Music Industry News: Susan Boyle Tops Charts, Berkleemusic Names CMO, Beatles, iTunes & More
What Taylor Swift Can Teach CMO’s. (Forbes) Susan Boyle album tops charts both sides of Atlantic. (BBC) Cyberclinic: Did The Beatles need iTunes? No, but EMI did. (Indie) Anti-Piracy Lawyers Knew They Targeted Innocent Victims. (TF) . Continue reading
Is Google Buying Rhapsody?
I can't call it anything more than a persistent rumor, but I've heard it now from more than one decent source: Google is (or at least thinking about) buying Rhapsody. . Continue reading
EFF, Consumer Advocates Say EMI vs MP3tunes Court Battle Threatens Online Safe Harbor
EMI and MP3Tunes.com are in the midst of a court battle that will impact the next generation of cloud based music services. Yesterday, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Public Knowledge,. Continue reading
3 Major Innovations That Made Large-Scale Music Collaboration Possible Online
Central to the founding ideology of Indaba Music is the notion of collaboration; they strive to empower musicians with the means to network and make music together. Since 2007 the. Continue reading
Beggars Group On Why They Left eMusic
In an official statement, UK based indie power house Beggars Group, which includes the popular Matador and 4AD labels, explained why, like several other indie labels, it's leaving eMusic on. Continue reading
An Argument For Fan Funding: “I’d Rather Be Owned By My Fans Than By A Record Company.”
Brian Hazard rattled some cages with his argument against fan-funding. So much so that several executives from leading fan-funding companies took notice and weighed in their opinions. I thought it. Continue reading
The Sad State Of Music Industry Coverage
The echo chamber of the blogosphere consumes us. News breaks everywhere. But what does it mean? There seems to be so few interested in saying something, expressing their opinion, and. Continue reading
On Eve Of Relaunch, eMusic Loses 3 Key Indie Labels. Subscribers Not Happy.
Just days before a major relaunch, eMusic has lost three respected independent label groups. Music from Domino, Merge and the Beggars Group of labels which includes 4AD and Matador and. Continue reading
From WMG Earnings Call: EMI, Spotify & The Cloud
On this mornings earnings call, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr and his team did their best to explain financials that showed declining revenue, slow digital growth and a. Continue reading
WMG Revenues Decline 13%, Digital Sales Grew 7%
In SEC filings this morning, Warner Music Group reported revenue of $752 million, a decline of 13% from the prior year quarter (-12% on a constant currency basis). Full year. Continue reading
