5 Hypebot Questions With Music Arsenal’s Jimmy Winter
Music Arsenal is a web based application that helps smaller indie labels keep track of contacts and data. Since founder Jimmy Winter spends his days working with indies, we thought. Continue reading
Victory Claims Instructions To Hide Competing CD’s “A Joke”
The Victory Records hurt Ne-Yo/help Hawthorne Heights saga continues with Billboard reporting that within hours of the original e-mail telling street teamers to hide Ne-Yo product, a second email was. Continue reading
More Bad News For Downloading Foes: College Students Won’t Pay For Music Any Price
There was much hopefulness in the "stop illegal downloading" camp when Napster, Ruckus and others started blanket licensing college campuses as an alternative to unlicensed P2P’s, but it appears any. Continue reading
Some My Space Tips From No Revolution
Great "how to" posting from the blog No Revolution on building an effective presence on MySpace using the band Vaeda as a positive example: 1. The overall look is clean. Continue reading
Victory Records Reaches New Highs…Or Is It Lows?
Indie Victory is known for its take no prisoners approach, but they may have reached new highs (or lows) recently with a message to their street team. Splashed across the. Continue reading
Justice Department Probes Download Pricing
According to Forbes and other sources, the US Department of Justice has opened a probe into possible price fixing of digital downloads. All four major label groups are included in. Continue reading
Quotes From The Digital Music Forum
"We have a market we can’t address because of the interoperability issue," said Ted Cohen, Digital VP for EMI. "Call your Congressman in Cupertino." The debate about who will win. Continue reading
Non-Comm Broadcasters Thriving Worldwide Even As Commercial Broadcasters Struggle
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE VIA R.A.I.N. – "For Jonathan Marks, the state of traditional radio is summed up in a despairing T-shirt slogan colored in neon pink and black:. Continue reading
LABEL NEWS: Universal Posts Impressive Gains & WMG Rumored To Move East In Cost Cutting Move
Universal Music reported earnings today showing a surprisingly strong increase in earnings from $428 Million to $570 million and predicted more (although smaller) growth next year. Read a BusinessWeek online. Continue reading
E-Label Cordless Sends CD/Vinyl Promos Of Breakup Breakdown
There’s been a lot of talk about the cost savings of delivering promo copies digitally to radio and reviewers. But it’s clear to anyone on the receiving end that it’s. Continue reading
