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New FCC Chair Has Strong Venture and Digital Ties

January 14, 2009

UPDATE: The appointment is now official. Reaction to the appointment from the indie label community via A2IM President Rich Bengloff after the jump below/ Julius Genachowski has been named the new Chairman of The Federal Communications Commission. As with most things Obama, this is not you're father's FCC chair. From his bio: Cofounder ...

Slicethepie Launches Anonymous Song Test

January 14, 2009

UPDATE: SoundOut is now live. Fan to band financing site Slicethepie is launching a new service aimed at labels and artists that want to a test a song prior to release. Dubbed SoundOut, for $20 to $50 users can upload a song and have it rated anonymously by Slicethepie users. “The way it works now is ...

3 Free Tools to Track Your Buzz

January 13, 2009

People are talking about you. Your email list is growing. More people are coming to shows. It's starting to feel like you've got buzz. But how do you know who is talking about you and what they are saying? Measuring band buzz and all the data that surrounds an artist will be a top issue for ...

10 Music Industry Trends and Questions for 2009

January 13, 2009

Guest post by Kyle Bylin 1. Falling Behind - Ten years ago, The Record Industry had The CD Release Complex and knew exactly what to do. Now everyone else is taking fans to the future that they used to determine. Instead of leading the way, they're left holding the hands of innovators and squeezing tightly when ...

Microsoft May Abandon the Zune

January 13, 2009

Recent by comments by Microsoft executives have led to speculation that Microsoft may abandon the Zune. Microsoft CEO Ballmer declared at CES that consumers increasingly were moving away from one task devices like the Zune towards smart phones while at the same time stating flatly that no Zune phone was in the works. My ugly brown ...

Video: Caldwell Explains Why Imeem is Way Important

January 11, 2009

TotalMusic Births Playlist Widget Tunepost

January 11, 2009

Last year Universal CEO Doug Morris was publicly hawking a concept called TotalMusic that he envisioned as some kind of unlimited music service not unlike Nokia's Comes With Music. One idea that Moriss floated had manufacturers like Zune building the price of the service into the cost of their portable players. Then there was silence... Now ...

Major Labels Shift Revenue Strategy from Partnership to Ownership

January 11, 2009

Rocked by shrinking revenues and disappointed in the revenue generated by music services like YouTube, MySpace and imeem, the four major label groups have begun shifting their search for larger revenue streams from licensing and revenue sharing to an ownership model. The trend began with 360 deals which give labels control of all the artist's ...

Top Vinyl Sellers for 2008

January 11, 2009

iLike Adds INgrooves' Indie Catalog

January 9, 2009

Digital distributor INgrooves has announced a new initiative with music diiscover site iLike. INgrooves indie catalog will now be available on iLike have access to the same iLike promotional and syndication opportunities as major label artists. “Collaborating with iLike, and creating this new opportunity for our artists and labels is in keeping with the ...