eMusic Adds V2, Palm, Velour And Others To Download List
eMusic has added a slate of new labels to it’s subsription download offerings including V2 (White Stripes, the Raconteurs, Moby), Palm Pictures (Baaba Maal, Ernest Ranglin) and Velour (Sonya Kitchell,. Continue reading
The MySpace Series Part VI – The Alternatives
For those critical of MySpace there are an estimated 300 or more alternatives. Friendster, hi5, Facebook, Bebo, orkut and even smaller specialty sites like HolyPal are all vying for a. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday June 15, 2006
– Hits Magazine’s chart predictors puts AFI at #1, The Dixie Chicks at #2 and Ice Cube at a surprising #3. (Hits) – Creative Technology claims that the U.S. International. Continue reading
The Coalition Of Independent Music Stores Chart for 6-14-06
Pos. ARTIST|TITLE 1 A.F.I.|DECEMBERUNDERGROUND 2 DIXIE CHICKS|TAKING THE LONG W 3 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 4 RED HOT CHILI P|STADIUM ARCADI 5 RACONTEURS|BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS 6 HEAD AUTOMATICA|POPAGANDA 7 ICE CUBE|LAUGH. Continue reading
#1 Ranked USA Network Pacts With Virgin Records For All Music
#1 rated cable network USA has entered into an exclusive agreement with Virgin Records to provide music from the label’s artists for use across all of USA’s marketing platforms including. Continue reading
Bronfman & Pals Pocket Another $15 Million From WMG
Staffing cuts and dropped artists followed the bargain basement purchase of the Warner Music Group by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his investment group. But the pain is not being shared. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday June 14, 2006
– More European governments are joining the movement to force iTunes to make it’s tracks playable on non-Apple devices. (Business Week) – The ousted co-founders of the Source may soon. Continue reading
Labels Stifle Viral Marketing With Push To End Fan Videos
YouTube and other video sharing sites are sprinkled liberally with teens using songs as the background to silly stunts, dances and even parodies of "official" videos. Recently, a skit by. Continue reading
Epic Resurrects Shakira…Why?
Shakira’s "Hips Don’t Lie: set a record selling 266,500 downloads in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan breaking the previous record of 175,000 copies of D4L’s "Laffy Taffy." According. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday June 13, 2006
– MU-YAP, the Turkish performing rights organization has announced that digtial distributor The Orchard has been selected to serve as its global distribution partner. Through this partnership, the Orchard will. Continue reading
