REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Hypebot And Skyline Music are looking for interns. The Financial Rise And Fall Of RIAA & Major Labels. Ryan Etten on engineering rules that apply to DIY business. YouTube introduces their new free. Continue reading
Redeye Distribution Adds Marsalis & Welch Labels
Redeye Distribution has added to artist lead indie labels to its roster: Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings’ record label Acony Records and Branford Marsalis’ label Marsalis Music. Both artists have. Continue reading
Trust & The Social Consumer
If you subscribe to the concept that (at least sometimes) the band is a brand and the fan is at their core a consumer, there is something to be learned. Continue reading
EMI Restructures, Roger Faxon Will Head Both Record Labels And Publishing
(UPDATED) EMI announced a major restructuring this morning combining its successful publishing arm with its struggling recorded music division. Former EMI Publishing head Roger Faxon has been named Group Chief. Continue reading
Overheard @ Day 1 Of Scion’s Music(less) Music Conference In Los Angeles
This guest post is by Max Willens, editor of We All Make Music, a website dedicated to helping musicians thrive in a post-label world. "If I charged more for what. Continue reading
Video: How YouTube Thinks About Copyright
In this TED Talk, Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the video site works to with copyright holders and creators to foster a creative ecosystem. Continue reading
Sound Around: Create Custom Mobile Apps
While Sound Around is still in private beta, they are about to launch a new service that allows users to create and update their own custom iPhone applications. Noteable features include: iTunes integration, streaming, bio,. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: MySpace Co-Prez Exits, Guvera Stats, Facebook’s $800M, Masterbeat & More
MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn Exits. (Hypebot) MySpace Calls For Branding Help In Advance Of Site Relaunch.(paidContent) Guvera gives first stats on its ad-supported music service. (Music Ally) Chris Anderson and. Continue reading
MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn Exits
(Updated) After just months after being named the Co-President of MySpace, Jason Hirschhorn has resigned. First this twee came this afternoon: Then at 5PM this official statement was released from. Continue reading
GigsWiz Opens Free Beta To All Artists
GigsWiz has opened its free fan request widget to all artists. Still in open beta, the service is designed to to help bands and their agents quantify the demand for gigs geographically,. Continue reading
