Net Radio Has Been Saved….For Now
At a special meeting called by Congress late yesterday, SoundExchange agreed to delay the royalty rate increase that would have shut down many net music broadcasts and services on Sunday.. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Napster And Koch Expand, Harmony Grabs $4.4M, WMG Streams Free & More
>>> MusicNet, the service that provides tracks for many download services like Yahoo, Urge and Zune has been renamed MediaNet Digital to reflect the addition of video and other content.. Continue reading
Can Merch Save Music?
With record company advances and regular royalty checks a thing of the past, I know many bands for whom selling merchandise on the road is the difference between a profitable. Continue reading
The Digital Media Assoc. Sent Congress A SoundExchange Invoice…
As part of their campaign to save internet radio, the DiMA sent members of Congress this "sample" of an invoice to net broadcasters from SoundExchange. Read down to see how. Continue reading
Court Denies Net Radio Increase. Broadcasters Respond As July 15th Deadline Looms.
The US Court of Appeals has declined to delay implementation of the Copyright Royalty Board’s recent decision to increase Internet radio sound recording royalty rates by up to 1200% and. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: WMG Still Wants EMI, SonyBMG Sues Over DRM, Chicken Powered Downloads & Much More
>>> WMG has hired new consultants in its ongoing bid to buy EMI. It may as be for nothing as an EU commission has also just pre-approved the purchase by. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 07-08-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 WHITE STRIPES|ICKY THUMP 2 ADAMS*RYAN|EASY TIGER 3 T.I.|T.I. VS TIP 4 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 5 VELVET REVOLVER|LIBERTAD 6 BEASTIE BOYS|MIX-UP 7 WILCO|SKY BLUE SKY 8. Continue reading
InGrooves/ONE Digital’s Jason Kadelc On Fanning The Promotional Fire
We’re working on a series on innovative digital distributors like TuneCore and INgrooves/ONE Digital. Just to give you a taste of some of the great stuff coming up, here is. Continue reading
EMI In Joint Label Venture With Nickelback Management
EMI has formed a joint venture label with industry veterans Bryan Coleman, John Greenberg and Tim Heyne, best known for managing Nickelback. The new label, called Audionest will be distributed. Continue reading
Digital Music Group To Merge With The Orchard
UPDATED: The Digital Music Group is merging with rival Orchard. The combined companies will trade on the th NASDAQ as DMG but will be controlled by and do business as. Continue reading
