Are Nicoli & Ames In Trouble?
The NY Post and other sources are saying that EMI’s new owner Terra Firma are actively looking for a new executive to oversee day-to-day business and may reach outside the. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Sonos Gets Sirius, Foxy Jumps To Koch, & More
>>> Sonos Digital Music has integrated 80 Sirius streams into its home player offerings. (press release) >>> Foxy Brown has exited Def Jam and signed with indie KOCH. (Billboard) We. Continue reading
will.i.am shares love with musicane widget and drm-free release
As part of Universal’s growing DRM-free experiment, Musicane has created a will.i.am widget to coincide with the Interscope release of the Black Eyed Pea founder’s solo single "I Got It. Continue reading
Wall St Punishes Getty For Entry Into Music
Getty Images who just recently entered the music space with the purchases of online licenser Pump Audio ($42 million) and music site Paper Thin Walls ($850K) has seen its stock. Continue reading
Social Networking Via Mobile Shows Slow But Measurable Growth
Only 3.5% of US consumers accessed a social networking site via their mobile phone in a recent M:Metric survey. Of course that’s 7.5 million potential fans. Western European numbers were. Continue reading
WFUV Uses Payola Funds To Launch Second NYC Station
Non-commercial Triple A WFUV-FM in NYC is using $500,000 in funds from the NY State Music Fund set up after last year’s payola probe to launch a second station via. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 08-12-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 OKKERVIL RIVER|STAGE NAMES 2 COMMON|FINDING FOREVER 3 SPOON|GA GA GA GA GA 4 POTTER*GRACE & |THIS IS SOM 5 UGK|UNDERGROUND KINGZ 6 WHITE STRIPES|ICKY THUMP. Continue reading
allofmp3 Beats The Wrap
The former owner of notorious Russian music download site allofmp3.com was acquitted on intellectual piracy charges today in Moscow. (more) But the music industry is still winning the war on. Continue reading
EMI Readies Catalog Push With “All You Need is Love(mark)” Twist
The outsourcing trend continues with EMI Music Marketing’s US catalog unit hire of ad firm Saatchi & Saatchi to develop and execute strategic consumer marketing campaigns for key titles from. Continue reading
PassAlong Spins Off Indie Download Enabler Speakerheart
Music distribution developer PassAlong Networks is spinning off Speakerheart, an online platform for independent artists and bands to upload and sell own music, as its own company. Speakerheart is a. Continue reading
