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Read CEO Roger Faxon's Letter to EMI Staff on Sale to Universal
(UPDATE) In an email circulated today, EMI CEO Roger Faxon informed his team that despite his best efforts, label and publishing would be split with the recorded music division sold to Universal. While widely reported in the media as a done deal with Sony, Faxon says that he hopes “to be able to share more detail on ...
Hello Music Hits 100,000 Member Milestone
Musician daily deal platform Hello Music announced this morning that has reached the 100,000 member mark. Hello offers pre-negotiated discounts on limited quantities of instruments and gear from more than 100 manufactures, along with studio time and other services. Founded in 2010, the company says they've had an average of 42% month-over-month growth throughout 2011. Membership ...
88tc88 Helps Indie Artists Get 'Big in China'
88tc88 is a Berlin-based music startup that helps outsiders distribute and sell music in China online, via mobile and in physical forms though they appear to have most fully developed mobile opportunities. They work with indie artists, labels, aggregators and publishers including translation and government approval services. Currently 88tc88 is the only company of which I'm ...
Report Claims Major Labels to Phase out CD, Abandon Retail by End of 2012
Major labels plan to phase out most physical CD's by the end of 2012 according to Side Line Music Magazine citing multiple unnamed industry sources. Only premium CD's would be manufactured according to the report; with most of those sales online rather than at brick and morter stores. COMMENTARY: The demise of the CD would be ...
How Music Travels: Map Documents the Evolution of Dance Music
Thomson, a UK-based travel company, recently made a smart marketing move by posting an infographic on its blog titled “How Music Travels—The Evolution of Western Dance Music." Drawing from multiple sources, it's meant less to be a definitive statement than it is to be a conversation starter. It's also received plenty of media coverage and looks ...
The Essential Role of Artist Management in a Post-Label World
James Barton and Brian Message are London-based music managers and representatives of the Music Managers Forum UK. They recently shared “Lessons from the Industry Formerly Known as 'The Record Business,'" via the Harvard Business Review's Blog Network, addressing the emerging role of artist management in the careers of musicians as the focus shifts from selling records ...
5 Tough Lessons Former CEO Mike Jones Learned from MySpace
Michael Jones spent the last two years at MySpace, first as co-president and then as CEO, attempting to turn the company around. Despite a wide range of changes the relaunch never quite worked and Jones left in August as new owners took over. Now he shares the lessons he learned. When Michael Jones took what probably ...
Michelle Shaprow's Facebook Friends Help Her Get a BMG Publishing Deal
When we first checked in on singer Michelle Shaprow, she was getting big in Japan while struggling with how best to maintain personal contact with her growing fanbase on Facebook. Since then she's continued to build her Facebook following while developing business contacts facilitated by her Facebook activities and expanding her activities to other countries. She ...
Let's Get Physical: Even in the Digital Age, Musicians Shouldn't Forget About CDs, Vinyl and Tapes
Regular readers of musician advice blogs like ours at PerscriptionPR will no doubt have picked up on the fact that much of the advice that has been imparted relates to digital aspects of music industry—whether that's to do with recording, distribution, PR or marketing. And for good reason really: to misquote Madonna, we are living in ...
Jazz Trombonist Curtis Fuller Lectures at Harvard on Monday, October 31
Blue Note jazz trombonist and composer Curtis Fuller has been invited as a Visiting Artist at at Harvard University's Office of the Arts on Monday, October 31, 2011, 7:30 p.m, .at the New College Theatre Studio, 10-12 Holoyke Street in Cambridge. Fuller will discuss his work in a conversation with Tom Everett, Director of the Harvard ...
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