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Muxtape Inches Back to Life
The major labels forced it out of business by not playing nice, but the once mighty Muxtape appears to be inching back to life with a more narrow an decidedly indie focus. From the front page: Welcome to a preview of the new Muxtape, a minimalist platform for bands to promote their music and listeners to ...
Netflix Results: Are U.S. Consumers Cocooning?
Netflix reported unexpected growth that surprised analysts and company executives alike. The company reported that 2 million subscribers joined the service, and that many subscribers participated in the video streaming service. Are U.S. consumers cocooning? Netflix Inc's share price jumped about 8 percent on Monday after the top U.S. online DVD rental company posted unexpectedly rosy ...
Broadband, Wireless Firms Could Be up for Bailouts
While the U.S. House and Senate aren't propping up the industry, both bodies are talking about providing billions of dollars in grant money to ensure that rural areas are served, both in wireless and in broadband Internet. U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday will consider a plan to give tax credits for Internet and wireless companies, such as ...
Google Announces Offline Version of Gmail
Google on Tuesday announced the release of offline Gmail. The early version of the app is available now to users with the U.S./U.K. English version of Google Labs. Pegged as an “experimental" feature, the app is aimed at maintaining Gmail's functionality even when you're not online. Built on Google's Gear's platform, once enabled the feature downloads ...
House Republicans Slam Efforts to Delay DTV Switch
A final vote on legislation to delay the digital television transition has been postponed until Wednesday morning, but House members braved a Washington, D.C. ice storm Tuesday night for a partisan battle over the impending switch. Pushing the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 is “a highly regrettable but necessary step," said Rep. Rick ...
Gathering and Analyzing Artist and Fan Data
In an increasingly fractured media landscape who is saying what about an artist across the global internet and how fans are reacting has become increasingly important. But how do you track this vast amount of data and then make actionable sense of it all? SVP of Digital for EMI Cory Ondrejka, the founder of analytics firm ...
Audiolife: Sell Music and Merch with No Upfront Costs
Audiolife has launched a platform which uses on demand technologies to enable artists to design, promote and sell music and merchandise online with no up-front costs or physical inventory. The online service allows artists to: Create a store with unlimited downloads, ringtones, CDs and merchandise items. Sell directly to fans on any website, blog or ...
Meet Me in the Upper Right Hand Corner
Seth Godin posted this chart on his blog and it struck me as wonderfully true and universal. Think about where the music industry sits on this chart. Ask yourself where you fit on it right now and where you'd like to be in 3-6 months - both professionally and personally.. I hope (and believe) that, despite ...
LA's Econmusic Conference Set for Feb. 5th
ContentNext Media, the parent company of tech journal paidContent.org is organizing the EconMusic Conference, a half-day event that will examine the state of the digital music industry. Taking place in Los Angeles from 1:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. PT on Thursday, February 5 at the Harry Chandler Auditorium inside the Los Angeles Times Building, EconMusic promises ...
Maximizing Your Music Experience (Part 1)
In part one of his three part essay, our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Bylin was inspired by Barry Schwartz's book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. In recent years the coming of age for a music fan has been a fundamentally different experience than it was for the previous generation. Technology has given ...
