New Music Business Briefing: ADA Has Indie Hits Series, Boomer Marketing, China Fights Back & Much More
>>> ADA is the distributor spearheading the new indie "hits" compilation series aimed straight at big box retail that we reported on earlier in the week. It’s about time distributors. Continue reading
Can We Take Two More Years Of This?
Can we take two more years of this? No, (this time) I don’t mean Bush. The worldwide music industry faces two more years of falling CD sales that will not. Continue reading
Is Amazon’s Music Strategy Stalled?
PART 1 – In the last few months Hypebot and others have published "rumors" regarding Amazon’s pending moves into music downloads. But now the internet retail giants efforts appear stalled.. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: 100 iPods, Canada May Save Net Radio & More
>>> Warner Music Group may go direct to shareholders in their bid to merge with EMI. WMG and some EMI shareholders were also reportedly surprised that EMI would sell its. Continue reading
Yahoo! Connects With #2 Selling Sandisk Sansa
Sandisk has tapped Yahoo to provide music services for its #2 selling Sansa Connect digital audio player. The Sansa Connect lets users listen to mp3’s and adds Wi-Fi that will. Continue reading
The Chase For Pirates Heats Up As CD Sales Plummet
The European Parliament will vote on April 27 on a proposal which for the first time would harmonize criminal penalties across all 27 EU countries for a specific range of. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Zune Next With EMI, GigaTribe Encrypts P2P & A Look Ahead
>>> Email marketer eListeningPost grabs campaigns with V2 and others that allow full song preview and sharing with friends. >>> The LA Times looks at the phenomenon and phenomenal cost. Continue reading
Indies To Invade WalMart With “Hits” Series
Some top indie labels may be joining forces to produce a series of hit compilations similar to the hugely popular "Now That’s What I Call Music" line. But instead of. Continue reading
Is MySpace Ready To Play Nice With 3rd Party Widgets Again?
MySpace appears ready to allow at least some outside services that provide download and other widgets back onto the site. They’re now asking outside services to register their music with. Continue reading
Microsoft Appears Next Up With EMI DRM Free Downloads
In the last few days, Microsoft has been spreading the word that they may be the next major download service to sell EMI product DRM free. Neither Microsoft or EMI. Continue reading
