Tuesday’s Music Brief: Going Green, Blackerberry Rules, Pirate Bay, Real, Promo Shuffle. Watunes, Live Nation & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Can Digital Music Marketing "Best Practices" Actually Increase Revenue?
- CD Packaging Study: "It Isn't Easy Being Green"
- Where Is Your Blackberry Music App? RIM Outsells The iPhone
- What The Music Industry Can Learn From Detroit
- New Deals: Razor & Tie With Sony, IODA Adds Orfeon
- Spotify Song Stats Revealed
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- The Pirate Bay founders may face new charges in Italy. (IDG)
- RealNetworks has postponed a shareholder meeting as it tries to balance shareholder demands and now almost worthless stock options for key employees. (paidContent)
- Major Promo Shuffle: Peter Gray upped to SVP, Pop Promo At RCA (FMQB) and Todd Glassman named SVP/Promotion at Universal Motown. (FMQB)
- Watunes, the service that enables bands to get their music on iTunes for free, has added a VIP service. For $29.95 a year artists can also put their music on sale via Zune, Wal-Mart, AT&T, Verizon, Vodaphone, and others. (Watunes)
- Live Nation's summer concert schedule includes 6,700 dates in 35 counties Ticket sales are so far "in line" with 2008.
- Music magazine Relix and Jambands.com have been bought and will re-launch in June. (Folio)
- As sales slow, music game-makers turn to hip-hop and electronica for growth (Billboard)
- The average UK Nokia Comes With Music subscriber download 61 songs a month. (Music Ally)
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