Legislative \'Time Bomb\' Ticking Away In Europe
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Multi-billion-dollar transactions, including the buyout of GoDaddy.com and the sale of EMI Music Publishing, helped aid a 28% boost in the value of media transactions last year, according to a report from I-bank Berkery Noyes. Volume was up as well, with 389 deals struck during 2011, compared with 3.. .. read more..
iLike, Early Digital Music Trailblazer, Officially Dead
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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 a.. .. read more..
VEVO accused of short changing indie publishers
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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 .. .. read more..
Universal City deletes Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters and Patsy Cline
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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.. .. read more..
Courtney Love Plans Suit Over Unflattering Legal Leak
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
In a wholly unsurprising and redundant turn of events, Courtney Love is threatening a lawsuit against whomever leaked details contained in deposition papers her daughter filed against her to addiction site the Fix and its editor, Maer Roshan. Roshan recently published an ebook about Love that highli.. .. read more..
Bronfman: Spotify is a real and growing revenue stream
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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 note.. .. read more..
Record mogul Alan McGee: Beatings from my dad helped me survive in music busines..
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
RECORD industry mogul Alan McGee has told how his tough Scots childhood prepared him for the music business. The 51-year-old described how he had 16 stitches in his head after dad John beat him for being cheeky. McGee, who discovered Oasis and signed Primal Scream to his Creation label, said his mum.. .. read more..
Noel Gallagher predicts Adele won\'t last in music industry
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Noel Gallagher is positive that the fame and adulation that fellow singer Adele is getting will be short lived, as female singers have \'very short shelf life\' in the music industry. The 23-year-old singer shot to international fame following her emotional performance at the Brit Awards last year. He.. .. read more..
Cricket Wireless has the music industry feeling chirpy
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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 an.. .. read more..
Indie Artist Outsources Music Video To Bangalore, India With Surprising Results
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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?.. .. read more..