10 Truths About The Modern Recording Industry
(UPDATED) Fellow music industry journalist and net friend Jason Feinberg published a post yesterday on MediaShift where he chronicled the ten things that he believes to be true about the. Continue reading
“To Me, Data Is The New Asset Base,” Says Ethan Kaplan, SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. Pt. 2
This is part two of my interview with Ethan Kaplan, who is author of the semi-famous music industry blog BlackRimGlasses and SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. In the second. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Kazaa Sold, Boston Hack Day, Pirate Bay Trial’s Last Day, Apple Earnings & More
(UPDATED) Next week's news cycle will start strong with an earnings call from Apple on Monday and other investor calls in the days to follow. For now, let's just celebrate. Continue reading
Interview: INgrooves CEO Robb McDaniels On Acquisitions, Tunecore & The ONE Digital Platform
After the announcement that digital music distributor INgrooves had received a "significant" investment from Shamrock and extend its UMG partnership, I asked founder and CEO Robb McDaniels to share his. Continue reading
MTT: Do Music Fans Have Too Much Control?
At Music Think Tank, Kyle Bylin asks readers if fans have too much control. He brings the discussion from the Click Track blog on The Washington Post. Some artists have. Continue reading
Anonymous Kicks Gene Simmons Off The Interwebs
The interwebs are listening. KISS frontman Gene Simmons asserted that bands should sue everyone that shares their music online and not stop until they owned the homes and cars of. Continue reading
Can You Dig It? Emporer X Buries New Songs Around L.A. For Fans To Find
Singer-songwriter Chad Matheny has been recording albums under the name Emperor X for years. He's gotten a little attention, but certainly not broken through to anything close to mainstream success.. Continue reading
Why I Secretly Hope For An Epidemic Of Book Piracy
In his column in The Telegraph, writer Adrian Hon makes a few assertions about book piracy that relate to the record industry. First, he talks about the rather honest journey. Continue reading
Thumbplay Could Prove To Be A Contender, If We Knew Their Real Numbers
Earlier this week, Thumbplay announced that it had reached an impressive 500,000 downloads of it's music application which has been available on Android, Apple and BlackBerry platforms since June. With 8. Continue reading
“My Goal Is To Never Be Left Behind,” Says Ethan Kaplan, SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. Pt. 1
(UPDATED) Recently, I spoke with Ethan Kaplan, who describes himself as a former academic, a former newspaper web-master and a present day technological evangelist and innovator. He's also author of. Continue reading
