Gibson Guitars Files For Bankruptcy
Guitar maker Gibson Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The company said it will continue to operate during the reorganization, but will wind down Gibson Innovations, which. Continue reading
ABBA Reunites For New Recording
It only took 35 years of coaxing, but ABBA has decided to reunite, and that means playing together again, onstage. The performance, however, will be for two songs and in. Continue reading
8tracks Launches Music Library To Help Share Indie Music, Partners With INgrooves, CDBaby
Two-thirds of 8tracks 30 million monthly listening hours are streams from indie labels and musicians. Now 8tracks has solidified their commitment to independent music with new partnerships and features that. Continue reading
RCA Names Jordan Blaugrund VP Digital Marketing
Jordan Blaugrund has been upped to Vice President, Digital Marketing, at RCA Records. Blaugrund previously was of Senior Director of Digital Marketing at the label. In his new role, Blaugrund will. Continue reading
Top 5 Networking ‘Strategies’ That Will Make People Hate You: CMJ Edition
By Kim Kelly on Sonicbids Blog New York City's annual CMJ Music Marathon festival is right around the corner, and I thought this year's music industry conference-slash-festival-slash-shitshow would serve as a handy setting for. Continue reading
Everybody Needs NPR So Georgia State Is Ending Daytime Student Programming Of College Radio
Sadly Georgia State administrators have been colluding with Georgia Public Broadcasting in an undemocratic fashion to attempt to replace daytime student programming of terrestrial broadcasts at student-run college radio station WRAS. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Is Growing In The U.S., Especially Non-Commercial FM
Last week the FCC released a quarterly report on the number of currently licensed broadcast stations. Radio Survivor puts the numbers in long-term perspective to show that this year's growth. Continue reading