INgrooves Lands Investment From Shamrock For Expansion, Extends Universal Music Partnership
Digital music distributor INgrooves has received a "significant" investment from Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II, a private equity fund focused on media, entertainment and communications. INgrooves also announced the extension. Continue reading
AMA Nominees Chosen Using Ultimate Chart Over Billboard Top 100 (For The First Time Ever…)
(UPDATED) For the first time ever, the nominees for the American Music Awards were chosen using BigChampagne Media's Ultimate Chart—which gathers data online, as well as, from retail and broadcast. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Sirius, MXP4 + Push, Facebook Comments, $550K For SeatGeek, Radio & More
How quickly the new music industry is evolving never ceases to surprise me. Several examples from today's headlines include a major new investment in INgrooves, Pandora's move in automobiles and. Continue reading
Trent Reznor Understands Why Fans File-Share Music; Why? Because He Does It Too.
In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Trent Reznor talks about his role in the movie The Social Network. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing. Continue reading
“We Have Had Almost Zero File-Sharing Of Pledge Artists,” Says Benji Rogers Of PledgeMusic. Pt. 1
Recently, I spoke with Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music and creativity. In the first segment of this two part interview, Rogers talks about the difference. Continue reading
No Shoe-Strings Attached, Unless They’re Converse
No one cares what record label paid for an album. Fans are oblivious to whether EMI, Warner Music Group, or Sony Music had their hands on it. The day is. Continue reading
T Bone Burnett: New Artists Should “Stay Completely Away From The Internet.”
T Bone Burnett had some choice words to give up-and-coming artists at the FMC Policy Summit last week: “Stay completely away from the internet.” It’s a rather provocative statement. The. Continue reading
MTT: WordPress Plugins for Passive Promotion
Don’t have time to promote yourself or manage your website all the time? Brian Hazard, a recording artist, offers a solution by encouraging musicians to use WordPress and plugins. These. Continue reading
MySpace Gets A New Logo. What Do You Think?
As part of its ongoing redesign MySpace last week unveiled a new logo (on right above) that replaces half its name with a… space. “MySpace is a platform for people. Continue reading
eMusic Adds Universal Catalog Ahead Of Planned November Relaunch
eMusic has added select songs from Universal Music Group to its growing 10 million track catalog. Only songs released more than 18 months previoisly will be part of the initial. Continue reading
