- Nominations are open for The First Annual Best Music Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite blogs here.
- Universal CEO Doug Morris spoke candidly with Wired Magazine about the music industry and his lack of knowledge in dealing with file sharing and the rapid changes caused by internet. One cartoonist had a field day:
- Major label group Warner Music announced a drop in profits and a major deal with the Frank Sinatra estate and his family. WMG’s stock continues to take a beating.
- Watch for a February Pepsi promotion giving away 1 billion (yes that’s a B) free tracks on Amazon. It seems that the the slow march towards DRM free music is finally becoming a sprint to the finish line.
- An essay on “The New Record Label Models: Which Will Survive? sparked a real debate among industry pros that you can join here.
- The 4QFor (Four Questions For) Series continued with an exclusive interview with ad supported download site WE7’s founder and CEO Steve Purdham.
- Hypebot expanded its Music 2.0 Resources section and New Music Business Bookstore.
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[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Nominations are open for The First Annual Best Music Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite blogs here. Universal CEO Doug Morris spoke candidly with Wired Magazine about the music industry and his lack of knowledge in dealing with file sharing and the rapid changes caused by internet. One cartoonist had a field day:[IMG] Major label group Warner Music announced a drop in profits and a major deal with the Frank Sinatra estate and his family. WMG’s stock continues to take a beating. Watch for a Fe [...]
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Nominations are open for The First Annual Best Music Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite blogs here. Universal CEO Doug Morris spoke candidly with Wired Magazine about the music industry and his lack of knowledge in dealing with file sharing and the rapid changes caused by internet. One cartoonist had a field day:[IMG] Major label group Warner Music announced a drop in profits and a major deal with the Frank Sinatra estate and his family. WMG’s stock continues to take a beating. Watch for a Fe [...]
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Nominations are open for The First Annual Best Music Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite blogs here. Universal CEO Doug Morris spoke candidly with Wired Magazine about the music industry and his lack of knowledge in dealing with file sharing and the rapid changes caused by internet. One cartoonist had a field day:[IMG] Major label group Warner Music announced a drop in profits and a major deal with the Frank Sinatra estate and his family. WMG’s stock continues to take a beating. Watch for a Fe [...]
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt Nominations are open for The First Annual Best Music Blog Awards. Nominate your favorite blogs here. Universal CEO Doug Morris spoke candidly with Wired Magazine about the music industry and his lack of knowledge in dealing with file sharing and the rapid changes caused by internet. One cartoonist had a field day:[IMG] Major label group Warner Music announced a drop in profits and a major deal with the Frank Sinatra estate and his family. WMG’s stock continues to take a beating. Watch for a Fe [...]
Love the cartoon of Doug Morris – I couldn’t stop grinning when I read the article – looking forward to seeing what else you’ve got.
Best wishes
Andrew