It was another week of poor earnings reports and bad news for the old school music industry: Warner Music losses mounted, RealNetworks' Rhapsody lost 50K subscribers and 9% of staff. Continue reading

Rhapsody, a joint venture of RealNetworks and MTV, layed of 12 people or 9% of the staff of the music subscription service. RealNetworks had already cut  8% of overall staff. Continue reading

Derek Irving from indie artists The Aces emailed me yesterday: I'm an independent artist who recently signed to a label out of Spain for a 2 record term.  Why?  Because. Continue reading

  The Machine Despite beating their ticket sales target by more than 1 million tickets, Live Nation reported a loss of $27.2 million, or 33 cents per share, in Q2.. Continue reading

ArtistDirect, which went public in a blaze of unrealized glory, is voluntarily pulling itself off the NASDAQ stock exchange and stopping reports to the SEC. The company operates as popular. Continue reading

Pirate Bay sale imminent, but who owns it to begin with? As The Pirate Bay contemplates a sale later this month, ars technica takes a look at the mysterious, Seychelles-based. Continue reading

In a report to shareholders this morning, Warner Music Group revealed that in the quarter ending June 30th, 2009, total revenue decreased 9.3% and operating income from continuing operations declined. Continue reading

“There’s a process of natural selection going on right now. The music business was waiting to die in its current form about twenty years ago. But then, hallelujah, the CD. Continue reading

Star6 Introduction from Star6 on Vimeo. Agile Partners, creators of the GuitarToolkit iPhone app, partnered with DJ/musician Jason Forrest to create Star6, a fully featured sample instrument for the iPhone. Continue reading