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There's Still a Place Where Albums Outsell Singles

July 10, 2009

Many say that the album is dead and they have the proof. According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales of individual digital tracks led digital album sales by 16 to 1 (1.07 billion to 65 million) in 2008. But there ares still places where the album reins supreme. Digital delivery and marketing platform Bandcamp says that their albums ...

Read Chris Anderson's New Book "Free" for Free

July 10, 2009

Wired Editor Chris Anderson's new book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price" is already creating controversy and discussion across the net. “Free" has particular significance to artists and labels who use free songs to attract new fans, as well as, their entire industry which has been turned upside down by free access to music via ...

The End of the Era of Celebrity?

July 10, 2009

The death of Michael Jackson has given voice again to the chorus claiming that the era of the celebrity is over. There fall of mass media and the rise of niche sub-cultures would seem to preclude future megastars. But Creative Class author Richard Florida writing for The Atlantic says that just the opposite may be true: ...

Pandora, Other Webcasters Reach Royalty Deal

July 10, 2009

After two year of wrangling, “pure-play webcasters" (those who do not also broadcast over the air or are part of large corporations) have reached a settlement for royalty payments to SoundExchange. Online broadcasters like Pandora, AccuRadio, Digitally Imported and Radioio are all included in the agreement. On his RAIN blog, one of the chief industry negotiators, ...

Berklee's Mike King on Modern Music Marketing

July 10, 2009

Pandora Limits Users to 40 Hours Per Month

July 10, 2009

Webcasters reached a settlement with SoundExchange that saw rates rise, but not to the stratospheric levels feared. Most involved praised the agreement; Pandora among them. To help absorb the higher costs, Pandora will cap listeners at 40 a month unless they pay 99 cents to unlock the service for the remainder of the month. From their ...

What if There Were a Coolness Rating?

July 6, 2009

Is Michael Jackson cool? Who is cooler--Dolly Parton or Ricky Martin? Is Katy Perry cool or a fool? We all know the answer when it comes to Britney; or do we? Paul Lamere asked these tough questions and more. “Imagine if there was an objective measure for coolness - a number that could be attached to ...

Lime Wire Adds CD Baby's 240k Indie Artists

July 6, 2009

Lime Wire is adding CD Baby's catalog of 240,000 independent artists to its digital the LimeWire Store. The CD Baby catalog includes topsellers from Regina Spektor, Gary Jules, Joe Purdy, Ingrid Michaelson, Melissa Ferrick, Charlotte Martin, Colin Hay and Stan Ridgway, and this deal brings the total number of licensed tracks on Lime Wire to 3.5 ...

Gerd Leonhard: Music 2.0 in 60 Seconds

July 6, 2009

Pandora Forces $29.95 Payments from Indie Bands

July 6, 2009

(UPDATED) Until recently, Pandora accepted music from indie artists at no cost in almost any form including home burned CD-R's. But now, in part because of a deal to display album cover art via Amazon's servers, submissions must be available as a physical CD for sale on Amazon and include cover art and a UPC code ...