More Music Industry News: Google + Lala, Billboard Sale?, UK Piracy Fight, Facebook Is UnCool & More
"A captain of the sinking boat doesn't get to drive the tugboat." – a tweet yesterday from indie artist Jonathan Ammons on major label doubts about Spotify Google’s Chrome OS. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Teamsters, Kiss, AOL Layoffs, Guvera.com, Pandora Soars & More
Composers and lyricists make pitch to join Teamsters – Seeing demand for movie and TV music growing and take-home pay shrinking, about half of a group of 400 sign up. Continue reading
MySpace In Talks To Buy imeem
Does The Move Clear The Way For A MySpace Subscription Service? MySpace is in late stage negotiations acquire imeem, according to several sources, much like social networker bought iLike just. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Ask indie musician and self-promotion queen Amanda Palmer a question. Topspin's Ian Rogers share details of his experiences as a manager. Traffic has jumped at Lala and iLike since the. Continue reading
Would You Pay For MySpace?
MySpace Music is “almost certainly” going to restrict free streaming and move to a paid model says TechCrunch citing multiple sources. “They are spending $20 million/month on streaming royalties, and. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Pirate Bay, iTunes vs. Palm. Downloader Study, Licensing, LiveWire & More
Swedish judge to Pirate Bay admins: shut down or face fines. – The founders of The Pirate Bay could face fines in Sweden if the popular torrent tracker remains online.. Continue reading
Google Music Update: Don’t Get Too Excited
As information from a variety of media and private sources coalesces into something closer to facts, it's become apparent that Google's new music service, while a nice upgrade to music. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: EU Pact, Yangaroo + CMJ, WeArePanel, Jelli & More
Sorry for the delay in getting this posted today. A house full of furniture just arrived at our new home in Roanoke, VA. Licensing pact a big step towards fixing. Continue reading
MOG Readies Premium Music Streaming
The rush to beat Spotify to the US market continues with music blog network MOG announcing that it will launch a premium music streaming service before late November. Yesterday Grooveshark. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Sky Goes After iTunes, Playdar, Submersible Bought, N.I.N. & More
It's Columbus Day in the U.S., one of those semi-holidays that we Americans don't get enough of. Some are working and others are not; but it slows the flow of. Continue reading