INgrooves Provides Details Of New Affordable Distribution Platform ONE Digital
UPDATE: Last week reported that INgrooves’ has launched ONE Digital, a new division to house its technology platform and offer digital distribution and royalty administration at rates below the industry. Continue reading
AOL Scraps Music Now For Napster
AOL is ending its own Music Now subscription music service and sending its 350,000 subscribers to Napster. It’s a great deal for a struggling Napster who needs to increase it’s. Continue reading
Universal UK Launches Classical & Jazz Download Site
Labels are finally starting realize that in the digital world they don’t really need middlemen like iTunes who grab 35-40 cents per track in order to reach consumers. Universal has. Continue reading
Top Execs Wolf and Browning Out At MTV
MTV Networks today announced that Michael Wolf, President and Chief Operating Officer, MTVN, and Nicole Browning, President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing, MTVN, will be leaving the company. These two. Continue reading
This Week’s Top Stories
>>> There were major executive shake-ups and job layoffs at EMI. >>> The EU announced that it will delay until June it’s decision on Universal’s bid for BMG publishing. >>>. Continue reading
UPDATED: Levy & Munns Out At EMI. More Cuts Ahead.
UPDATED – EMI has announced the dismissal of Alain Levy and David Munns, two of its most senior executives in an attempt to restructure the faltering record company. Levy was. Continue reading
Signs Point To Death Of DRM
DRM is doomed. Hypebot readers know that all of the signs are there, but TechCrunch did a nice job of putting them all in one neat and tidy list: A. Continue reading
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Blaze D.I.Y. Trails To Success
The new music business paradigm allows artists to take control of their careers if they have the desire and drive. One act that has followed this path successfully is Clap. Continue reading
Microsoft To Meet With Labels On Zune Restrictions
Zune owners can share songs with each other but the music only lasts for three days or three plays and that restriction is present regardless of whether the song is. Continue reading
Microsoft Turns Back On PlayForSure
According to insiders at the CES convention. PlayForSure, Microsoft’s DRM system which powers Napster, Yahoo!Music and others, is doomed to the dustbin of unsupported technologies. We’ve been specualtiong that this. Continue reading
