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
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
