Dave Cool, who is director and producer of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians.” In it, he chronicles. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Facebook Email, Spotify Stats, Gigaboxx Drops Fees, Ping To iPad & More
Stay tuned for today's Facebook announcement of their new email service. Referred to by Facebook staff internally as the Gmail killer, expect full integration with the social network (NYT) We'll. Continue reading
CommerceSocial, Music Management, Facebook Ad Failures, Michael Laskow, & Steve Jobs Diss
This week on Music Think Tank, Michael Brandvold introduced the new tool, CommerceSocial, that allows fans to buy music directly from social media sites like Facebook. None Like Joshua wrote. Continue reading
REWIND: LimeWire Zombie Emerges, We7 Users Love Radio, Twitter And Ping Make Nice & More
Spotify attempts to lure new users in with a 7-day free site trial. Ian Rogers says that fewer than 30,000 artists are making a living. The RIAA killed LimeWire, but. Continue reading
With iTunes Upgrade Comes Ping Privacy Warning
Included in the just released iTunes 10.1 upgrade is a new warning that may cause concern for some users concerned with privacy. If you have a Ping account and use. Continue reading
Apple’s iTunes 10.1 Is Out With Key Upgrades
Apple released iTunes 10.1 today adding much anticipated compatibility with AirPlay and support for iOS 4.2. It is available for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher and Windows XP, Vista. Continue reading
Why Piracy Is Good For Innovation
This guest essay is written by Robbert van Ooijen. He recently graduated on online music and music piracy at the master New Media & Digital Culture at the Dutch University. Continue reading
