EXCLUSIVE: eMusic CEO Speaks Out On DRM And Consumer Dissatisfaction
HYPEBOT: Incompatible and restrictive DRM is the largest unresolved issue in digital music. Do you believe that it is holding back growth in the sector or are most consumers unaware. Continue reading
Neil Levine To Head New Caroline/EMI Urban Marketing Unit
Veteran indie hip-hop entrepreneur Neil Levine has been tapped to establish a unit offering promotion, marketing and digital services for urban labels via Caroline, EMI’s independent distribution arm. He will. Continue reading
Does A Song On TV Mean Sales? Maybe.
From the Wall Street Journal via Digital Audio Insider: Snow Patrol on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’More than 22 million viewers heard this band’s single, "Chasing Cars," in the final moments of this. Continue reading
Last Week’s Music Industry Hits & Misses
HITS – – UK singer-songwriter Billy Bragg for pulling his MySpace pages after discovering some questionable language in their use agreement. (more) – EMI for being the first major to. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Monday June 10, 2006
– Denmark, Norway and Sweden say they will try to force Apple to break the link between iPods and iTunes. (AFP) – DeffectiveByDesign.org continued anti-DRM protests focusing on Apple with. Continue reading
Opposing Viewpoints Emerge As Congress Debates New Digital Law
A draft proposal of a new law that would create a blanket licensing process for clearing mechanical sound recordings has passed muster before a US House panel. The measure which. Continue reading
Sony May Try To Buy Out BMG
The latest rumors have Sony looking at a purchase of the BMG half of Sony BMG, but BMG parent Bertlesmann denies it. This comes in the wake of internal shake-ups. Continue reading
The MySpace Series Part V – Who Owns Your Content? Billy Bragg Pulls Pages In Protest.
You can’t argue with the numbers or the cost. MySpace is consistently in the Top 5 most visited sites with 30 million daily page views; and most things that act. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Friday June 9, 2006
As had been expected Steven Greenberg will end his 18 month run as president of Columbia Records today. (Billboard.biz) – iPods and time on Facebook are more important than drinking. Continue reading
Rhino’s “Lunafied” Illustrates Catalog Potential Provided By Net
Heavy competition for shrinking self space and the fact that retailers have essentially life-time return privileges on unsold product has made selling niche music at retail increasingly difficult. But the. Continue reading
