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Should Pirate Site Advertisers Be Punished? Spain Eyes Crackdown
Should company's that advertise on pirate sites be punished as supporting piracy? It's a debate that's raged in the music community in recent weeks fueled in part by Cracker's David Lowery. On his Trichordist blog, Lowery wrote that brands who advertise on pirate sites are “supporting not only music piracy, but also the mainstream piracy of ...
Social Media Impact for Musicians: How Conan O'Brien Beats out Other Late Night Shows
By Liv Buli (@lbuli)), Resident Data Journalist for music analytics company Next Big Sound. Last March, jazz-funk jam band Galactic took to Conan O'Brien's stage and performed the track “Hey Na Na" off their recently released album Carnivale Electricos. Joined by R&B vocalist Corey Glover and brass ensemble The Soul Rebels, they brought “a little bit ...
Concord Music Group Sold to Wood Creek Capital
Concord Music, one of the largest independent label groups in the U.S., has been bought by Wood Creek Capital Management, a division of MassMutual Financial Group. The acquisition is being made on behalf of funds which Wood Creek advises, and an individual investor group that includes members of Concord's senior management and industry veterans Steve Smith ...
Topspin Offers 5 Direct to Fan Lessons from SXSW
By the staff of Topspin Media. SXSW is one of the few events that organically blends the discussion of digital/tech business trends/topics, with the actual music and artists they affect. Attendees can spend the day in panels or keynotes, and the evening attending performances from both newcomers and superstars alike. The result is some much-needed perspective ...
Google Opens Universal Analytics to All Users Plus Visualize Your Google Analytics
Keeping up with what your fans and followers do as they move from one screen to another has sometimes been difficult. For Google Analytics users, this process will get a bit easier with the launch of Universal Analytics in public beta. Originally available only to paying customers, Universal Analytics is now available to all users. Google ...
Interview: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic
From interviews conducted by live music streaming startup LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. They were streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. Here's a video of the full interview. Excerpts are below: Benji Rogers from Pledge Music @ Austin Tech Talk SXSW 2013 “99% of PledgeMusic artists launch with a charitable ...
Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for MP3 Re-Sales
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of a student who had friends buy textbooks in Thailand for re-sale in the U.S. is likely to have wide ranging impact on the re-sale of MP3's and other digital goods. Startup ReDigi is already testing the waters, and both Amazon and Apple have filed patents that show strong interest ...
Amazon Talking to Major Labels About Streaming Music Subscription Service
I've wondered when Amazon would join Google and Apple in the quest for entry into streaming music. According to Greg Sandoval at The Verge they are now talking to major labels about the possibility of something along the lines of Spotify, a streaming music subscription service like Google's building, as opposed to a web radio approach ...
#SXSW 2013 Interviews with Bandpage's Chris Wiltsee and CD Baby's Brian Felsen
The following excerpts and videos are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin Tech Talk from the LiveMusicStage booth at digitalmusic.org's lounge. LiveMusicStage is an online venue where fans can participate in interactive live-streamed concerts, broadcast by venues, festivals ...
10 Insights from Andrew Dubber's "The 360 Deal" - Connecting with People is Part of the Business
“The 360 Deal“ is not actually about contracts that seek to involve a label in everything an artist does in order to expand the label's revenue streams. Instead it's a collection growing to include “360 words of wisdom by 360 musicians and music professionals“ with a minimum price of $3.60. More importantly it's full of useful ...
