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$17.5 Million Later, Rdio's Complaining About Apple Percentages...
Add Rdio to the list of Apple haters, but do the rules change for the rich kid? Just ahead of the weekend, Rdio CEO Drew Larner joined the highly-vocal protest against upcoming subscription app fees. “I would echo what the heads of some of my competing companies have said," Larner told paidContent. “From a financial standpoint, ...
An Open Letter to Neil Portnow, NARAS and the Grammy Awards...
The following open letter to the Grammys was written by hip-hop entrepreneur, manager, and marketing expert Steve Stoute. It was published in a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, Sunday Styles section, page 9 (newstand price of $6 in Los Angeles, but that's another story). Stoute also subsequently published the letter in the Huffington Post ...
If Only More Cities Took Music Tourism Seriously...
Let's say you decide to create an absolutely amazing music festival. How can you get your city to pitch in? Well, it's very, very difficult, at least according to those in the trenches in Europe. “It's bloody hard," Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir, managing director of Iceland Music Export, told an audience in Norway at by:Larm this week. ...
Breaking: House Republicans Move to Block Net Neutrality Rules...
Late Thursday, House Republicans voted to bar the FCC from imposing net neutrality guidelines on broadband providers. As part of an amendment attached to a larger spending bill, the FCC would be prohibited from using federal funds to force ISPs to comply with various access requirements. This is a highly contentious issue, and ISPs have serious ...
Boom: Sirius is Now Bigger Than Netflix...
It's great to get out of the woods—and even better to beat Netflix on the way. According to stats shared by the company, Sirius XM Radio subscribers now stand at 20.19 million, a record for the company. That beats Netflix, also a developing platform, which finished the year with just over 20 million. Let's face it—Netflix ...
It's Getting Worse: Just 1,215 Albums Sold 10,000 Units in 2010...
The incredibly-shrinking album is forcing everyone to adapt. But why can't artists even sell 10,000 units anymore? Especially when top-line album sales are still in the billions? At New Music Seminar in LA on Tuesday, another stunning stat surfaced. Last year, just 1,215 albums sold more than 10,000 units in the US. Here's what the last ...
Good News or Bad? CDs Still 74% of All Album Sales...
We thought we'd dissected every stat possible from last year, but here's another one. In Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, Tommy Silverman kicked off New Music Seminar with this: 74% of all US-based albums sales came from CDs in 2010. “They aren't doing so bad," the RIAA board member told the crowd. “People still like them." ...
Rhapsody's President: "This is the Year for Digital Music..."
Is this the year it all starts to happen? Well, according Rhapsody president Jon Irwin, the answer is most definitely 'yes.' “The steady subscriber growth we are seeing is testament to the fact that this is the year for digital music, and we congratulate Pandora on its IPO," Irwin commented on an earlier story on Digital ...
Sonicbids Integrates Songtrust Services...
Downtown-owned Songtrust is now quickly reaching out to artists. On Monday morning, the company brokered an app inclusion deal with Sonicbids. Essentially, the game plan is simple: Songtrust's range of publishing services will be integrated as an app option within Sonicbids artist accounts. Songtrust offers a range of DIY-focused song registration, royalty collection, and related self-publishing ...
The "Indies" Didn't Just Win the Grammys. and Neither Did the Majors...
t's 2011. Can we please move past this artificial, cooked-up “indie v. major" divide? On Monday, we received an email from A2IM declaring that “indies" had “reigned" at the Grammys, while citing Arcade Fire's Album of the Year award. And within the first two paragraphs, past victors like Taylor Swift,Robert Plant, and Alison Kraus were cited. ...
