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News: Technology

Apps Are Like Babies

January 29, 2010

My favorite line from Midem came in a tweet from @amandapalmer: “apps are like babies... easy to conceive and hard to deliver". Apps were the talk of MidemNet and Midem. Music discovery and delivery apps, streaming apps, artist apps and more. But Palmer is right, apps are easy to conceive and hard to deliver - particularly ...

News: Technology

3 More Rumors from Midem

January 29, 2010

Several strong sources point to the release of a Zune phone. This article from ars has evidence seems to confirm it. Subscription music service MOG's goal of licensing via ISP's and mobile company's is getting closer to reality. Nothing is firm yet, but both sides see promise. Then again, a growing number of competitors are ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Interview: Jeff Gomez of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age (PT. 2)

January 28, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor, Read Part One Has the digital age made possible and brought forth the circumstances and tools necessarily to allow for the emergence of a middle class of authors, who can support themselves on a humble income, as opposed to the 'star system' that revolves around ones capacity to become a New ...

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News: Event

Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and John Mayer Top ASCAP's 5th Expo

January 28, 2010

Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and John Mayer will lead the list of speakers at the 5th annual ASCAP “I Create Music" Expo. The three-day event will take place at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, April 22-24, 2010 in Los Angeles. Also confirmed to participate in the EXPO are Louis Biancaniello, Kenny Burrell, Desmond Child, Dre & Vidal, ...

News: Event

Midem 2010 - Tuesday AM Update

January 26, 2010

(Cannes) #Midem The full MIDEM trade show was in full swing yesterday and it's now official: attendance is down 13%. Many companies sent fewer delegates and Universal has no presence at all. But combining MidemNet with the Midem ticket was a big hit with higher attendance and more excitement from a broader cross section ...

News: Technology

Topspin Ups Game with Partnerships, UK Expansion

January 27, 2010

(Cannes) #Midem #Topspin - At MIDEM this week, direct artist to fan platform Topspin announced a major expansion to its growing list of content partners. Topspin will showcase its first annual Topspin Content Partner Day on February 25th in Santa Monica. The company has also opened an office in the United Kingdom which will be led ...

News: Technology

Interview: Jeff Gomez of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age (PT. 1)

January 27, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Recently, I spoke with Jeff Gomez, who is the author of Print Is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age and currently the director of online consumer sales and marketing for Penguin Group USA. In this interview, Jeff shares his thoughts on the role of publishers in the digital age, the emergence ...

News: Event

More Midem 2010 Deals and Announcements

January 27, 2010

(Cannes) #Midem Tuesday AM MusicDNA is being touted as the successor to the MP3. It is based on an MP3 file, but also displays everything from lyrics, artwork and tour dates to blog posts, videos and tweets within a custom player. If it is a legitimately purchased file, the added content automatically updates ...

News: Technology

Spotify Starts to Look Serious

January 27, 2010

(Cannes) #Midem -- We7 To Launch Paid Premium Service Feb 1st For more than a year streaming music service Spotify has been the darling of the music press and it appears that fans agree. Some tidbits dropped from various company sources at Cannes point to a good year for the company: 250,000 paid subscribers At very ...

News: Technology

D.I.Y. Making You Crazy? Try Outsourcing.

January 26, 2010

Outsourcing - using an outside contractor to do some of your daily or weekly tasks in order to free up time to do more important things like run your business. Tim Ferriss, whose bestselling The 4-Hour Workweek has just been updated and expanded, suggests hiring offshore help to save money. In this short video Greg Rollett ...