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Live365 Updates Site: Quick and Dirty Net Radio
I always find it interesting when new features and website redesigns happen on a site that I actually use. The update takes place, I notice, and then, moments later, I'm issued a press release and reminded that I write about these things every day. One such instance is the internet radio site Live365; it makes good ...
Spotify Restarts U.S. Label Negotiations, or Not...
For almost two years, Spotify has been trying to launch in the US, having hoped to go live back in 2009. Sources now report that their licensing negotiations with the major record labels have been restarted entirely. Thus far, CEO Daniel Ek has failed to sway them to go along with his vision for the U.S ...
RIAA Fails to Freeze Limewire Assets
Back in June, the 13 record companies sought to freeze assets of LimeWire, accusing its founder of fraudulently trying to evade hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over copyright infringement."1 Since then, the judge has denied the RIAA's motion to freeze LimeWire's assets. However, while this move does not reverse the original decision against the ...
Bandwidth Conference Adds on Additional Speakers
The Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference, a gathering that explores the evolving musical experience--how people discover, purchase, interact with, and are exposed to new music--with a focus on marketing, fan behavior, current trends, and future forecasts, is taking place on August 19 and 20, 2010. The additional speakers will include: Daren Tsui, CEO of mSpot, Inc.; ...
Album Reissues: Exploiting Our Cultural Heritage
Reporter Fiona Sturges has penned a rather thought provoking article where she poses the question as to what happens when the major labels begin focusing too much on re-releasing, deluxe edition granting, and ultimately living off the back catalog, as opposed to actually investing in new artists and releases. She paints an interesting perspective of what ...
NBN + LMDS Announce Initial Lineup of Speakers
Next BIG Nashville and Leadership Music Digital Summit have joined forces to become a progressive music event in Nashville. This year they are combining to host a four day music festival with a two-day digital summit engaging industry leaders, innovators and instigators in lively conversations and presentations. This year's event will take place on Sept 29--Oct ...
Topspin Media Now Sells Tickets
Some might be privy to this if they follow either the developments at Topspin Media or the marketing efforts of Band of Horses, The Pixies, Eminem, and The Dandy Warhols, among others, but the direct-to-fan platform now sells tickets. In once such instance with The Pixies, reportedly, the group started out with an email list that ...
Music Xray: Matching Your Songs to Opportunities
A&R platform Music Xray, used to receive song submissions from artists, acts, and rights holders, launched a new song to opportunity matching service called S2O" that automatically pairs songs to opportunities. Artists simply upload their songs at the site and wait to be alerted when appropriate opportunities for their songs are identified. This new service is ...
What Radio Stations Don't Get About Social Media
Radio, the hallmark marketing outlet of the traditional record industry, faces its own share of huddles to overcome, if it hopes to forge a bright path into the digital age. Mainly, learning how to integrate a social media mindset into an old media world. And thus far, Mark Ramsey says their social media efforts are pathetic ...
What I Learned at NMS: You Have 10 Seconds
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv; he was our featured corespondent at New Music Seminar in New York. 10 seconds to engage someone--to impress them. In his research for Futurehit.DNA, Jay Frank discovered an impressive trend: Shorter song intros lead to better sales. 2/3 of bestselling songs have an intro that's ...


