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MySpace Beats Facebook with Twitter Synch

September 22, 2009

MySpace began rolling out new functionality today that allows users to sync their MySpace status updates with a Twitter feed. Any U.S. user can opt-in so that updates created on MySpace will appear on Twitter and posts to Twitter appear within their MySpace status & mood. The system was created using open authentication technology OAuth ...

The Digital Dilemma: Finding a Path to Salvation

September 22, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor With the rise of corporatism in the record industry throughout the 80's and 90's, executives disconnected themselves from what used to matter the most to them: the music. As the business evolved from the long-range, career-building view that artist development allowed to the short-term, hit-making machine that mass-media provided, they grew ...

YouTube Offers New Features

September 22, 2009

YouTube has added a number of features in recent weeks that offer new opportunities for musicians and music markters using the popular viral video site: Friend suggestions: An ongoing “find your friends" project kicks off with a module on the homepage that makes friend suggestions based on the email addresses of people with whom users have ...

MySpace Music's Homepage Gets a Makeover

September 19, 2009

With just a mention buried on its blog for an announcement, MySpace Music's homepage got a makeover earlier this week. It's slicker, more focused and divided into clearer sections for easier navigation. Unfortunately, it serves as the portal to many of the same old badly designed and disjointed MySpace artist pages. (image via TechCrunch). What do ...

I'm Sorry, but It Was Never Just About the Music

September 16, 2009

“Musicians should concentrate on being musicians." “How can I make music when I'm expected to spend all my time on Twitter and Facebook?" I'm sorry if this comes as a surprise, but it has never been enough to just make great music. Every generation of musicians has had to face their own challenges which ...

Music Still Dominates Youtube

September 16, 2009

The Steady Decline of MySpace

September 15, 2009

MySpace's sloppy layouts and big brother corporate ownership has made it an easy target. But its hard to deny that for the last few years MySpace has been one of the most useful sites for garnering new fans and general band to fan interaction. But things are changing. Slowly but steadily page views and ...

3 Major Labels Resist Unlimited Download Model

September 12, 2009

ISP Virgin Media and Universal announced an unlimited download service that would allow subscribers to keep the tracks. But Sony Music and EMI are now signaling that they don't believe in the model and WMG has yet to decide. The fear is that an unlimited download service will be most attractive to heavy downloaders who are ...

iTunes LP: Video and a First Look

September 12, 2009

Yesterday iTunes unveiled the iTunes LP. Billed as a re-imagination of the album, and previously codenamed “Cocktail", iTunes LP adds bonus content like lyrics, liner notes, videos and other digital media to full albums purchased on iTunes. As an example of a creative use of iTunes LP, Apple offered a series of drawings done by Dave ...

Forrester Study Offers Plan to Save Music Industry

September 10, 2009

A Summary & Commentary - Forrester Research has released an aggressive road map of changes that analyst Mark Mulligan says are “necessary to save the music industry from the current Media Meltdown it finds itself in. The CD is dying, the 99 cent download model clearly isn't enough (nor is live), and ad supported and subsidized ...