Three Net Companies Join Forces To Break Indy Acts
Many Music 2.0 convention attendees recently attended a live concert performance by Geoff Byrd, an indie artist sponsored by MSN, Garageband, and Live365. The three net companies have joined together. Continue reading
Universal Buys Roc-A-Fella And Names Jay-Z Pres./CEO Def Jam
According to FMQB "Universal Music’s Island Def Jam label has officially bought out Jay-Z’s successful Roc-A-Fella Records, purchasing the 50% it did not already own from Jay, Damon Dash, and. Continue reading
New Service TrakHeadz.com Distributes Promo Tracks To DJ’s Digitally
From Music Dish Network By The G-Man For all the hype surrounding digital distribution, nearly all initiatives have revolved around the distribution of music directly to fans for pay or. Continue reading
Arbitron Announces Monthly Net Radio Listenership Report
Arbitron’s recently purchased Web cast Metrics rating service has just announced the latest rankings of Internet radio listener ship. Electronic/Dance formatted Digitally Imported Radio comes out on top with an. Continue reading
Survey Says Artists Don’t Believe P2P Hurts Them
Rueters and The Hollywood Reporter reort that, "Most musicians and artists say the Internet has helped them make more money from their work despite online file-trading services that allow users. Continue reading
FTC P2P Workshop Make Little Progress
"As the Federal Trade Commission’s two-day workshop exploring peer-to-peer technology ended Thursday, both sides in the debate expressed a willingness to work together but found little common ground." "The FTC. Continue reading
Net Radio On Your Cell Phone Getting Closer
In the kind of technological advance that we have been predicting that will lead internet radio on your cell phone ComputerWeekly.com reports that Cingular Wireless plans to offer 3G mobile. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: BLING AND BOOTY DON’T PLAY AT THE POLLS
Our recent commentary on the failure of efforts by the music community to get out the youth vote during the recent election was just published in Billboard under the rather. Continue reading
Shawn Fanning’s Snocap Launches Paid P2P Clearinghouse
From The Hollywood Reporter: "…Shawn Fanning, known as a founder of Napster, publicly unveiled his legal peer-to-peer management platform called Snocap. Fanning described it as a music registry that would. Continue reading
New CARP Legislation Becomes Law
From another great article from Kurt Hanson’s RAIN newsletter written by Kurt and Paul Maloney; "President Bush on Tuesday signed into law H.R. 1417, the measure which does away with. Continue reading
