Bad Days Ahead At EMI
New owners Terra Firma are enforcing tight restrictions on new artist signings and promotion budgets at EMI and major job cuts will follow according to the Financial Times and other. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: More RIAA Insanity, Ringtone Market Shrinks & More
> THE RIAA FOLLIES: In a new lawsuit the RIAA call ripping purchased CD’s to your own hard drive an "unauthorized use". (Slashdot) Read the original Washington Post piece that. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review: Sales Down 21%, WMG MP3’s To Amazon, Jay-Z Leaves & More
This may have been a slow holiday week, but it didn’t stop a few major music industry stories from breaking… > Holiday music sales were down a whopping 21% from. Continue reading
What WMG MP3’s On Amazon Really Means
COMMENTARY: With the addition of Warner Music Group product to its 2.9 million track DRM free mp3 catalog, Amazon is poised to to take on the mighty iTunes. The final. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: 21% Holiday Sales Drop,
> Music sales during the holiday shopping season were down 21% from last year. From the week of Thanksgiving through the day before Christmas Eve, 83.9 million albums were sold,. Continue reading
Amazon Adds MP3’s From Warner Music Group
UPDATED: WMG has joined EMI and Universal in making its downloads available as DRM free mp3’s, and at least for now Amazon has the exclusive. Noticeably no plans to sell. Continue reading
Study Shows Online Engagement Growing As Print And TV Fade
A new study offers holiday cheer to Music 2.0 startups and needs to be heeded by music marketers. The study shows clearly that more ad dollars and marketing muscle should. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Radiohoead’s N.Y.’s Eve Surprise, No Surpise: P2P Use Up, Apple Soars & More
> Radiohead will ring in New Year’s Eve with an exclusive TV performance of "In Rainbows" on Current TV. The pre-recorded performance will include all of the tracks from "In. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Ticket Sales Slump, Virgin Closing Stores, True North Sold & More.
> Despite some major classic rock tours, the live concert industry experienced a 15% overall decline in 2007 sales. (Reuters) > Concert promoter Live Nation’s artist services division Artist Nation,. Continue reading
Jay-Z Exits Def Jam
Shawn Jay-Z Carter will step down as president of Universal’s Def Jam. The rapper, who was named Def Jam president in 2005, said in a statement that it is "time. Continue reading
