Bronfman On Today’s WMG Earnings Call
Spotify Appears To Be A Non-Starter After reporting less than stellar earnings and a $17 million quarterly loss, Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. faced analysts on an earnings. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
EMI struggles to survive: The major label group reported a $2.4B loss and now faces a $160M laon payment to Citi. The problem started when Terra Firrm paid too much. Continue reading
Some Thoughts From New Music Seminar LA
Some random thoughts and takeaways from this week's NMS LA: It was exciting to see both a sold out crowd and this great event coming into its own. It's a. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Sony Sales Up, Music Via ISP, Push + Pull Music & More
Sony sales, earnings bounce back. (CNet) Things ae even looking up in the music division. (Media Memo) Compare that to EMI… Apple's smartphone market share dips despite strong sales. (ars). Continue reading
New Music Seminar Comes To LA Tuesday
Tickets available at the door. I'm in Los Angeles, not for the Grammy's, but rather forthe first ever LA New Music Seminar on Tuesday February 2nd at the Henry Fonda. Continue reading
Troubled Deezer Names A New CEO
The surprise ouster of Deezer co-founder and CEO Jonathan Benassaya was the talk of Midem. Why would the #1 music streaming service in France replace its top exec just as. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Free Gaga, Music Gaming, Shazam, MediaNet, RouteNote & More
Lady Gaga's effective use of free music. (TechDirt) Music games need to refocus, not reboot - In his first editorial for us, columnist Joe Rybicki explores the changing dynamics of. Continue reading
The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
I'm headed to LA for the New Music Seminar on Tuesday. Tickets will be available at the door and I hope to see you there. Please grab me in the. Continue reading
3 More Rumors From Midem
Several strong sources point to the release of a Zune phone. This article from ars has evidence seems to confirm it. Subscription music service MOG's goal of licensing via ISP's. Continue reading
More Music Industry News:
The merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster has been approved by U.S. and Canadian authorities with surprisingly few concessions required. (WSJ) SoundCloud teams up with The Hype Machine to transform. Continue reading