Music Widget Creator Sonific Adds Indie & D.I.Y.
Sonific, the cool widget creator that enables fans to easily post song streams that link back to sales sites on blogs, web sites, etc has added a syndication program. The. Continue reading
Have You Been Bebo’d?
Are you and your artists on UK based social networking upstart Bebo? If not you’re missing out Estimates have 500,000 other musical acts already finding fans among its 9 million. Continue reading
PassAlong’s New EMI Offering Not Using freedomMP3 Protection
CORRECTION – We’ve learned from PassAlong CEO David Jaworski that the company will be not be wrapping tracks in its expanded mp3 offering with its freedomMP3 protection as we reported yesterday.. Continue reading
Guest Commentary: Andrew Dubber Says Global Markeplace Does Not Mean Global Success
From Andrew Dubber @ NewMusicStrategies Despite the fact that the internet is a theoretically boundary-less environment for the production, promotion and distribution of music, it’s clear that geography still plays. Continue reading
iTunes Continues Partnership March With Yahoo Japan Deal
Yahoo and iTunes Japan have linked to offer one-click access to iTunes from the portal’s music sites. Yesterday we reported a similar deal between iTunes and EU social network site. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Germany Chases 25,000. WMG Goes Lightly & Bonnaroo Goes High Tech
>>> Germany is prosecuting 25,000 music filesharers. (BBJ.hu) >>> WMG and Chris Lightly of Violator Mgt. (50 Cent, Diddy, Missy Elliott, LL Cool J.) have formed the Brand Asset Management. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 06-10-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 MCCARTNEY*PAUL|MEMORY ALMOST F 2 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 3 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 4 MARILYN MANSON|EAT ME DRINK ME 5 DREAM THEATER|SYSTEMATIC CHAOS 6 CORNELL*CHRIS|CARRY ON 7. Continue reading
Federal Trade Commission Asks Court To Shut Down Burnlounge and Freeze Assets
As we reported earlier this week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint (pdf) against download store BurnLounge accusing the company of operating an illegal pyramid scheme and. Continue reading
New Linkin Park CD Has Copy Protection
"When the new Linkin Park “Minutes To Midnight” CD came out, I went to iTunes and to my surprise, the album cost was $11.99. No extra tracks, no videos, nothing. Continue reading
