Understaffed Epic Hires Competition To Promote New Releases
Is this what it has come to? Lacking a proper Hip Hop/R&B promo team Epic shunned the indie promo and marketing community and hired competing hip hop label Koch to. 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
DRM Free Won’t Save The Industry But It Empowers Those Who Can
COMMENTARY: Pundits like Jupiter’s David Card and blogger Bob Lefsetz want to be sure that we knowthat Universal and others dropping DRM (see story) won’t save the recorded music industry.. Continue reading
Former VP Reveals Dark Side Of Victory Records
A detailed missive chronicling the excesses and dark side of Victory Records and its controversial founder Tony Brummel complete with email documentation allegedly by industry veteran and former Victory VP. Continue reading
eMusic’s Goes Mobile With AT&T – Details & Commentary
Rather than partner with a single middleman or create their own store, AT&T has been partnering with a variety of companies to provide music downloads and services to its subscribers. . Continue reading
Beggars Buys Rough Trade
The Beggars Group has bought indie label Rough Trade from Sanctuary. Sanctuary is in the process of being bought by Universal. "It has been a long and fitful journey from. 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
All Is Fair In Sales And Press Releases. Is Victory’s Tony Brummel At It Again?
Commentary from guest blogger Dale Dixon of PoisenedPens.com “Words cannot describe how excited I am to have the opportunity to work with Thursday again. Thursday is a band that people. Continue reading
Sonific Songspot Widget Adds 125K Songs To Library
Sonific has added 125,000 new songs to its library so that SongSpot widget users can choose from 200.000 licensed tracks to easily generate the code for a music player and. Continue reading
Majors Steal Indie Moneymaker And Get It Wrong Again
Forbes online takes a interesting look at how several major labels are creating new imprints to release new CD’s by classic artists. (Forbes) Indies like Koch have been making money. Continue reading
