Another Reason Fans Hate The Music Industry: Excessive & Non-Refundable Ticket Fees
Its not the first thing that comes to mind for an industry insider, but when a concert gets canceled Ticketmaster does not refund the $3.75 processing fee, ticketFast charges or. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Sony Shuts Connect, WMG Cuts, Moby’s Mute, Payola, Pete Wentz & More
>>> Sony is shutting down its music and video download service Connect and layoff all 20 staffers. Sony Connect never gained any traction and when compared to Apple’s success is. Continue reading
A Music Widget To Help Save Darfur
This new widget created by socially conscious internet marketer GoodStorm is designed to raise consciousness about Instant Karma, the new CD that is part of The Amnesty International Campaign to. Continue reading
New Music Business Week In Review
>>> The Federal Trade Commission has asked the courts to shutter download site Burnlounge as a pyramid scheme and freeze its assets. Late in the week Burnlounge issued a response.. Continue reading
Burnlounge’s President Responds To FTC Lawsuit
We’ve never been a huge fan of Burnlounge and this week when the Federal Trade Commission asked a court to shut the service down and freeze its assets we thought. Continue reading
Universal Buys Sanctuary For $87 Million
UPDATED: They’ve been in talks for weeks, but today the remaining assets of the troubled Sanctuary Music were bought today by Universal for $87.68 million according to Billboard.biz. The deal. Continue reading
Court Ruling Means Your P2P Use Could Haunt You Forever
Late last week, a federal judge in Los Angeles last week ruled (PDF) that a computer or computer server’s RAM is a tangible document that can be stored and therefore. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing
>>> Just ahead of the iPhone launch Sony Ericsson has added a 9GB Walkman like music phone to its line. >>> In a sign of just how tough it is. Continue reading
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
