New Music Business Briefing: Blunt Sells Via MySpace, AOL Music Relaunched, CD Baby Pays $20M & More
>>> Warner Bros Records will sell the new James Blunt album via MySpace as a $9.99 iTunes download/CD bundle. Target adds a DVD and priority ticketing to a CD for. Continue reading
P2P Foe MediaDefender Gets Hacked
MediaDefender which offers record labels and others services like spoofing to fight unauthorized file trading via P2P has been hacked by a group calling itself MediaDefender Defenders and hundreds of. Continue reading
eMusic Adds Audiobooks
eMusic is launching a separate Audiobook download subscription service. Monthly subscriptions are $9.99 for one book or $19.99 for two books and you get one book free as part of. Continue reading
Terra Firma Promises To Save Not Sell EMI
EMI’s new owner is promising not to sell the label, but rather to focus on servicing artists and developing new talent. In an interview with the UK’s Gaurdian, Terra Firma. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: SpiralFrog Launches, WinAmp Upgrades, Prince Hires A Sheriff & More
>>> Long anticipated ad supported download service SprialFrog launches publicly today. (SprialFrog) Tell us what you think. >>> Wired’s Listening Post is in love with the new 10th Anniversary WinAmp. Continue reading
New Music Business Week In Review
>>> A new survey showed that there are actually more active music buyers than there used to be; the problem is that each of them is spending a whole lot. Continue reading
100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips – Part 3
21. Try local internet advertising via Google Adsense or local web sites22. Advertise on internet radio and blogs that serve your market.23. Create consistency by creating ad mats and radio. Continue reading
Six Degrees Of Music Repositioning
Product repositioning is a buzz concept that is easy to dismiss. But for labels trying to monetize existing investments and artists attempting to make noise in a crowded marketplace, repositioning. Continue reading
100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips – Part 2
11. Put your promo online in downloadable form for easy access by the media and your fans.12. Enable and encourage others to do your promo for you. Ask fans to. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Amazon Close, Ringtone Rip-Off, Prince Sues & More
>>> Billboard says Tuesday’s the day for the Amazon mp3 store launch. We hear Tuesday is not a hard deadline but they will launch soon. >>> NY Times tech columnist. Continue reading
