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
Apple iTunes News: 500 Million Active Users, New Bebo Deal, and iPhone Requires iTunes Account
Apple’s iTunes digital jukebox software is downloaded 1 million times a day and has an active user base of 500 million users, the company claimed during annual developers conference this. Continue reading
PassAlong Beats Amazon With DRM Free EMI MP3’s But Adds “Content Protection”
PassAlong Network’s mp3 download stores have become the latest to offer EMI’s premium DRM service and as with iTunes they will sell at a premium price. The moves gives PassAlong’s. Continue reading
UK’s 7Digital Adds EMI MP3’s & Locker
The UK’s scrappy 7Digital has made a European only deal with EMI to add to its growing mp3 download catalog. The company has been smartly selling songs in any format. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Paul Feels T-Pain, BitTorrent Goes D.I.Y. & More
>>> CHART ACTION – Despite a huge boost from Starbucks, Paul McCartney was just edged out by T-Pain for #1. Rhianna was a close #3 with just a few thousand. Continue reading
