Today Is Record Store Day
GET OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDIE RECORD STORE Today, Saturday April 19th, hundreds of U.S. independent record stores will join together on for National Record Store Day. The Coalition. Continue reading
Is 2.0 Music Editorial For Sale? Universal Buys Into Buzznet
It’s official. Universal has made a major investment in Buzznet. The music centered social networking site also owns music blogs Stereogum and Idolator. Here’s part of the press release: "This. Continue reading
MySpace Shares Some Equity Plans. Bands Beware…
Co-founder Chris DeWolfe shared some details of MySpace’s move into music in a Wired interview, but failed to reveal exactly how revenues will be shared with indie labels and offered. Continue reading
Clive Down, Jive’s Weiss Up At SonyBMG
PLUS A COMMENTARY The legendary Clive Davis has been replaced by Zomba/Jive’s Barry Weiss as Chairman and CEO of the BMG Label Group. Davis, who is 74, has been named. Continue reading
What’s Really Keeping Us From Where We Need To Be. (It’s Not Piracy.)
Guest blogger Derek Sivers runs CD Baby and is a strong advocate for the indie/d.i.y. music community. He blogs regularly at sivers.org and this post comes via Andrew Dubber’s Music. Continue reading
UK Digital Music Retailers Float 5 Point Plan
A coalition of leading players in the UK digital music business is urging reforms it says are essential to maintain growth in the market. The new trade group ERA Digital,. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: MySpace India, Radio Slumps & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: MySpace Music shares some equity plans for indies and it ain’t pretty. Clive Davis is moved down and Jive’s Barry Weiss promoted at SonyBMG CD Baby’s Derek Sivers. Continue reading
National Record Store Day This Sat. April 19th
This Saturday April 19th, hundreds of U.S. independent record stores will join together on for National Record Store Day. The Coalition of Independent Music Stores, The Alliance of Independent Media. Continue reading
Nokia’s Comes With Music Could Mean Windfall For Labels
DETAILS EMERGE BUT HOW WILL ARTISTS AND INDIES GET PAID? Two informed sources are putting the per unit payout to Universal for Nokia’s new "Comes With Music" cell phones at. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: EMI Board, PirateBay Blogs, $’s For Imeem & PluggedIn And More
UPDATED: > EMI is changing the structure of its Board. (FMQB) > PirateBay has launched an uncensored blogging service called Baywords. Some blog providers pull blogs with links to unlicensed. Continue reading
