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90% Of Label Artists Could Be Eligible for Huge iTunes Royalty Increases...
Eminem is the type of multi-platinum, long-term superstar that labels dream of. But a successful lawsuit by Eminem's original publisher against Universal Music Group could end up triggering a massive financial sinkhole on the digital side—and make Universal seriously regret the signing. How bad could the damage be—for all the labels? According to new information shared ...
MTT: Wordpress Plugins for Passive Promotion
Don't have time to promote yourself or manage your website all the time? Brian Hazard, a recording artist, offers a solution by encouraging musicians to use WordPress and plugins. These plugins help artists passively promote themselves. A great plugin is Thank Me Later, which sends an e-mail to anyone who leaves a comment on your website. ...
"My Goal is to Never Be Left Behind," Says Ethan Kaplan, SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. PT. 1
(UPDATED) Recently, I spoke with Ethan Kaplan, who describes himself as a former academic, a former newspaper web-master and a present day technological evangelist and innovator. He's also author of the semi-famous music industry blog BlackRimGlasses and started an REM fan-club called Murmurs when he was sixteen. As of late, Kaplan was newly promoted SVP of ...
Program or Be Programmed: It's Your Choice Now
When we talk about the young and the digital, we tend to reflect on the significance of them living cradle to the grave with access to digital technologies and their proficiently with them. Technology appears to be intuitive. We focus solely on their use of technology and say little of how they're getting used by it. ...
"To Me, Data is the New Asset Base," Says Ethan Kaplan, SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. PT. 2
This is part two of my interview with Ethan Kaplan, who is author of the semi-famous music industry blog BlackRimGlasses and SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. In the second segment, Kaplan talks about his perspective on embracing as much chaos as the record and music industries can stand, artists and their attitudes towards new technologies, ...
Neurotic Media Deploys New B2B Marketing Tools
Neurotic Media, a tech-enabled distribution service, has expanded its platform features with the addition of marketing services for its record label clients. They can now use features like “album pre-order with instant gratification" or “deluxe album" tools to promote new releases at MP3 retailers. Brands can use the new “animated feature controls" in their to display ...
INgrooves Lands Investment from Shamrock for Expansion, Extends Universal Music Partnership
Digital music distributor INgrooves has received a “significant" investment from Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II, a private equity fund focused on media, entertainment and communications. INgrooves also announced the extension of its distribution agreement with Universal Music Group which began with an investment by the music conglomerate in March 2008. The size of Shamrock's investment was ...
Jazz Channel To Launch For Musicians And Fans
Attention: All Jazz Musicians and Fans From: Greg Thomas, Jazz Channel Producer, TheStage.tv Re: Launch of Jazz Channel and Invitation to Participate When: The Jazz Channel at TheStage.tv will officially launch in November 2010. You are invited to preview the Jazz Channel here. Since launching in January 2010, TheStage.tv Main Channel has had over 23,000 performances ...
Thumbplay Could Prove to be a Contender, if We Knew Their Real Numbers
Earlier this week, Thumbplay announced that it had reached an impressive 500,000 downloads of it's music application which has been available on Android, Apple and BlackBerry platforms since June. With 8 million+ tracks from all four major labels and most indies, plus a truly portable app, Thumbplay has the potential to be a real contender in the ...
Trent Reznor Understands Why Fans File-Share Music; Why? Because He Does It Too.
In an interview with Drowned In Sound, Trent Reznor talks about his role in the movie The Social Network. Further into the talk, he gave an interesting insight into file-sharing and his understanding of it. He grasps what motivates fans to file-share music, because he does it himself. Rather than considering himself above the topic and ...
