Music Business Times - Opinions Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/R8OUGAC8IK.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ 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 336 deals struck in 2010... http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/02/07/the-morning-leverage-legislative-%E2%80%98time-bomb%E2%80%99-ticking-away-in-europe/ Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/02/07/the-morning-leverage-legislative-%E2%80%98time-bomb%E2%80%99-ticking-away-in-europe/? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36 GMT 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/oticker http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ilike-early-digital-music-trailblazer-officially-1006128952.story? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:31 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/oticker http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vevo-accused-of-short-changing-indie-publishers/? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:15 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/oticker http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2012/02/universal_city_deletes_bu.php? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:08 GMT 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 highlights information from Frances Bean Cobain's filing for a restraining order. The details, it should go without saying, are not pretty... http://www.spin.com/articles/courtney-love-plans-suit-over-unflattering-legal-leak Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.spin.com/articles/courtney-love-plans-suit-over-unflattering-legal-leak? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:41 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/oticker 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 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 and his grandmother also hit him. But the Glasgow-born record boss credits his upbringing with preparing him for the rigours of the music industry. The dad-of-two said: 'Glasgow and my childhood shaped me as the man I am... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/2012/02/07/record-mogul-alan-mcgee-beatings-from-my-dad-helped-me-survive-in-music-business-86908-23739014/ Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/2012/02/07/record-mogul-alan-mcgee-beatings-from-my-dad-helped-me-survive-in-music-business-86908-23739014/? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:24 GMT 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. Her album '21' topped the charts around the world and sold more than 17 million copies... http://www.andhranews.net/Entertainment/2012/Noel-Gallagher-predicts-Adele-wont-last-1513.htm Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.andhranews.net/Entertainment/2012/Noel-Gallagher-predicts-Adele-wont-last-1513.htm? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:21 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/oticker 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/oticker 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