TourIntel Offers Free Look At Live Show Data
TourIntel offers "Concert Business Intelligence" and accounts are currently free for a limited time. TourIntel claims to provide data on over 15,000 artists performing at over 7500 venues for more. Continue reading
WMG Shareholder Files Lawsuit To Block $1.3B Sale
Warner Music Group's board of directors "abandoned their duties" when agreeing to a $1.3 billion sale last week. According to a lawsuit filed by shareholder Barbara A. Varipapa in Delaware's. Continue reading
Unversal Music Stumbles: Revenue -5%, Sales -2.7%
A day after a report that overall music sales had increased in the first months of 2011, Universal Music Group announced a drop in both sales and revenue. According to. Continue reading
Bidding For EMI Could Be Over Before It Starts
According to several reports, the owners of EMI has already been holding private meetings with Russian-born tycoon Len Blavatnik, who just won the bidding war for Warner MusicGroup. It's no. Continue reading
PROTECT IP Act Seeks To Eliminate Due Process, Industry Organizations Applaud
A draft version of the already controversial "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011", aka the PROTECT IP Act, leaked was introduced. Continue reading
Here We Go Again: The bright new future ahead where we can all share music in the cloud, NOT..
The music industry and the web are buzzing about Google’s new cloud music service. On Music Think Tank, David Greenberg shares his opinion on music in the cloud and points. Continue reading
LimeWire Settles With RIAA, Labels For $105 Million, Artists Get Nothing
LimeWire has settled a long running court battle with the RIAA for $105 million. The court had already shut LimeWire down. But during the award phase of the trial, labels. Continue reading
News Brief: £1 UK Digital Sales, This VC Loves Music, Facebook Lawsuit, Cooking Vinyl, Myxer & More
Digital music sales hit £1 billion in UK ((IBT) Investor Roger McNamee of The Elevation Group sees a new dawn for the music industry. (LA Times) Facebook faces lawsuit of. Continue reading
Sonicbids & Bandzoogle Partner
Sonicbids has partnered with musician website platform Bandzoogle to help it's members create robust websites without hiring a designer. Members can sign up for Bandzoogle from their Sonicbids dashboard, import. Continue reading
MySpace Page Views Drop Another 50% in 60 Days
Even as MySpace prepares to leave the unfriendly grasp of News Corp and into what will hopefully be the more attentive arms of a new buyer, their numbers continue to. Continue reading
