More Music Industry News: Live Nation Wants$’s, 7Digital Needs You, Apple Gains, FB Lite & More
Live Nation announces a $250 million private note offering to pay of debt. (press release) UK's Record Store Day was a strong success. (Guardian) Warner Music Group will release its. Continue reading
Skybox Offers Their Fans An Alternative To Filesharing
Joe Pug's Manager Uses "Free" To Promote Another Artist A common paradox for indie artists is that while knowing that filesharing can be a great promo tool, they also need. Continue reading
VH1 Adds 44 Shows, But Where’s The Music?
(UPDATE) VH1 will produce a record 44 original series in 2010 "to further build on the network's connection to young adults and their hunger for programming centered around music, celebrity. Continue reading
Facebook Soars To 41% Of All Social Traffic
According to comScore March data, Facebook traffic now makes up 41% of social traffic. MySpace ranks second at 24%. Gmail (which I don't consider a part of the social landscape). Continue reading
EMI May Need A Lot More More $’s To Keep Going
EMI and Guy Hands will reportedly ask weary Terra Firm investors for three times what it initially sought to help EMI from defaulting on its loan obligations, unnamed sources told. Continue reading
Non-Profit CASH Music Adds Two Free Viral Tools
CASH Music (Coalition for Artists and Stake Holders) had released two simple yet powerful free applications – Tweet for Track and FB Connect To Track – that could become the. Continue reading
Omnifone Adds CEO Prior To U.S. Expansion
Music In The Cloud Service To Add 30 Markets In 2010 Jeff Hughes, previously BSkyB EVP, has been appointed CEO of Omnifone as the cloud based unlimited music service provider. Continue reading
Advertising On Twitter Using Promoted Tweets
(UPDATE) Hyper-targeted ads on Facebook, MySpace and using Google AdSense have become valuable tools for many music marketers. But what about Twitter's new ad platform? In brief, advertisers select keywords. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Nimbit, Slicethepie, Irish 3 Strikes, Zune Hacks, OK Go & More
Expect a big announcement from direct-to-fan platform Nimbit tomorrow during the ASCAP Expo in Hollywood. Nimbit recently brought in CEO Bob Cramer to kick things up a notch and has. Continue reading
