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Twitter to Stay Free, for Now
That's what you get for “thinking out loud." The owners of micro-blogging service Twitter have been doing just that for some time, publicly mulling over ways to monetize their popular free service. Recent out loud speculation caused the blogosphere to explode, suggesting that the site was going to start charging users (companies, specifically) for the service, ...
Daily D.I.Y. - Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor This is a transcription of a presentation given by Gary Vaynerchuk at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York. I've watched the video many times and wanted you share it with you, because I think he says some very important things. There's always going to be a day where you don't want ...
Peoples Music Store Rewards Viral Sales
(UPDATED) The UK People's Music Store empowers fans to set up music stores and choose from more than 250,000 songs, write reviews, and market their store online. Storekeepers earn points for everything they sell, which can be used to buy more music. I met two of the People's Music Store team at Midem and was pleased ...
Indie Label Asthmatic Shares "What is Working?"
In an ongoing series Hypebot has been asking indie professionals: “In this fractured media landscape, what is working? What outlets and tools are helping your artists build an audience? “ Today Michael Kaufmann, John Beeler and the team at indie label Asthmatic Kitty (Sufjan Stevens, I Heart Lung, Welcome Wagon, Castanets, Half-handed Cloud) share their philosophies ...
The Day the Music Biz Changed: Parsing the Live Nation / Ticketmaster Press Release
It's almost done. As first reported last week by the Wall Street Journal, a plan to merge industry giants Ticketmaster and Live Nation was announced this morning. And if it goes through, don't expect the music business to ever be the same again. Billboard's Ray Waddell sums up the size of this new corporate powerhouse:
Digital Music Forum East Takes Shape
Digital Music Forum East has chosen its speakers and topics for its annual gathering to be held on February 25-26 in New York. “Recent industry developments, such as iTunes and the labels' abandonment of DRM, have liberated the music industry to begin an era of innovation and experimentation to try new business models that engage consumers ...
Ticketmaster Faces Scalping Lawsuit in Canada
Ticketmaster Faces Scalping Lawsuit in Canada, Blames Glitch For Springsteen Debacle Hours before Live Nation and Ticketmaster revealed final merger plans, an Ontario man filed a class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster in Canada after he was maneuvered to the secondary ticket site TicketsNow while trying to buy seats for a Smashing Pumpkins show in November 2008. ...
Burden of Twitter
NYU lecturer and Wired correspondent Clay Shirky notes in his 2008 book, Here Comes Everybody, that sharing personal information on social networks is not the same as broadcasting. It's more like dishing with close buddies in a mall food court. Guilty. I feel guilty that I have a blog and haven't contributed to it for seven ...
And then They Were One: Ticketmaster & Live Nation Finalize Merger
The largest ticket seller and the largest live concert promoter could have vast influence on pricing in the entertainment business. The deal may face antitrust challenges. Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. today announced that the two goliaths would merge, combining the biggest concert promoter with the leading ticketing and artist-management company. The combined company, ...
