Last Week’s Music Business News & How It Could Effect You…

by bhoughton on April 13th, 2008

Island Def Jam and TAG men’s body spray have formed a hip-hop record label called TAG Records to be led by Janet Jackson’s husband Jermaine Dupri.
Two new video sites run by indie music blogs launched this week: Pitchfork.tv and Videogum. Vote on which one you think will be the most popular.
Problems lie ahead for digital music distributors as labels demand lower fees and more services.
A letter to labels from The Orchard’s CEO leaked to Hypebot showed concern for how the new MySpace Music will treat indie record labels and artists. A Hypebot commentary shed additional light on the issue.
Last.fm says full song streams help sell music
Virgin Megastore sales are up a surprising 11.5% even as most record store sales are down. Find out why.
Zune goes Latin. Micorsoft’s Zune has cut deals with several major Latin American music sites.
Wikipedia beats MySpace as the top go to place for band and music info. Where do you go to find music info?
Help your favorite new band play a big festival this summer. Music contest site OurStage.com has partnered with some of America’s largest music festivals.

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