Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Sells 75% Less In Debut Week Than “Born This Way”
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP debuted at #1 on Billboard this week. But topping the chart took just 258,000 in sales, which represents a 75% drop from the 1 million copies Gaga's. Continue reading
Music Publishing Weekly Roundup: Rap Genius vs NMPA, Lorde Signs with Songs & More
The NMPA sent take-down notices to 50 unlicensed lyric sites, most notably Rap Genius, on Monday. The other 49 sites can be found here. NMPA President David Israelite described the. Continue reading
Music Marketing With Paper.li’s Digital Newspaper
Paper.li got its start as a digital news aggregator powered by tweets on Twitter. With a default news site layout, Paper.li still uses the term "newspaper" but has added numerous. Continue reading
Sufjan Stevens Gives Miley Cyrus A Grammar Lesson and Some Props
Indie darling Sufjan Stevens has decided to jump into the overcrowded Miley Cyrus maelstrom, but in a rather unusual way – with a grammar lesson. "One particular line causes concern:. Continue reading
Amanda Palmer On Sinead (2X) On Miley On Being A Women In The Music Industry
"It’s a Chinese finger trap that reflects the basic problems of our women-times: we’re either scolded for looking sexy or we’re scolded for not playing the game." Will this verbal. Continue reading
Oakland Hella Music Hack Day Names 3 Finalists
Often overshadowed by San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Oakland and its surrounding area remains home to Pandora, MOG and Gracenote. Over the weekend, 70 hackers from all over California to. Continue reading
MTV European Music Awards Nominees [FULL LIST]
The MTV European Music Awards will be held this year in Amsterdam on November 13th at the new cutting-edge venue the Ziggo Dome. It's the award show's 20th Anniversary, Here. Continue reading
Miley’s ‘Twerk-gate’ Nets Her 400,000 New Fans
You may be sick of hearing about it, but Miley Cyrus' VMA performance is yielding an impressive bump in social media activity. In the days following "Twerk-gate", she's seen a 112%. Continue reading
