The New Cars Re-Launch With Smart Marketing
For someone who saw The Cars in Boston many times both before and after they became famous, it’s a little hard to imagine The New Cars without deceased singer Ben. Continue reading
The Music Industry Is Like Coal In The ’70’s
"This puts music in the same place as coal in the 1970s" – HITS "Sixteen tons and what do ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt." – Tennesse. Continue reading
Warners Grants Creative Commons Open License For Fort Minor
I followed a mention on BoingBoing that led to ccMixter where label Machine Shop/Warner Brothers has issued a Creative Commons license (think open for non-commercial use) that allows visitors to. Continue reading
Interscope Anoints Schur With Own Label Suretone
In this era of upheaval and declining revenue, its hard to believe that old-fashioned "we’ll give you a pile of money to start your own record label" insider deals are. Continue reading
P2P Pirate Bay Draws A Million Users Per Day
Just in case you thought maybe, just maybe, all of those RIAA and MPAA lawsuits were slowing downloaders just a little, here comes some news from Wired.com: "…lawsuits have continued. Continue reading
Tube Music TV Gains Viewers. But What’s The Plan Les?
Ex-MTV executive Les Garland has been touting his Tube Music TV service for about a year now, but the channel is just starting gather to momentum. The Tube has announced. Continue reading
Live Nation’s Rapino Speaks Out On Concert Industry Woes
The live music industry gathered recently in Las Vegas for trade magazine Pollstar’s annual Concert Industry Consortium. Keynote speaker Michael Rapino, head of concert promotion giant Live Nation (formerly Clear. Continue reading
Value Added Music Disc Sales Rise Even As CD Sales Stumble
Hypebot (and others) have been suggesting for many months that one way to get consumers to actually pay for music is to think "value added". In other words, give them. Continue reading
Do Single Releases Hurt CD Sales? Do We Care?
One of the more discussed issues in the music industry right now is whether or not single sales in advance of the full CD release cannibalize for album sales or. Continue reading
