An Unlucky 13 Top Music Industry Stories For 2007
2007 marked the further decline of the label system as we once knew it and the rise of new release models and avenues for marketing. Music sales continued their decline. Continue reading
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Shares Details Of EMI Split Plus Live Video.
From Radiohead.com F Y I_____ if you carefor your information>>> we did not ask for a load of cash from our old record label EMI to re- sign.that is a. Continue reading
Music Bloggers Share Their Best Of 2007 Lists
Some of the 30 bloggers on the b5 media Music Channel shared their Top of 2007 lists today. Here’s a sample. OurDigitalMusic has a list of Top 10 Digital Music. Continue reading
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
