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Entrepreneur
December 2007
Nichole L. Torres |
Going Glam Learn what it really takes to start a glamorous business in college.   |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Record Label More than ever, smaller record labels are wielding serious clout in the music industry. Here are some tips to success in this industry. |
Fast Company
April 2006
Alyssa Danigelis |
Fast Talk: Sounds of the Future Digital music is a many-splendored thing - and it's more than just the iPod. Everyone from major labels to individual artists is experimenting. What's next - and why is Madonna sure to be a part of it? |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve. |
Entrepreneur
May 2004
April Y. Pennington |
Urban Legends As entrepreneurs, hip-hop artists seem unstoppable. What's their edge? |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
Entrepreneur
July 2005
April Y. Pennington |
The Beat Goes On Damon Dash, who has started companies ranging from music labels to boxing promotions, gives advice for rule breakers. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Brett Pulley |
Music Industry: How Rappers Boost Street Cred Urban recording artists use edgy "hood videos" to bolster their brands and keep their core audience. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Cora Daniels |
Fast Talk: Coffee Maker Brews Fans Ken Lombard is signing up artists for Starbucks's own record label, Hear Music, which will use the company's stores as a significant distribution channel. The first artist to commit: Paul McCartney. |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Digital Music Label You'd have to be crazy to start a music label now, right? Not according to three co-owners of Montreal based, all-digital dance/club rock label. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010
Steven Daly |
The Business of Hip-Hop, and How It Grew Dan Charnas' "The Big Payback" details the genre's origins and evolution into a branding and marketing phenomenon. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bobbing for Apple Is there room for Apple to charge more for tracks? Probably, but does Universal want to be the one to open up that Pandora's Box? |
PC Magazine
November 14, 2007
Dan Costa |
The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away Warner Music Group is part of an archaic industry that has been suffering in recent years. Is it time to get rid of this stock? |
Inc.
May 15, 2000
Chuck D |
Music to the People ...In the music business, as in so many others, technology is eliminating the traditional gatekeepers between those who create and those who consume... |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Radiohead's Sonic Boom Radiohead will allow its fans to pay whatever they like for its newest album, available on the Web, giving fans the opportunity to cut out the middleman and deal directly with their favorite bands. Is this the future of music? |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Recording Industry Gets It? Not Industries that don't present themselves as particularly friendly to customers and suppliers are tasty candidates for disruption, and that's been abundantly clear regarding the recording industry for years now. |
Fast Company
November 2013
Alison Overholt |
The Right To Be Heard (And Paid) Patreon is a crowdfunding site that enables artists to sell material to their fans. Some 3,000 creators have signed up since its May launch. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Anthony York |
Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California legislature... |
AskMen.com
November 25, 2003 |
Russell Simmons Interview One of the architects of today's rap and hip-hop music industry as a founder of Def Jam, Simmons is still changing the landscape with his Rush Communications, a conglomerate that includes Def Jam, Rush Artist Management, Phat Farm, and even Def Pictures, a movie production house. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Jon Fine |
Leaving Record Labels Behind Musicians are looking for an alternative. Their managers may be the answer. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
That's Just Stupid, Warner There's been a falling-out between Warner Music Group and Google's YouTube. The major music label pulled its artists' videos from the popular video-sharing site, presumably over a licensing dispute. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next. |
Wired
December 18, 2007
David Byrne |
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience. |
Home Theater
June 9, 2008 |
Major Label Expands to Survive The Universal Music Group will now manage classical artists and book concerts, moving into territory previously off-limits to most record labels. |
Inc.
August 2007
Dalia Fahmy |
Sing-2-School Wants to Bring Hip-Hop to the Grade-School Set New York schoolteachers would like to license their brand for clothing and toys, and hope to jump-start revenue this year by getting a distribution deal with Target, Kmart, or QVC. Here's what investors think. |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
The New Music Download Battle The RIAA is not happy with the cost of songs in iTunes and wants a variable-priced solution. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Edward Teach |
"Every Day Is Different." For one CFO, the road show features live music. An interview with Alison Brown, CFO, Compass Records. |
Home Theater
March 6, 2008 |
Musicians Demand Copyright Cash Little of the millions of dollars in settlements major record labels have collected in copyright-infringement suits has been shared with recording artists. |
Salon.com
December 2, 1999
Emily Vander Veer |
Singing the MP3 blues Indie musicians find online music distributors every bit as greedy as the recording industry they aim to replace. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2005
M. David Stone |
Partial Label Pages Printing partial page of labels in Word 2003. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Live Nation Dates a Legend The concert promoter signs a savvy twelve-year deal with U2. |
Inc.
September 2007
Sarah Goldstein |
West Coast Story A breakdown of the most Inc. 500 companies by location. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution. |
| AskMen.com |
Jay-Z: Style Icon An influential trendsetter in both the music and the fashion industry, Jay-Z was instrumental in moving hip-hop style beyond baggy jeans and jerseys. |
| AskMen.com |
Interview: Mary J. Blige Seeking an escape from a rough childhood in the projects, Mary J. Blige quickly turned to music -- and turned into a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-producer who has paved the way for legions of female R&B and hip-hop singers |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's 30% Mistake Record labels say some iTunes tracks will cost $1.29 next month. |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Gets Labeled Is a new record label another step toward the loss of Starbucks' soul? Investors, a music label is a risky swerve off the coffee giant's main turf. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
How Converse Supports Musicians Without The Brand-Sponsor Ick Factor Fast Company talked to Converse CMO Geoff Cotrill about the ideas behind Rubber Tracks, and why it benefits the brand to work with unknown artists. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
Tyler Hayes |
In Lieu Of Royalties, Music Apps Are Feeding Starving Musicians With Data More and more streaming music services aren't just serving consumers audio, they're also becoming data companies serving up information to artists and rights holders. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Courtney Love |
Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Nick Gillespie |
Cutting Out the Middlemen It's easier than ever for artists to reach audiences directly. But is that always a good thing? |
The Motley Fool
July 5, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stocks That Will Rock Your World Some stocks that sound good today will sound even better in the future. As the broadband migration advances, the music industry faces a total makeover. Instead of EMI and Sony dominating, think Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The key man myth: Why Santana and Whitney are staying put Friendship and loyalty? Not in the record industry, where key dollars -- not key men -- make the merch move. |
