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The Paradox of Music: Is More, Really Less?

May 24, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor-- (@kbylin) I. New Choices Often times, in discussions about how our culture has become abundant with music and the potential that it has to cause choice overload in the minds of fans, it does not take long for someone to recall the amazing lecture that psychologist Barry Schwartz gave ...

Google Launches Multi-Front Assault to Grab Its Share of Music Marketplace

May 23, 2010

iTunes Gets A Worthy Competitor A series on announcements this week at Google's I/O developer conference could signal another seismic shift in how music is discovered, purchased and enjoyed. Google's most direct foray into music comes via the announcement that it had purchased Simplify Media two months ago, and will incorporating its technology in a new ...

The RIAA and MPAA's Most Wanted List

May 23, 2010

The International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of congressmen aligned Thee Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) named, alpabetical order, six evil doers “overwhelmingly used for the global exchange of illegal movies, music and other copyrighted works." Baidu IsoHunt Mp3fiesta RapidShare RMX4U.com The Pirate Bay Bonus points ...

Google Chrome Web App Store Offers New Opportunity to Monetize Music

May 23, 2010

At its I/O Conference yesterday Google announced that it would open a store for paid and free web apps later this year. Outside deveopers will be able to sell via The Chrome Web Store which will support all major web platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux and of course, Google's Chrome OS. Why should the music industry ...

A Graphic Look at Shift in Smartphone Platforms

May 23, 2010

Which smartphone platforms should your website be optimized for? Which platform should you develop for first for that hot new band app your planning? It's a shifting landscape, and some pundits say the uptick in Android usage comes from a Verizon 2 for 1 promo. Whatever the reasons, here's where things stand now courtesy of Exo ...

TunesRights Opens Song Investment Marketplace

May 23, 2010

Shazam Soars to 75m Users, 2b Song ID's

May 23, 2010

The Good and Bad of Artist Development Lands At #1

May 23, 2010

This guest post was submitted by Max Willens, the editor of We All Make Music, a website dedicated to helping musicians thrive in a post-label world. Last week, Atlantic Records artists sat atop the U.S. and the U.K. In the U.S., B.o.B.'s B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray landed in the top slot, while ...

Social Music Store immergent.com Launches in Beta

May 23, 2010

Billed as “a digital music environment powered by social networking technologies" New online music store Immergent.com used this week's NARM Convention in Chicago to launch its public beta. Immergent's offering includes: M songs from all four major and 80,000+ independent record labels Social networking: Chat functionality enables fans and artists to connect via ...

MySpace Bests Facebook with New Privacy Push

May 23, 2010

Facebook users have been threatening a mass defection in recent weeks over privacy concerns. Yesterday MySpace jumped ahead of its bigger competitor with a public promise to simplify and improve its own privacy features. “We believe users want a simpler way to control their privacy," wrote Mike Jones, Co-President of MySpace. on the company's blog. “That's ...