EMI To Investors: Major Cuts, 766% Growth & $100M Indie Investment Fund Ahead
Terra Firma is privately telling investors that it will cut $223 million in fixed costs on top of existing EMI cost-saving initiatives. U.S. cuts include $31 million from sales and. Continue reading
Exclusive Interview: 4QFor imeem CEO Dalton Caldwell
This week’s 4QFor (Four Questions For) features imeem’s young founder and CEO Dalton Caldwell answering the same questions we put last week to Nimbit founder Patrick Faucher. Q1. What major. Continue reading
Prince And The Pirate Bay – A Litigation Fairytale
Continuing his crusade to control his own content, Prince is planning lawsuits against Bit-Torrent indexer Pirate Bay in the US, France (which has favorable copyright laws) and the notorious site’s. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: News From Microsoft, Cycloop, imeem, Rhapsody & More
>>> Microsoft is adding to its music portfolio by buying mobile music firm MusicWave. (press release) Investment analysts like the Motley Fool are less than impressed. (Microsoft’s Sound Of Garbled. Continue reading
100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips
Never leave promotion to the other guy. Depending on your point of view don’t count on the label, band or publicist to do their jobs. Do it yourself or it. Continue reading
Is Roger Ames Out At EMI And Billy Mann In? – UPDATED
UPDATED: An unconfirmed source told Hypebot that, Roger Ames is out as head of EMI North America. He will be replaced by record producer Billy Mann. (see Mann bio). Industry. Continue reading
Social Music Marketing – A Quick Handbook
Music Marketing 2.0 has not quite arrived, but it’s clearly just around the corner. Traditional media are being replaced as music promotion and discovery engines by a multitude of online. Continue reading
MySpace Hacks Increase
It was inevitable. Where ever net traffic goes; the hackers will follow. Now MySpace is a growing target. "At the end of October, there were a number of links added. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: UK Hopes For Mobile Miracle, EMI Sues MP3Tunes For $100M & Much More
>>> UK record labels are betting that the launch of three new mobile music services will rejuvenate sales. (Guardian) >>> The Federal Trade Commission dropped an inquiry into XM’s marketing. Continue reading
Real Seeks New Senior Director Of Music PR
One of our favorite PR guys Matt Graves has left his long standing position at Real/Rhapsody to join imeem as the VP of Marketing Communications. (Check out Matt’s imeem profile. Continue reading
