OK Go Gets Roasted In A Parody & Eats “Giant Pie”
The Internet and Mobile TV platform Babelgum has created a viral video parody of the group OK GO called "Giant Pie." Blogger Brenna Ehrlich over at Mashable suspects that the. Continue reading
Seth Godin On Payola & Music Marketing
Marketer Seth Godin published this interesting insight today on his blog: "For 20 years, the Billboard charts were easy to manipulate. By paying radio stations and some retailers, record labels. Continue reading
Not So Neutral: Google, Bing, & Online Music Market
Both Google and Bing are searching for ways to position themselves as the best entertainment discovery tool. While Bing's offering is slightly more robust than Google's; it may not take. Continue reading
Video: Tom Conrad of Pandora Speaks At Digg
At the end of June, Tom Conrad, the CTO of Pandora, held a talk at Digg, where he outlines the difficulties and windfalls that the company experienced during their transition. Continue reading
Eight Recent Social and Technical Phenomena
Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up. One is from Chris Taylor, a co-founder of MicControl, a music blogging network, on the 11. Continue reading
Killola: How To Create Merch That Keeps On Giving
Garage-pop rockers Killola, joining forces with Aderra, a digital distributor of live concert recordings, have created USB Dogtags – that not only serve as a unique merch item to sell. Continue reading
SuperGlued: The NY Summer Music Junkie Contest
SuperGlued, the community for live music lovers, is kicking off the New York Summer Music Junkie Contest on July 11; they will aggregate and reward concertgoers for all the things. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: News Corp. Discussions With Google Inc. & Simson Leaves Sound Exchange
(Updated) News Corp. is in discussions with Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. about replacing MySpace's crucial search-advertising partnership with Google… (Wall Street Journal) How Canadian rockers Arcade Fire. Continue reading
Apple To Release 15 Albums As Downloads
But Beatles Fans Still Have To Wait EMI Music has remastered 15 albums at Abbey Road Studios from The Beatles' Apple Records catalog and will release them as CD's and. Continue reading
Visits to MySpace UK Down 50% In 6 Just Months
Report: Even Dirty Tricks Can't Keep Stats Up The number of visitors to MySpace UK is reportedly down 50% from 10 million to 5 million in the last six months.. Continue reading
