Latest EMI News: Pink Floyd Resigns, But March Miracle Sill Needed
Despite a recent court ruling that a deal signed in the pre-download age could be not applied to digital sales, Pink Floyd has dropped its lawsuit against EMI and resigned.. Continue reading
Tim Ferriss’ 4 Big Social Media Marketing Predictions For 2011
Tim Ferriss, the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The 4-Hour Workweek and the new The 4-Hour Body shares his 4 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2011: 1.. Continue reading
Music Biz News: MP3 Ownership, Apple Tops Mobile, Limewire Wants Amazon, Rock Band & More
Who owns your digital downloads? (Hint: it's not you) (ZDNet) LimeWire Trying to Drag Amazon, Apple Into Lable Fight. (HP, ars) Apple Mobile OS Still Tops Google Android (NY Times Bits). Continue reading
86% of Fans Want iTunes To Price Match Amazon
Fans want iTunes to price match Amazon. With a keynote from Steve Jobs coming this month, the writers behind TMM surveyed their readers on what they hoped will be announced.. Continue reading
An Interview With Thumbplay Music CEO Evan Schwartz On Music Streaming And Piracy
Recently, I spoke with Evan Schwartz, the CEO and co-Founder of Thumbplay Music. In this interview, Schwartz talks about the challenge of raising awareness for streaming services and their radio. Continue reading
The Day Spotify Changed The World
Over at Music Think Tank, I've written an essay talking about Spotify. I explore the changes in fan behavior that would've happened had they launched on time. There's so much. Continue reading
The Year In Music: What Happened In 2010?
MySpace has released a comprehensive infographic on what happened in music in 2010. The graphic is slanted towards popular music, but the information is still interesting. Another thing that it. Continue reading
4 Ways That Probabilistic Promotion Can Increase Sales and Sign-ups
This guest post is by Jon Ostrow (@miccontrol) of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians and music bloggers. As the holiday season comes to an. Continue reading
Please Buy This Song: The Problem With Ping
"Ping seems nakedly focused on directing us to buy things on iTunes. Every posting links to a purchase opportunity: So-and-so liked this song—want to buy it? This reverses social networks’. Continue reading
Aram Sinnreich: “Criminalizing File-Sharing Is… It’s Literally Pathological; It’s Insane.”
Aram Sinnreich, a professor at Rutgers University and author of the book Mashed Up, gave this speech at NYU in early December. It starts off a little slow, but it. Continue reading
