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Another Strike Against 'Copyleft': Senate Judiciary Passes Hard-Hitting S.3804...
A very forceful S.3804 is moving right along, thanks to a unanimous approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In short, the bill—known as the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, or COICA - gives the Department of Justice the ability to shut down infringing sites, among other enforcement powers. It has also been part ...
Radio vs. on-Demand: Why Make Them Choose?
Here's your cake: millions of on-demand songs at your fingertips, with or without a payment obligation attached. But it turns out that listeners don't want to play deejay all the time. Instead, a more passive, lean-back experience often does the trick—that is, until the listener wants something specific. So why make them choose? That's sort of ...
Why Dead Labels Are Fertilizer for Music Startups...
A disproportionately high number of startups fail, but music-related startups are almost statistically guaranteed to bite the dust. And frequently, death strikes because of complications related to licensing. Sure, plenty of concepts are hair-brained—Spiralfrog, BurnLounge, and iMesh among them. But others, like Pandora, have dialed intoreal consumer sweet spots. But Pandora is surviving despite ridiculous licensing ...
The Top 11 Most Powerful People in the Music Industry...
(1) Lucian Grainge, CEO, Universal Music Group Grainge is now twiddling the knobs on the largest label group in the land, one whose fate is not being twisted by covenants or Wall Street traders. (2) Irving Azoff, Executive Chairman, Live Nation Entertainment; Chairman and CEO, Frontline Management Group. Azoff's been a mess on Twitter, but there's ...
Sure, Streaming is Better Than Stealing. But Not by Much...
If you're in the music industry, chances are you suck at math. But this one just keeps adding up to zero—and the continued rise of legal streaming is at best a half-baked victory. On top of that, illegal downloading really isn't really going anywhere. This isn't a clear-cut game of displacement, as many seem to think. ...
eMusic's Subscriber Growth Since 2007: 0
eMusic has not added any net subscribers since late-2007, according to numbers disclosed to Digital Music News this morning. Company representative Cathy Halgas Nevins pointed to a subscriber tally of “approximately 400,000," which is exactly the same number shared by the company in December of 2007. “We have held our base since the economy went south," ...
Artist Websites Are Important. but Mobile-Optimized Websites and Apps Might Be More Important...
“A website is important, and I'm not suggesting any artist today simply forego having one. But, it's not the future. It is what was important yesterday, and is quickly being replaced." Michael Schneider, Mobile Roadie, on midemblog November 8th. Do you agree with this statement? Or, does the concept of an 'artist website' transcend the desktop, ...
Is Facebook About to Make Music Marketing Even More Difficult?
eMusic has not added any net subscribers since late-2007, according to numbers disclosed to Digital Music News this morning. Company representative Cathy Halgas Nevins pointed to a subscriber tally of “approximately 400,000," which is exactly the same number shared by the company in December of 2007. “We have held our base since the economy went south," ...
A Brief History of Musical Disruption...
The music industry is certainly navigating though interesting times, but are these the most disruptive of times? Shifting fromdiscs to digital is no small matter, though a stroll through history reveals some seriously seismic shifts—potentially on a grander scale than what we're currently experiencing. There's no question that the physical music format has been 'disrupted' at ...
Midem Charging Bands 1,000 Euros to Perform...
Like other music industry conferences, Midem is suffering from lower attendance and sinking sponsorship revenue. And over the past two or three years, this has definitely been a thinner event—and we've been going for years. Sounds like a serious problem. So why not charge bands to fill the gap? Well, that's exactly what the Midem organizers ...
