Hating Pandora Today, Loving It Tomorrow
I hate you. I've had an iPod Touch now for several months. The experience is astoundingly unlike my former iPod. Years ago, blinded by choice, I may have listened to. Continue reading
New Approach to Fight Music Piracy Needed
Not a week goes by where we don't write one story that involves or mentions music piracy. To this day, it's the number one industry discussion topic. How do we. Continue reading
ShareSquare Upgrades QR Music Promo Tool & We’ve Got Free Private Beta Invites
ShareSquare has been private beta testing QR codes (barcodes scanned via smartphones) that bridge the offline-to-online gap to create crowd-sourced street teams for musicians over the last 2 months. Today,. Continue reading
AARP Says Old People Are Online Too! PS: These Are The People Still Willing To Pay For Music
The American Association Of Retired Persons (AARP) has created a short video to remind us (and advertisers) that those 55 years old and over are online too. In fact, those. Continue reading
Help Wanted! – FMC Artist Revenue Streams Project
The Future of Music Coalition has launched a project that seeks to assess if and how musicians revenue streams are changing. They're looking to conduct in-person interviews with a small. Continue reading
Music Biz News: New Sony Rootkit, EU Could Block EMI, Pandora Adds Board, MC Hammer & More
You Would Think Sony Knew Better Than To Install (Another) Rootkit. (Techdirt) European indie music lobbying group Impala says it would fight an EMI merger with another label like WMG.. Continue reading
Even Software Is Now MORE Popular Than Pirated Music Online – And Porn Is Downloaded The Most
I still remember the glory days. Somehow, Audiogalaxy became installed on our home computer. My brother must have done it. In one night, I could download twelve to fourteen songs. Continue reading
Tuncecore Poll Shows 44% Of Musicians Don’t Copyright Their Music
A new Tunecore Soundcheck poll shows that a surprising 44% of musicians do not protect their work by copyrighting it. Reasons varied from "I don't know how. to "cost ($35. Continue reading
YouTube Says Free Music Now Pays As Well As Paid Music plus What That Means For Music Streaming
Citing growing traffic, a 200-300% jump in advertising revenue over the last year and an imporved Content ID system that allows music rightsholders to profit from infringing content (like videos. Continue reading
Where Local Music Ecology Goes When It Dies
The record industry is dying. That's what we're told. The corporate behemoths have for too long gouged music fans and screwed over artists. Thus, the digital revolution is equal parts. Continue reading
