Last Week’s Music Industry News And How It Could Effect You…

by bhoughton on February 2nd, 2008

Ad supported P2P free download service Qtrax announced on Sunday that it was launching Monday with 25 million tracks including all for major labels. On Monday there was no launch and all four majors denied having Qtrax deals leaving some to wonder if it were a stock manipulation scheme. Stay tuned…
There were more staff cuts continue at the world’s second biggest label group Sony BMG.
EMI and the NY Daily News to give away free downloads.
Remember the best selling book The Tipping Point? A Hypebot essay “Is the Tipping Point Toast? Music Marketing Needs To Change Again…” got lots of reaction across the web.
Thousands of music industry deal makers were in Cannes, France this week at the annual MIDEM conference. Here are roundups of news and announcements: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.
Ever wish you could get paid to manage a band? Two paid junior management positions are being offered by Davis Jones and PunkDaFunk.
A series on continued with an installment on indie and major label activity.

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