More than 10 Billion Videos Were Streamed In June
In June, more than 10.2 billion videos were streamed in the U.S. This represents a 1.3% increase over the number of streams last year and nearly a 4% jump over. Continue reading
How To Be A Successful Musical Entrepreneur
Industry pundit and analyst Andrew Dubber has famously said that, "If you want to make the music that moves you, that will hopefully create meaning for people, and that will. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Russ Solomon Retires, Disco Biscuit Festival, & Zune Pass Comes To UK
(UPDATED) File sharers targeted with legal action over music downloads: Lawyers for Ministry of Sound and other music labels are seeking compensation, threatening court action unless file sharers pay. (Guardian). Continue reading
Last Week On Music Think Tank
(UPDATED) Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Kyle Bylin: On File-Sharing: Are You Smarter Than A 12th Grader? Brian Hazard: The Jango Focus Group Ariel Hyatt: Madina Lake's bass. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Amanda Palmer thinks we're moving toward a patronage society. Jeff Price Of TuneCore "apologizes" to Tommy Silverman. If the Beatles couldn’t make it today, something’s wrong. NPD Survey says iTunes. Continue reading
Live Nation Stock Ends Week Down 20%
Live Nation's stock fell another 11.78% today down $1.20 to close at $8.99. Today's drop contributed to a 20.23% overall decline in the stock 's price for the week. Most. Continue reading
Kristin Hersh Mixes Up The Album, Releases Book
Singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh has teamed up with The Friday Project to release her a unique music/book collaboration. Crooked, the book, will contain full color artwork, lyrics and an exclusive essay. Continue reading
30 Tips For The Typical Musician
There are two new posts up over at Music Think Tank. One is from Jon Ostrow titled Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad; it is on. Continue reading
AudioLock – Do We Want More Piracy Protection?
AudioLock, an online proprietary watermarking service, is offering protection for digital and physical promos by automatically tracking illegal downloads. The system continually searches sharing sites and the internet for potential. Continue reading
Finally, MySpace Rolls Out Redesigned Profiles
MySpace has long been criticized for poor design and as part of a turnaround effort, the struggling social networker has finally done something about it. The new profiles are not. Continue reading
