EMI & Universal Tell Stock Market There’s A Good Year Ahead
EMI offered the stock market a first quarter financial preview covering the full year ahead. Combined revenues from music and publishing are expected to increase 4% for the fiscal year.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music Industry QuickNews For Thursday April 20, 2006
Apple reported that profits in the last quarter surged 41% from a year ago to $410 million driven in part by hot iPod sales. (AFP) Reggatone stumbles? "In at least. Continue reading
Worthy Clicks – Music & The Industry Online
PureRevolution.com – Good looking beta of a new online indie music and artist community. BandSpace.com – Yet another new online indie music community in beta. DigtialGrabber.com – How to clean. Continue reading
Two Become One As Sony and RCA Merge In Nashvile
Billboard.biz is reporting that RCA Label Group in Nashville (which includes the country divisions of Arista, RCA and BNA) and Sony Nashville will be merged into one company with Joe. Continue reading
More Proof That Concert Business Is Up
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) The North American concert business shows signs of emerging from its two-year slump in the first quarter of 2006, with nearly $375 million in grosses and 7.3 million. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 4-16-06
Label Pos. ARTIST | TITLE WAR 1 BUILT TO SPILL|YOU IN REVERSE WAR 2 FLAMING LIPS|AT WAR WITH THE M . Continue reading
Fast Company Questions Top New Music Industry Leaders On Future
This month’s Fast Company magazine asks some of the digital music industry’s biggest players about the future of the "New Music Industry": Van Toffler – President of MTV Networks Michael. Continue reading
CD Baby Releases Indie Download Sales Analysis
Digital Audio Insider did a nice analysis of figures posted by CD Baby on revenue received from various download services for the indie label product: Download Store Total Sales Percent. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music Industry QuickNews For Wednesday April 19, 2006
Gnarls Barkley, the collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo will debut their full album digitally on MySpace. Starting here will be a three-day streaming exclusive on myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley. This follows the. Continue reading
Worthy Clicks – 2006 Webby Award Nominations
The 2006 Webby nominations – the online Oscars – are out honoring the webs best sites, designs and communities. Music is heavily represented: Dutch concert site Fab Channel Lollapalooza Beck’s. Continue reading
