Are You Watching The Superbowl? Have Your Smartphone & Shazam App Ready!
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Shazam, the fourth-most-popular iOS app of all time, plans to let Superbowl viewers tag the audio coming out of their television sets. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Midem 2012: A Roundup Of News & Announcements AmazonMP3 Pulls All TuneCore Tracks In EU & UK, Distributor Alleges Payment Issues SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists Mark Mulligan On. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: The Music Industry vs. The Recording Industry & More
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Dante Cullari: A Response to SOPA: Free Pays(More) Ariel Hyatt: The Musicians’ Guide To Google – Hot Tips To Maximize Your Google Experience. Continue reading
Does This Midem Party Look Like A Failure To You?
Let me admit up front that what follows is not serious investigative journalism. It's just that anyone who has been in the music business longer than Mark Zukerberg's been a. Continue reading
Agile Music: Artist Creativity & Music Formats In the Age of Mass Customization
This guest post by Mark Mulligan, a respected independent music analyst who publishes the Music Industry Blog, includes the full text and main graphics of the speech he delivered at. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 2.3.12
A two-year legal battle between the Radio Music License Committee and ASCAP re: royalties paid on an annual basis has been settled. The new agreement scales back payments by 3%,. Continue reading
SXSW Accelerator Names Music Tech Finalists
670 companies submitted their web based products and services as part of the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator presented by Microsoft BizSpark. It's the second year that music tech has had. Continue reading
Live Nation CEO Predicts Strong Year For Live Music
Live Nation President and CEO Michael Rapino is upbeat about the live industry's prospects in 2012. In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rapino reiterated what the company. Continue reading
Soundsupply: GroupOn For Indie Music. Get 10 Albums For $15 Today Only
Soundsupply is a new startup that is experimenting with a digital bundle of music featuring 10 albums from 10 bands for $15. The offer ran for 10 days, and today. Continue reading
News Brief: Digital Music Class Action vs. WMG, ReDigi + Google, Sony Slumps, Rhapsody & More
Sister Sledge Files Class Action Against Warner Music Over Digital Royalties. (Hollywood Reporter) Band members and actress-songwriter Ronee Blakley are lead plaintiffs in a suit alleging potentially hundreds of millions. Continue reading
