UPDATE: WMG & UMG Drop Project Playlist Lawsuit
(UPDATED) WMG has also dropped it's lawsuit against Project Playlist, Billboard is reporting. It is unclear if WMG will also license catalog to Playlist.com. The site has now settled it's. Continue reading
Will Anyone, Can Anyone Buy EMI?
It appears that Guy Hands has convinced shareholders to buy EMI another year of life. But what's next? Hits have not been EMI's problem. They actually been on a bit. Continue reading
Ask the Readers: Choice, a Paradox or Paradise?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (@kbylin) There’s an essay I’ve wanted to write for quite awhile now, tentatively titled: Paradox or Paradise: Music Choice in the Digital Age; it would explore. Continue reading
EMI Saved For Now
Several sources are reporting that Guy Hands will tell Citi this week that a $105 million pounds ($155 million U.S.) payment will be made to stop the lender from foreclosing. Continue reading
Is There No Shame? Black Keys Use Bikinis & Dinosaurs To Promote Upcoming Release
With tongue planted firmly in cheek, The Black Keys are promoting their new album "Brothers :which hits May18th via a series of videos starring a T-Rex puppet named Frank. With. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: WMG + Myxr, $3M To Ticketfly, EchoNest + Play.me, Bixio & More
WMG has struck a deal with Myxyr for mobile music distribution and marketing. (press release) Ticketmaster alternative TicketFly has grabbed $3 million in new funding. (MediaMemo) The Echo Nest adds. Continue reading
Move Over Jobs, Android Just Passed iPhone In U.S.
Google's Android mobile operating system continued to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market in the first quarter of 2010, moving past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone. Continue reading
Twitter Bug Enabled Forced Following
It was a marketers dream and a marketers nightmare. For a few hours yesterday a weakness in the Twitter platform discovered by a Turkish tweeter provided an absurdly easy way. Continue reading
Losses Grow At Live Nation: Merger Costs, Lower Ticket Sales & Tickets Now Damage Bottom Line
(Updated) Losses grew at Live Nation last quarter as the company absorbed the cost of its January 25th merger with Ticketmaster, a drastic drop in income from Tickets Now and. Continue reading
Interview: Steve Almond of How Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (@kbylin) — Read Part 1 In the book, you speak of how Nil Lara became your messiah, because he “cultivated that trait so essential to rock stars:. Continue reading
