More Music Industry News: iPod Sales Drop, Pandora Now Shares, Pirate Bay, Last.tv & More
Apple’s iPod Net Sales Dropped 12 Percent In 2009; iTunes Up. (paidContent) U.K. Music Biz Reacts To Three-Strikes Pledge (Billboard) and the EFF weighs in. Pandora now shares with Facebook,. Continue reading
Your Front Row Seat To Today’s Google Music Announcement With Lala And iLike
Listen To Google's Discover Music Announcement Online This afternoon's announcement of Google's new enhanced music search service that includes play and purchase functionality courtesy of lala and iLike has been. Continue reading
Understanding Facebook Artist Pages vs. Profiles
CEO Patrick Faucher and his team at artist se rvices provider Nimbit have been creating the tools and infrastructure for indie and d.i.y. artists to build and monetize their fanbases. Continue reading
Major Upgrades At Topspin?
Topspin CEO Ian Rogers sent out a tweet yesterday: "Congrats and thanks to the Topspin team. I built the pkgs for http://getbusycommittee.com on the new platform in under an hour!". Continue reading
“Barbie Girl”: 12 Years Later The Subject Of A Lawsuit Becomes Mattel’s Marketing Tool
In 1997 Mattel Corp. sued one hit wonders Aqua for copyright infringement over their annoying yet catchy hit “Barbie Girl”. The lawsui lasted until 2002 when the judge ruled in. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: UK 3 Strikes, MSN + MySpace, Spotify Loses CTO, Blinx, Lala & More
UK Confirms Plans To Warn, Throttle, Kick Illegal Downloaders – The UK government will write in to November’s upcoming Digital Economy Bill a French-style, graduated-response method of tackling unauthorized downloading. Continue reading
Facebook And MySpace In Talks To Connect
If You Can't Beat Them, Connect With Them Executives of both companies have confirmed that Facebook and MySpace are in talks to share some content via its Connect platform, which. Continue reading
Tweet For A Track Offers Free Viral Tool
(Updated) Using free to build your audience sounds simple, but getting something to spread virally beyond your existing fan base is far from easy. Tweet For A Track offers a. Continue reading
iLike’s Ali Partovi: MySpace & Music’s Bright Future
On the eve of the big iLike/imeem/Google announcement this interview done a few weeks ago by DMW's Jay Baage with Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike seems particularly worth sharing.. Continue reading
Chuck Prophet: “What I Wish I Knew When I Was Getting Started In The Music Business”
Try not to take yourself too seriously. Try not to be terribly precious – but it doesn't hurt to be obsessive and dogged. To have some inner drive to get. Continue reading
