Artist Mgt Conference Sets Oct. NYC Date
Artist Management Conference 2010 has been announced for New York on October 14-15th. The gathering will bring together artist managers, self-managed artists, and other music industry professionals to discuss ways. Continue reading
More New Music Industry News – Jelli Raises $2M, French Mull Google Arts Tax, MusicWeek Retreats & More
Jelli raises $2 million to democratize radio with well-known angels aboard. (VentureBeat) French panel suggests taxing Google to fund the arts. (AP) Viacom, YouTube inch toward courtroom showdown. (CNet) What. Continue reading
Lundvall Steps Aside At Blue Note After 25 Years
Ian Ralfini promoted to President of Blue Note and Manhattan Bruce Lundvall, who has been at the helm of Blue Note for the past 25 years, is stepping away from. Continue reading
Low On Cash, Jamendo Looks For Buyer
Digital music startup Jamendo made an impressive and expensive splash a year ago Midem, but now their running out of cash and looking for a buyer. After raising substantial Series. Continue reading
Growth In Digital Music Sales Slows
An analysis by Billboard's Glenn Peoples of SoundScan data showed that growth in digital music sales is slowing after three years of steady gains. "From 2006 – 2008, annual sales. Continue reading
Is iTunes Transitioning To The Cloud?
Is iTunes slowly transitioning from an application that has to be downloaded to a web based storefront? In November, iTunes launched the web based iTunes preview and now they've added. Continue reading
Play.me Launches Music Streaming With 2 Major Labels & Offline Android App
Play.me has launched as a browser-based service offering access to 2.5 million songs to create playlists and customize radio stations that can also be shared and streamed on social networks.. Continue reading
Who Says All Record Labels Are Suffering?
Dangerbird Records Moves Into Fancy New Digs The struggles of both large and small record labels and the reasons behind the tough times had provided fodder for this blog and. Continue reading
More New Music Industry News: UK Singles Sales, Metadata, MIDEM Keynotes, Melodeo & More
UK singles sales reach record high. – Thanks to the success of downloads, the UK singles market had its best year ever in 2009, with more than 150m copies sold.. Continue reading
Longtime Napster CEO Chris Gorog Steps Down
In a post on Napster's blog, longtime CEO Chris Gorog announced that he would be leaving the company. The move comes almost 18 months after he oversaw the sales of. Continue reading
TicketDisaster.org Says “Not So Fast” To Merger
In response to reports of imminent approval of the Ticketmaster Live Nation merger, the public interest and live event industry members of the TicketDisaster.org coalition released the following statement: “This. Continue reading
