Follow-Up: Paramore – “We’re Not A Fake, Manufactured Product Of A Label… We Promise.”
Just as the music industry slowed down for the holidays, drama hit the Paramore camp and hard. Two of the founding members of the group referred to Paramore as a. Continue reading
Chart: How Amazon Can Afford To Lose Money Selling Music plus Why Facebook & Google Won’t
(UPDATE 2) Amazon offers some great deals on music downloads, often selling hit albums for $3.99 – $5.00. Sometimes the labels participate with lower wholesale pricing, but often Amazon sells. Continue reading
Music Biz News: @CES, Radio + Sonos, Vevo’s “Lift”, Mac App Store, Kickstarter, RootMusic & More
@ CES: RDIO announced integration with Sonos home music systems (Evolver.fm) and Clear Channel extended the reach of it's iheartradio online channels into Toyota and other auto stereos. (FMQB) Integration. Continue reading
Size of the Average Music Library: 7,160 Songs
The average TidySongs user has 7,160 songs in their music library. These people may not be your average music fan. That's clear. What's obvious is that these users likely didn't. Continue reading
trueAnthem Gets $2.9 Million For Ad Supported Music
San Francisco based trueAnthem has grabbed $2.9 million in first round funding for its online and supported music service according to an SEC filing. It joins Guevara (who hits 160,000. Continue reading
Rdio COO Predicts A Groundswell of Interest & Subscribers In Online Music Streaming
Recently, I spoke with Carter Adamson, who is the COO of RDIO. In this interview, Adamson talks about the challenges of raising awareness for a music service and keeping fans. Continue reading
Court Tells Universal We Can Resell Our Promo CDs
The U.S. Court of Appeals shot down copyright infringement allegations from Universal Music Group and affirmed an eBay seller's right to resell promotional CDs that he buys from used music. Continue reading
A Musician’s Guide Achieving Goals In 2011
Over at Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt has published an extremely comprehensive guide to planning and achieving your goals in 2011. She leaves no stone unturned. If you want to. Continue reading
Google Music Will Be Boring, Not Groundbreaking
"The new Google music service, whatever it is and whenever it launches, probably is going to be pretty boring… Nothing really exciting or groundbreaking… people tend to forget that Google. Continue reading
5 Important Things To Know About BitTorrent Stats
BitTorrent has reached a milestone; they now have 100 million monthly users. In addition, the company has also disclosed that it has over 20 million daily active users and over. Continue reading
