REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Should CD prices be lower? A record store joke: "What do you call a CD that retails for more than $9.99?" MySpace buys imeem at a fire sale price. Merlin. Continue reading
Merlin Finally Makes Indie Deal With MySpace
New Deal Includes All Indie Music (Updated) Indie licensing agency Merlin, which represents almost 10% of the global music market, has reached an agreement with MySpace Music on behalf of. Continue reading
TunesPro Sells Legal 19 Cent Hit Song Downloads
(UPDATE 3) : Brenden Mulligan of ArtistData tells Hypebot that his sources say that TunesPro is NOT authorized by the labels (see other evidence in the comments section). On Friday. Continue reading
Sony Wants To Take On iTunes
Sony is taking a page from the Apple playbook and will open an online store for music, film, books and other digital content next year. Years after iTunes launched and. Continue reading
Susan Boyle Grabs Amazon’s Biggest Ever Pre-Sale
The usually press shy Amazon made a rare announcement yesterday: internet and TV sensation Susan Boyle’s upcoming album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” has become the largest global CD pre-order in. Continue reading
What Should We Talk About At The MIDEM Bar?
During January's MIDEM international music convention in Cannes, I've been asked to host a day of their new MIDEM+ program. It's a great opportunity to get off the convention floor. Continue reading
MTV & RealNetworks In Talks To Give Rhapsody More Autonomy …Or Is This A Cut And Run?
According to SEC filings by RealNetworks, they are in negotiations with MTV to change their partnership in the Rhapsody Music service and perhaps give it more operating autonomy. Two years. Continue reading
DiMA’s Jonathan Potter Announces Resignation
Jonathan Potter announced on Thursday that he is resigning as Executive Director of the Digital Media Association (DiMA) effective December 31st. The DiMA, which is the main advocate for webcasters,. Continue reading
Video: Duran Duran’s John Taylor On Attention, Competition & The New Music Industry
I set off quite a debate last week when I published a quote from John Taylor of Duran Duran’s presentation at UCLA’s 40th Anniversary of the Internet conference that Twitter. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Google + Lala, Billboard Sale?, UK Piracy Fight, Facebook Is UnCool & More
"A captain of the sinking boat doesn't get to drive the tugboat." – a tweet yesterday from indie artist Jonathan Ammons on major label doubts about Spotify Google’s Chrome OS. Continue reading
