More Music Industry News: $’s For 30 Sec. Samples, Techdirt Joins In, Pirate Bay, Trade Mags Build Walls & More
Songwriters want to get paid for 30-second song previews: Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are lobbying Congress to legislate the payment of performance fees into downloaded music. If music publishers. Continue reading
Loudcrowd Gets $3M. Will Visitors Follow?
Conduit Labs has gotten $3 million in second round financing to expand its Loudcrowd social music community. I admit that I had not even heard of the site before the. Continue reading
ReverbNation Partners With Audiolife To Create On Demand Reverb Store
Artist services site ReverbNation has partnered with direct to fan e-commerce provider Audiolife to create the Reverb Store. Currently in private beta, the free offering which goes public in. Continue reading
Live Nation Extends Ticket Discounts To Clubs
$49.99 UNLIMITED CLUB PASSPORT It's been a summer of experimentation for Live Nation with an ongoing series of one day sales and dropped ticketing fees at many of its amphitheater. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Datz, We7, Publishers Attack iTunes, eMusic & More
UK unlimited mp3 site Datz has stopped operation. The Beatles and Jay-Z dominate the weekly sales chart. (FMQB) Why We7 serves musicians as well as fans. Barely a week goes. Continue reading
Video Tour Of New Zune HD
Is appears that Microsoft may have a hit on its hands as most of the major gadget writers and bloggers are giving the new Zune HD very high marks. Here’s. Continue reading
MP3.com Founder Robertson Says “You Lie EMI” And Asks Your Help To Prove It
Michael Roberston, the founder of MP3.com and other music tech startups, is being sued by EMI over his music locker service MP3tunes. "To prove their case they're claiming that all. Continue reading
UK’s 27-7 Enters Canada With CD Warehouse
Canada's digital distributors just got some strong competition. UK based 24-7 Entertainment has signed a deal with Canadian music fulfillment provider and record retailer, CD Warehouse and their MyMusic.Com. Under. Continue reading
Direct To Fan: Offer, Focus & Aquisition
This guest post by Mike King first appeared his Music Business And Trend Mongering blog. In addition to being champion of artists and a really smart guy, Mike is a. Continue reading
Give Peace A Chance: Startups Vs. Rightsholders
"The rights of the services, the rights of the copyright holders and the rights of the public seem to be in an escalating conflict. Each side claims the other is. Continue reading
Music Is Losing The Facebook Fan Race
Who has the most fans on Facebook? A dead pop star, the president and Vin Diesel. While quantity does not equal quality, it's instructive to note that when it comes. Continue reading
