YouTube By The Numbers
YouTube is unquestionably an important avenue for marketing music, but which kinds of content gets the most attention there? This chart comes from TubeMogul via Media Memo. How many people. Continue reading
Five Worth Following
Overwhelmed by Twitter-mania? From time to time we'll help you sift through the tweet pileup to find the few music industry, tech and business voices worth following. Our first Five. Continue reading
Moby Talks Past Hits And The Digital Future
Moby tells the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, “Making records has never been less expensive. The fact that revenues has fallen for record companies is only half the story.” and. Continue reading
Zune HD: Looking Good And Ready For Pre-Sale
The Zune HD, Microsoft's next generation portable media player, is now available for pre-order and set to hit store shelves on Sept. 15th. This first touch screen Zune model is. Continue reading
More Music News For 9/14/09: Free Flaming Lips, Britney’s Virtual Gifts, Radiohead Leaks, Music Goes Green & More
Ticketmaster Q2 profits fall. (Billboard) Flaming Lips offer free recordings with concert tix. (Digital Noise) Britney Spears becomes the first artist to offer paid virtual gifts on Facebook. (BritneySpears.com) Does. Continue reading
He’d Prefer Being” Raped By Pirate Bay” Than Played On Spotify
This artist is tired of not getting paid. Exactly how ad supported music services calculate payments to rights holders is an evolving story, and the methods that labels use to. Continue reading
WMG And Cisco Expand Eos Web Partnership
Warner Music Group is expanding its use of Cisco's Eos social entertainment platform to power artist Web sites. WMG van now deploy Eos across an unlimited number of sites and. Continue reading
Does Holywood Share The Same Problems As The Record Industry?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor In his article, Paul Suarez of PC World rightly observes that, “Hollywood has a problem. It’s red, boxy, lets you rent DVDs for $1 a night,. Continue reading
A Graphic Look At The Long Tails Of Fans
click on image to enlarge It's a bit hard to read, but overall this graphic from The Indie Digest provides a useful and informative look at the range of fan. Continue reading
Video: RIP! A Remix Manifesto
This short film is a strong primer and behind the scenes look at the remix culture and all the copyright issues that go along with it. Pitchfork has it this. Continue reading