Creative pre-release strategies seem almost a requirement lately and The Walkmen’s new album launch follows the pattern. Offered for $5 exclusively by variable price download leader AmieStreet, the album is. Continue reading

Steve Bing funded and Jeff Ayeroff led Shangri-La Music is taking full advantage of the spectrum of music 2.0 release opportunities for the roll out of "Break Up The Concrete",. Continue reading

Music marketers take note: a new survey by Parks Associates says 2/3rds of US and Canadian broadband households regularly use the PC to play music at home and a surprising. Continue reading

Meebo, an IM and chat service, today announced marketing partnerships with DashGo, Nettwerk Music Group, Sparkart, and Wind-up Records. The deals mean that ads will be added to the chat. Continue reading

Buzznet has added hard rock and heavy metal destination The Gauntlet to its growing portfolio of  music blogs and communities which include Stereogum, Absolute Punk, Idolator, Vampire Freaks and FOE.. Continue reading

Need more proof that viral marketing is time better spent than wooing your local music reviewer?  A new Trust Index Survey from e-commerce consultancy Avail Intelligence says that: 8 out. Continue reading

Radiohead is using Last.fm for free, ad-supported on-demand streaming of "In Rainbows". The full album will be made exclusively beginning this afternoon here. The rights were licensed through the one. Continue reading

Starbucks who recently turned its record label over to partner Concord, is about to scale back its music ambitions further. According to Silicon Alley Insider, by September the chain will. Continue reading