will.i.am shares love with musicane widget and drm-free release
As part of Universal’s growing DRM-free experiment, Musicane has created a will.i.am widget to coincide with the Interscope release of the Black Eyed Pea founder’s solo single "I Got It. Continue reading
EMI Readies Catalog Push With “All You Need is Love(mark)” Twist
The outsourcing trend continues with EMI Music Marketing’s US catalog unit hire of ad firm Saatchi & Saatchi to develop and execute strategic consumer marketing campaigns for key titles from. Continue reading
PassAlong Spins Off Indie Download Enabler Speakerheart
Music distribution developer PassAlong Networks is spinning off Speakerheart, an online platform for independent artists and bands to upload and sell own music, as its own company. Speakerheart is a. Continue reading
Google’s Role And Other Details Of Universal DRM Free Experiment Emerge
>>> The Google Factor – Amidst all the noise about Universal’s DRM-free experiment and the middle finger it points at iTunes was a mention of Google. This alliance as well. Continue reading
InGrooves/ONE Digital’s Jason Kadelc On Fanning The Promotional Fire
We’re working on a series on innovative digital distributors like TuneCore and INgrooves/ONE Digital. Just to give you a taste of some of the great stuff coming up, here is. Continue reading
Last.FM Adds SonyBMG. Are Major Labels Trying To Shut Out Indies?
CBS owned social music network Last.FM has signed a deal with SonyBMG to bypass SoundExchange and other middle men and direct license music from SonyBMG. (press release) That leaves Universal. Continue reading
b5media Launches Music Blog Network
Today popular blogging network b5media is launching a diverse cluster of 30 music related blogs. "Since b5media first launched in September of 2005, we’ve felt the music scene was being. Continue reading
EMI And SNOCAP Enable Sale Of DRM Free Tracks Across Viral Platforms
EMI has reached an agreement with SNOCAP to enable purchase of DRM-free higher-quality MP3s by EMI artists through artist websites, social networking pages and fan blogs. EMI will also place. Continue reading
iTunes Has Surpassed Amazon As #3 Music Retailer In U.S.
Click on image to enlarge. Reaching #3 is quite a milestone for iTunes particularly since a year ago the download store was #5 behind target. And fr many indie labels. Continue reading
Fuzz.com Aims For Artist Empowerment
Fuzz.com is an interesting combo of upstart indie record label and D.I.Y. artist empowerment site including most of the usual tools, download, and community building features. Its in a nice. Continue reading
