Music Business Times Marketing News Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/QFEOQ7LDWP.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Entrepreneurs and investors take note: iLike went from a leadership position in social music to nothingness in less than the span between summer Olympics. iLike was a trailblazer in connecting people with music they love. It allowed music fans to follow their favorite artists' music and tour dates as well as buy downloads. It released a mobile app in 2009 that allowed people to track the concerts of their favorite artists - TechCrunch called it a 'must-have' for people who keep tabs on their local music scenes. Also in 2009 the company partnered with Google to include streaming song clips in search results... http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ilike-early-digital-music-trailblazer-officially-1006128952.story Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ilike-early-digital-music-trailblazer-officially-1006128952.story? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:31 GMT Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell, ex-Chairman of Stax Records) owned two companies in the 1990s, music publisher Alvertis Music and label Bellmark Records. Bellmark allegedly gained the rights to Tag Team's 'Whoomp! (There It Is)' and Duice's 'Dazzey Duks,' and DM Records licensed the recordings in 1997. When Bellmark filed for bankruptcy two years later, DM bought the songs at the bankruptcy estate and gained rights to them. Alvertis Music did not declare bankruptcy along with Bellmark, and contends that DM then began using the songs in ways that violated Alvertis Music's rights... http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/07/43707.htm Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/02/07/43707.htm? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:22 GMT The Sony/Universal owned video site VEVO has been accused of unfair play in the US by Matt Pincus, the boss of indie publisher Songs Music Publishing. Pincus claims VEVO is failing to pay royalties to independent music publishers, despite recently boasting $150 million in revenues last year, and of having paid $100 million over to rights owners in its first two years in business... http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vevo-accused-of-short-changing-indie-publishers/ Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vevo-accused-of-short-changing-indie-publishers/? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:15 GMT Paul McCartney is now pulling both solo and Wings content from 'all streaming services.,' That of course encompasses Spotify, though a representative Wednesday morning clarified that removals on Spotify actually happened in 2010. McCartney and Wings content is getting ripped down from other streaming services, which suggests that this could be a 'streaming clean sweep' and a clean emphasis on other formats like downloading... http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120207mccartney Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120207mccartney? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:12 GMT Fifteen or so years since Universal Music Group left for Santa Monica, the honchos at Universal City are taking down the signs on various streets and driveways that honor music legends. Going up in their place are signs naming movie figures of the past. Buddy Holly Drive has become W.C. Fields Drive. Muddy Waters Dr. is now Bob Hope Ave. And Patsy Cline Dr. has been transformed into Donald O'Connor Drive.... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/02/universal_city_deletes_bu.php Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/02/universal_city_deletes_bu.php? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:08 GMT Warner Music Group Chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr. is a big fan of Spotify. In what was likely his final interview before leaving Warner Music, Bronfman defended Spotify's ability to drive more value for artists and labels. 'Everywhere we look, Spotify is incrementally positive,' Bronfman said. He noted that the streaming music startup is 'a real and growing revenue stream.' Bronfman claimed that part of the success comes from a deal that Warner Music helped to negotiate that passed on more value to labels and artists. 'They have Warner Music to thank for a much better economic deal. We insisted on a much stronger deal and refused to sign unless we got that deal,' he said... http://gigaom.com/2012/01/31/bronfman-spotify/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://gigaom.com/2012/01/31/bronfman-spotify/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:31 GMT Streaming radio aggregator TuneIn today launched a new analytics platform intended to provide broadcasters with free detailed info about their online listening. Called TuneIn Amplifier, the service reveals how many unique listeners tuned in, how many total listens (or 'tunes,' bascially the equivalent of session starts) the station accumulated and listening hours. Each metric, of course, only includes listeners who used TuneIn's website or apps to stream... http://www.kurthanson.com/news/web-radio-aggregator-breaks-audience-measurement-turf-tunein-amplifier Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.kurthanson.com/news/web-radio-aggregator-breaks-audience-measurement-turf-tunein-amplifier? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:58 GMT For the embattled music industry, hope lies inside a small corner store in the City Heights section of San Diego. In a neighborhood chock-full of Mexican, Vietnamese and Somalian restaurants, Larry Woelfel, a 40-year-old unemployed lab technician, waited with two dozen customers to buy cellphones and service from a San Diego company called Cricket Wireless. By also signing up for Cricket's MuveMusic digital music service, Woelfel illustrates Cricket's emergence as one of the music industry's best hopes for tapping a vast underserved audience... http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-cricket-20120207,0,2200481.story Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-cricket-20120207,0,2200481.story? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50 GMT Browsing the music thread on Reddit, I stumbled upon Drew Smith, an independent artist from Hamilton, Ontario. What caught my eye was the following headline, which had me incredibly intrigued: 'My brother outsourced his new music video to Bangalore, India. This is what he got back.' Was I intrigued? Big time. Was the video going to be a lesson in what not to do? Was it going to become a viral sensation because it was so awful? OR...was the end product something he could become incredibly proud of? See for yourself... http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/indie-artist-outsources-music-video-to-bangalore-india-wth-surprising-results.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FDqMf+%28hypebot%29&utm_content=Netvibes Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/indie-artist-outsources-music-video-to-bangalore-india-wth-surprising-results.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FDqMf+%28hypebot%29&utm_content=Netvibes? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:51 GMT High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs; and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1lg7Ot6SM The recorded legacy of the jazz pioneers who transformed 20th-century music remains a scramble of compilations, collectors' listings and expensive special-issue sets. Now Universal has tidied things up for five main artists at least by combining their master recordings, including sideman appearances, under a single budget-priced roof. Dip in at random and the music is marvellous and the sound quality excellent. With live performances and recordings from outside the notional time frame added, these sets are the nearest thing in the jazz canon to complete collections... http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lg7HQjZs Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lg7HQjZs? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:22 GMT