Wall St. Hears Live Nation Strategy & Numbers
Late yesterday concert giant Live Nation reported it’s 2006 numbers to Wall St. The company reported 2006 revenues of $3,691.6 million an increase of $754.7 million or 25.7% over 2005.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Week In Review
>>> KOCH, North America’s largest indie distributor and label, is getting a new owner. >>> Europe’s largest dance music label Ministry Of Sound is protesting trade group Impala’s decision to. Continue reading
EU Opens Formal Sony BMG Probe
As expected, European regulators opened a formal probe today into Sony and BMG’s 2004 deal to merge their music units. EU officials say they need to thoroughly analyze the deal. Continue reading
Download Prices Could Jump As ASCAP Demands Royalty Double Dip
The Digital Media Association representing providers like Yahoo! and Napster has submitted a ‘friend of the court’ brief opposing ASCAP’s claim that music downloads are ‘public performances’ and subject to. Continue reading
Weekly Hip Hop Business News From ProHipHop
Hip hop magazine The Source is losing employees and seems to be headed for further problems. A New York/Long Island Honda dealers promo featuring animated rapping Presidents takes off with. Continue reading
Live Nation Earnings Call Today At 5PM EST
Concert giant Live Nation (NYSE:LYV) will release fourth quarter and full-year 2006 financial results after market hours on via a teleconference today Thursday, March 1st at 5PM EST. To access. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 02-25-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 WILLIAMS*LUCIND|WEST 2 EXPLOSIONS IN T|ALL OF A SUDDE 3 ANBERLIN|CITIES 4 SHINS|WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY 5 GRIFFIN*PATTY|CHILDREN RUNNING 6 JONES*NORAH|NOT TOO LATE 7 ALLEN*LILY|ALRIGHT STILL. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing For 2/27/07: MP3 Lawsuits Weighed, New Music Cells, Satelitte Shows Gains & More
>>> The industry is beginning to weigh potential fallout from lawsuits over mp3 patents. For now at least is business as usual. >>> Cell makers are about to deliver a. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing For 2/27/07: Changes At eMusic, BitTorrent Gets Legit, Tequila Says No To Labels, & More
RUMOR: We hear that there were a few layoffs at eMusic last week. Are profits down or are they just trying to make the numbers pretty before looking for a. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Risking Irrelevance
Media consultant Jerry Del Colliano is calling on broadcast radio to get involved aggressively and creatively in internet broadcasting or risk becoming dinosaurs when universal WiFi becomes available. "They’ve lost. Continue reading
