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Harvard Study: 1/3 of Sales Drop Due to Digital, Creative Bundles May Be Answer
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(UPDATED) A new study by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Anita Elberse looks at the loss of music industry revenue caused by single track sales and how particular forms of bundling may increase future sales. Elberse talked about her key findings with Working Knowledge. Highlights include:
“when consumers start buying music online, they switch from buying full albums to cherry-picking their favorite songs...each album no longer bought is “traded in" for one, perhaps two, individual songs" “a drop of ...Continue Reading
Shore Fire Media Restructures
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Music-centered pr and marketing firm Shore Fire Media today announced changes designed to integrate its digital, new media and traditional media efforts. As part of the restructuring, Shore Fire has promoted Mark Satlof to SVP, Matt Hanks to VP and Nick Loss-Eaton to Director. The company also named Nick Baily to the newly created position of Director, Business Development and Digital Strategy.
In his new role, Baily will be responsible for developing and directing the firm's digital strategy ...
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50 Cent's 4 Rules of Fan Engagement
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Even as his success has reached mega-proportions, 50 Cent has maintained a level of engagement that leaves his fans feeling that he is still one of them. Their loyalty now extends to the purchase of fashion and perfume as well as his million selling music. Robert Greene of Copyblogger shares 50 Cent's 4 Rules Of Fan Engagement.
1. Crush all distance - “In this day and age, to reach people you must have access to their inner lives ...
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SoundExchange Partners with ReverbNation to Deliver Digital Performance Royalties
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Royalty collection agency SoundExchange has partnered with ReverbNation to register and deliver digital performance royalties to RN's 500,000 member artists. SoundExchange collects payments for the use of recordings on satellite, internet and cable TV music stations.
Artists and labels who may be due compensation should sign up at SoundExchange.com.
“When SoundExchange approached us about getting money into the hands of the artists who have earned it, we didn't hesitate," says ReverbNation co-founder and VP of Artist Relations Lou Plaia. “ReverbNation ...Continue Reading
Wanduta Launches Offering Musicians Health Care, Discounts and More
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HypeBot
Think of it as an AARP for artists. Newly launched Wanduta, is a free online resource for musicians, offering a suite of benefits including access to health care, a credit card and musician-centric discounts like travel, gear and both live and online showcase opportunities.
The AARP analogy fits because, like the association for senior set, it appears that Wanduta makes some of its money from affiliate fees on sales of the services offered. There's nothing wrong with a for-profit model. ...
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As Labels Struggle, is Artist Income on the Rise?
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Yesterday, I published a chart from the the Times UK showing that while record labels are suffering, artists were making more money than ever from live performance. (see chart) Some Hypebot readers, as well as, Glenn Peoples from Billboard countered that the chart's “interpretation ignores the realities of superstar-driven ticket prices...Live music is a winner-take-all market. The value is concentrated at the top. Once an artist becomes a huge success on the road, he/she can command ticket prices well above ...
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As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
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The UK's Times Online called this “the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself.
It tracks the three pillars of music industry revenue - recorded music, live music, and UK performance royalties collected by PRS over the last 5 year for both artists and the industry. Conclusion: while record labels are suffering, artist ...
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Weekend Extra: The Subject is Cool Jazz
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In the days when commercial television networks in the United States were still working their way toward the shallowness we know and love today and cable networks did not exist, there was an NBC-TV program called The Subject Is Jazz. Its host was the cultural critic Gilbert Seldes. One 1958 installment of the series explored the proposition that a fairly new tributary of the jazz mainstream ran cooler than the jazz that preceded it. The musicians were Lee Konitz, alto ...
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