E1 Buys IndieBlu Labels Artemis, V2, Light & More
Consolidation within the India sector appears to be heating up. Last week Concord acquired the massive Rounder Records catalog and this week E1 Entertainment (formerly Koch) has acquired the rights. Continue reading
Watch Contoversial M.I.A “Born Free” Video
The controversial M.I.A. video "Born Free" depicts the military rounding up red headed children and executing them. Some media outlets reported that YouTube had removed the violent video, but instead. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Flash Ban, Vivendi Reports, HMV Falls, Taco Machines & More
What Apple’s Flash Ban Means For Music. (Billboard.biz) Universal Music Group (UMG) parent company Vivendi said its performance in the first quarter of 2010 was in line with expectations and. Continue reading
UK Band Gets $300,000 To Change Their Name
(UPDATED) Exit Through The Gift Shop Door was the name of a band started by 41 year old Simon Duncan in London just 18 months ago. "It was a kind. Continue reading
Try Stoking Your Fans
This guest post comes from Ben Coe who is an artist coach and co-founder of music management and marketing firm The Artist Farm. His work there is designed to help. Continue reading
MP3Tunes Bumps Free Cloud Storage 5X to 10G
Online music storage locker MP3Tunes has increased the capacity of its free cloud based service from 2G to 10G. That should be enough capacity to store 2000 songs for play. Continue reading
TuneCore & MySpace Music Partner For Discounted Distribution Services
Flat fee digital distributor TuneCore has partnered with MySpace Music to offer discounted music distribution services to all the major download outlets. In addition, MySpace Music will provide participating artists. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: HP Buys Palm, Blogs Under Attack, Facebook Buttons Spread, Ted Cohen & More
HP buys smartphone developer Palm for $1.2 billion. (MediaMemo) Irish music blogs under attack over royalties. (Guardian) Apple releases iTunes 9.1.1 to fix a few bugs. (MacWorld) Rovi to power. Continue reading
Record Store Day Declared Big Sales Success
It was a great day for recorded music as sales surged during America’s third annual Record Store Day on April 17th. Compared to the prior week, overall U.S. album sales. Continue reading
