Music Business Times Marketing News Feed Digesthttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/QFEOQ7LDWP.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ It's a digital gold rush. You can 'Listen Live' to virtually any radio station in the country - and beyond. And, now, when you tune in to one station, that station happily shows you to a magic door, behind which dozens or hundreds of other stations, all in the corporate family, await you. As if anyone with a computer ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/PKM612ADVD.DTL Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/PKM612ADVD.DTL? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:29 GMT It's still possible that at any given moment the note that has been on the sight since last week - 'Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA' - will be replaced by the mix sharing gloriousness we knew and loved. So we don't want to sound like we're delivering a sort ... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/life-after-muxt.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/life-after-muxt.html? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00 GMT We were big fans of Muxtape, but when the the virtual mixtape service shut its doors last week because of legal issues with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it definitely left us wanting for more. Last night, we heard about OpenTape, a self-hosted open source version of Muxtape ... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/opentape_host_your_own_muxtape.php Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/opentape_host_your_own_muxtape.php? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:57 GMT RoyaltyShare, a 35-person company that Bob Kohn launched in 2005 with the founding members of eMusic, is used by some 200 music companies. It offers shared software that generates graphs, pie charts and other visuals that break down where and how revenue is being generated from downloaded content. With a client base of mostly ... http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6589677.html?industryid=47152 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6589677.html?industryid=47152? Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:32 GMT The farmer noticed the positive effect the music had on the chickens. In the past, it took over 90 days to grow a chicken to weigh 3 kg. But it only took 80 days after music was introduced, saving NT$100,000 in feed. Universal Music put together a compilation for local chicken farms, which has been a complete success. http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/id2205-56419/music_helps_raise_quality_chickens.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/id2205-56419/music_helps_raise_quality_chickens.html? Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:19 GMT BMI kept alive its 24-year record-breaking revenue streak by posting $901 million in revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, a 7.4% increase from the prior year. BMI's CEO Del Bryant noted, 'Our pro-technology and pro-business attitude has made it possible for BMI to grow revenues more than 7% each year over the past 10 years, almost doubling our income in that period.' http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i67f2ad037eba0dd6e71273482f4dd8da Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i67f2ad037eba0dd6e71273482f4dd8da? Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:40 GMT I want to offer it to stores in small numbers where they won't go, 'Hey this isn't selling enough.' If one person hears it in Timbuktu, then he should be able to get it. What drives me nuts about the system is that you play for 60,000 or even 400 people and there's no record to buy. It's meaningless. People buy music on impulse. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240327/1055 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240327/1055? Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:33 GMT Battery's first round of budding artists spans the South: Sunny Valentine from Texas, Sir Will from Atlanta, and Nashville's Lil' Goonie, signed to Jive/Zomba. Additionally, Battery will accept established artists who are still viable in the marketplace but seek new situations that include non-traditional deal models. http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur46420.cfm Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur46420.cfm? Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:15 GMT Johannes Kreidler hopes to question the concept of music copyright with a 33-second song called 'Product Placements' that includes no fewer than 70,200 samples - each of which must be cleared in order for the song to be legally released. This will entail delivering 70,200 forms to German copyright authorities, which Kreidler in http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/copyright-monke.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/copyright-monke.html? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:24 GMT Sellaband, a Netherlands-based company that helps bands raise funds for recording by enabling fans to contribute online, has signed a deal with YouLicense.com, to allow bands using the service to make their music available for licensing to producers, filmmakers, and ad agencies. Sellaband will ... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/22/sellaband-offers-fan-financed-recordings-youlicense.com Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/22/sellaband-offers-fan-financed-recordings-youlicense.com? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:16 GMT Pepsi's list of official spokespeople is long and controversial. From literally setting Michael Jackson on fire during a commercial taping to dropping Bowie, Madonna and perhaps Kayne West for sexually and/or politically charged statements and actions, the company has seen more than its share of trouble from music. It ... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/caffeine-ocalpy.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/caffeine-ocalpy.html? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:13 GMT If you like the idea of iTunes, but are tired of the endless iTunes Store tie-ins and would rather use something that allows you to easily discover new music on the web, Songbird is your answer. The new interface design is strongly reminiscent of iTunes, with a slate gray skin, round playback buttons and familiar loo http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Songbird_Beta%3A_Like_iTunes__But_it_Goes_to_11 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Songbird_Beta%3A_Like_iTunes__But_it_Goes_to_11? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:07 GMT Digital music sales in Japan during the second quarter grew 28% to $204.8 million, while total unit sales were up 7% to 119 million, according to data from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Full-track mobile downloads were up 42% over last year to 36.3 million units, generating $108.7 million ... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/22/report%3A-japan-sees-digital-music-sales-growth-q2 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/22/report%3A-japan-sees-digital-music-sales-growth-q2? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:03 GMT In an era of fragmenting music revenue, we think that this is a huge opportunity to add a small army of passionate, knowledgable, skillful and (astonishingly) almost entirely 'unpaid' music promoters, and we call on more labels to take advantage of this excellent initiative, which in an era of 'free' music, potentially ... http://www.ukpa.info/2008/08/22/the-new-mcps-prs-podcast-license/ Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.ukpa.info/2008/08/22/the-new-mcps-prs-podcast-license/? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:59 GMT The Sun and the Telegraph reported that the quartet intended to issue another set of new material in 2009, to be followed by a greatest hits collection, in order to finish its six-album deal. But an EMI dismissed the reports, saying, 'Coldplay are signed to a long term deal with us ... http://www.kbsradio.ca/news/music/87/776037 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.kbsradio.ca/news/music/87/776037? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:25 GMT With music rights, licensing, and fees becoming top-of-mind issues lately, rights management firms RightsFlow and RoyaltyShare are expanding their footprint in the space. RoyaltyShare has acquired Broad Street Digital from Arbinet. Meanwhile, RightsFlow joined forces with CD Baby-which was recently acquired by Disc Makers-to give CD Baby clients the ability to ... http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib059277af12a4655d603c6b6ab7229b8 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib059277af12a4655d603c6b6ab7229b8? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:19 GMT Apple will charge U.S.-based customers $130 per year (or $100 for MobileMe subscribers) for an 'iTunes Unlimited' subscription starting in late October that will include the ability to download about half of the songs in the iTunes store in a 256-Kbps format - presumably AAC files that are protected by an updated ... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/details-rumored.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/details-rumored.html? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:14 GMT The Pirate Bay had been quite mum over the recent development ever since it came out encrypting the entire internet and getting blocked down in Italy to having their traffic being hijacked by the IFPI. Although it didn’t do much damage to the traffic and had more people flocking in for the site. The Pirate Bay has ... http://startupmeme.com/the-pirate-bay-the-italians-must-set-the-pirates-free/ Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://startupmeme.com/the-pirate-bay-the-italians-must-set-the-pirates-free/? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:09 GMT Next month, Capitol/EMI will launch 'From the Capitol Vaults,' with the release of 13 titles on vinyl, including Radiohead’s 'OK Computer' and Steve Miller Band’s 'Greatest Hits 1974-1978.' Baby boomers, many of whom had long tucked away their turntables, began to feel nostalgic for their youth and the warm sound of ... http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/?p=7012 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://msl1.mit.edu/furdlog/?p=7012? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:38 GMT The Orchard is now moving into physical distribution, a move that closely follows its acquisition of the distressed TVT Records. The Orchard, best known for its digital distribution and online marketing campaigns, has tapped Michael Bull to helm the expansion. The newly-minted TVT Distribution will initially ser http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081908bull/view Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081908bull/view? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:45 GMT Current Internet radio diversity enables that garage band down the street to compete against major-label recording artists. A 'thinning of the Internet radio herd' could result in more major-label music being streamed over the remaining Internet stations to the detriment of artists on indie labels. Of course, the labels are saying it's all about ... http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11028 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11028? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:41 GMT Ringback tones are on track to become the most attractive mobile content category by 2012, according to new market research from MultiMedia Intelligence. With worldwide revenue nearly tripling to $4.7 billion, ringback tones will fall just short of mobile gaming revenue in capturing the largest share of the mobile ... http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080819005363&newsLang=en Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080819005363&newsLang=en? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:33 GMT The real problem facing the RIAA and MPAA is that they're still flummoxed seven years after (the original) Napster's shutdown on how to thrive in the digital world. First, they decided to unleash a legal jihad. Then it was off to use technology to disrupt high-traffic networks suspected of assisting illegal digital ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10019860-60.html?hhTest=1 Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10019860-60.html?hhTest=1? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:23 GMT As part of the sale, RoyaltyShare and Arbinet will also work together to explore business opportunities presented by convergence of telecommunications and entertainment. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Rightsrouter is a digital content licensing management and distribution platform that already ... http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/08/royaltyshare-bu.html Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/08/royaltyshare-bu.html? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:21 GMT As things stand, the 'Big Four' are dinosaurs. When file-sharing first appeared, they had the chance to embrace it, make it theirs. Instead, they’ve positioned themselves as the enemy of file sharing, as the technology has gradually become extremely popular. They’re far behind the music distribution curve, now, relying ... http://jutiagroup.com/2008/08/20/big-four-struggle-to-survive-media-wars/ Delicious/mbtimes/fticker http://jutiagroup.com/2008/08/20/big-four-struggle-to-survive-media-wars/? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:11 GMT