Could Live Nation Be The Next Record Label?
Concert giant Live Nation has just completed its purchase of music merchandiser Trunk and made some key executive appointments. The move now positions the publicly traded company as a gatekeeper. Continue reading
iTunes Moves Towards DRM Free
We’ve been critical of Apple in recent weeks for not getting serious about going DRM free and making available the hundreds of thousands of great tracks that indie labels already. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Canada Down 35%, Crimea Gives It Away, Amazon A “Sleeping Giant” & More
>>> Canadian CD sales dropped a whopping 35% last quarter. >>> Successful UK act Crimea is going to give away it’s self-financed sophomore release for free and the band’s indie. Continue reading
New Music Business Week In Review
>>> EMI brought in industry veteran Roger Ames to oversea its North American operation and added two senior execs to its digital team. >>> Circuit City aligned with Napster for. Continue reading
Steve Jobs Again Uses Press To Signal Labels
Apple’s Steve Jobs has once again masterfully used the press to send a message. This time it was directed at major labels who had been prepared to push for the. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Net Radio Gets Billed, Paradign Finds Past, Fest Links & More
>>> The downward spiral continues as Caroline drops its entire regional sales staff. Smaller sales lead to smaller staff lead to even smaller sales. The duties will now be handled. Continue reading
Roger Ames To Head EMI North America
As some have predicted for months, record industry veteran Roger Ames will head EMI North America with Jason Flom and other US label heads reporting directly to him. Ames had. Continue reading
Good News For Apple Means Bad News For Music
Yesterday Apple beat expectations with a whopping 85% increase in sales in the second fiscal quarter powered in large part by increased iPod sales. The great news came only a. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: ASCAPs Greed Checked, AOL To India, MusicNet Wants Cash & More
>>> GREED LOOSES ROUND 1 – A federal judge has ruled that there was no validity to ASCAP’s assertion that downloads should carry a performance royalty as well as a. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 04-22-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 NINE INCH NAILS|YEAR ZERO 2 BRIGHT EYES|CASSADAGA 3 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 4 MODEST MOUSE|WE WERE DEAD BEFO 5 KINGS OF LEON|BECAUSE OF THE T. Continue reading
