EMI Sold: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
THE GOOD – Yesterday EMI accepted a $4.7 Billion offer from investment firm Terra Firma Capital Partners. While bidding may continue the EMI board signaled that "other offers" (aka WMG). Continue reading
SoundExchange Offers Small Webcasters Reduced Rate
UPDATED: Under pressure from the House Subcommittee investigating a recent large increase in royalty rates, internet music rights collection agency SoundExchange has offered smaller webcasters an olive branch. Under the. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Hawthorne Heights Wins Victory, WMG Ups EMI Bid & Much More
>>> A judge ruled that while Hawthorne Heights owes Victory two more albums it can also record and release elsewhere. If the ruling sticks it could have ramifications across the. Continue reading
Breakfast In Bed With Joan Osborne
REVIEW: Joan Osborne’s career has ranged from a million selling single, "(What If God Was) One Of Us", to a stint in the Grateful Dead. Throughout there has been a. Continue reading
HELP SAVE INTERNET RADIO
TIME US RUNNING OUT! Internet radio needs your help. The Internet Radio Equality Act (pdf) has been introduced in Congress to roll back higher royalty rates that many believe would. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: iPhone Details, MSN Grabs Live Earth, TuneCore Gets Props
>>> New details were revealed as the FCC approved the iPhone. (InfoWorld) And some recent product announcements show that the iPhone will have lots of competition when it launches.(Reuters) >>>. Continue reading
Free Music At eMusic. Who Really Pays?
eMUSIC SERIES PART 5 – Free song giveaways have long been used to attract many to eMusic’s 300,000 subscribers. A standard eMusic promotion offers 25 tracks free for just trying. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: EMI Deals, Napsters Falls, Real Buys & Much More
>>> EMI followed its announcement yesterday that Amazon will follow iTunes in selling the major’s entire catalog DRM free with announcements of DRM free deals with VirginMega in France and. Continue reading
RUSH – New CD Review & Marketing Notes
EDITOR’S NOTE: From time to time we’ll now be reviewing new releases. Yeah, part of it’s because we want the free stuff and part of it’s because we want to. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 05-13-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BJORK|VOLTA 2 SMITH*ELLIOTT|NEW MOON 3 FEIST|REMINDER 4 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 5 FRANCIS*SAGE|HUMAN THE DEATH D 6 BRIGHT EYES|CASSADAGA 7 RUSH|SNAKES & ARROWS 8 AMOS*TORI|AMERICAN. Continue reading
Amazon Announces MP3 Download Store With EMI Catalog And 12,000 Labels
Amazon today officially announced that it will launch an MP3 only digital music store later this year with tracks from more than 12,000 record labels including EMI’s entire catalog. Every. Continue reading
