New Music Industry Briefing For Monday May 22, 2006
– Just as with Jazz and a growing number of other niches, Classical music is garnering a larger percentage of download sales than in traditional records stores. This has the. Continue reading
Weekend Time Suck: What Is Your Band Or Company Name Worth?
Ever wonder what your band or company’s name was worth as a domain name? How about that web site you started but haven’t posted to in weeks? What would someone. Continue reading
Sony Ericsson W850 Cell Should Please Music & Radio Lovers
The new Sony Ericsson W850 cell features a 2 megapixel camera as well as an upgraded version of the Walkman music player for tunes downloaded over 3G mobile phone networks. Continue reading
This Week’s Music Industry Hits & Misses
HITS – The MTV URGE/Windows Media 11 combo. Urge has a nice layout and deep content, but it is far from earth shattering. And yes Microsoft is too pervasive and. Continue reading
Live Nation Jumps Into Digital. Wiring 120 Concert Venues
Concert giant Live Nation is going to turn 120 of its venues and festival sites throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe into next generation "wired" studios to record and repurpose. Continue reading
On-Demand Media Usage Doubles
A few facts from a recent Arbitron and Edison Research study as reported by Billboard. Internet radio listenership is up 50% since last year from 11% to 22%. 61% of. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Friday May 19, 2006
– Universal Music Group’s parent Vivendi announced that the music division, the world largest music company, more than doubled their profit for the first quarter of the year to $115. Continue reading
Is Business Really This Bad? Epic Records Sells $75 T-Shirts
Has the CD business really gotten so bad that Epic needs to sell its logo t-shirts for $75? Don’t believe us? Click here. Some of us are old enough to. Continue reading
Detroit’s 106.7 FM Asks For Help With New Format
Broadcast radio seems to finally getting the message that we increasingly live in an on-demand world where consumers can choose what they listen to or watch and when. Clear Channel. Continue reading
Advocacy Group Accuses RIAA Of Reversing Course With XM Lawsuit
In the wake of the RIAA and major labels suing XM over it’s INNO player which downloads and saves XM’s streams and other RIAA lawsuits, consumer advocacy group the Home. Continue reading
