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The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month.   |
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. |
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? |
Home Theater
August 17, 2007 |
Sympathy for the Devil: 10 Questions for the RIAA Cary Sherman, President of the Recording Industry Association of America answers questions about peer-to-peer file sharing and more. |
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. |
Salon.com
July 30, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
Sour notes The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want. |
The Motley Fool
November 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is the Recording Industry Worth Saving? Warner holds up better than its peers, but it's still down. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
RIAA: The Beatings Go On The music industry's fight against piracy continues, with a high-profile trial currently in progress. The courtroom action reveals that such lawsuits could be a major cash burn for the labels prosecuting them. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The RIAA Wins, but What Does It Lose? The recording industry wins a legal victory in its anti-piracy crusade, but continues to lose customer respect. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
CIO
March 1, 2004
Julie Hanson |
Wall of No Sound - Reality Bytes The recording industry is trying to stop people from listening to, talking about and sharing music. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away These aren't merry days for the prerecorded music industry. Is it time to get rid of your Warner Music Group stock and replace it with something else? |
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? |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Heather Green |
Kissing Off the Big Music Labels Team Love, an indie record label, has a new approach to selling its CDs: Give away free downloads. If that sounds naive, think again. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
The RIAA's Uphill Battle Recent research on the state of the music industry signals continued obstacles ahead for the RIAA's strategy. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Digital Music's Dirty Little Secret When will the labels embrace the inevitable? Digital music, in both legal and illegal forms, has stimulated consumers' music-listening appetites. Digital music means fewer CDs to press, package, and ship out to retailers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 21, 2004
Sean Silverthorne |
Music Downloads: Pirates---or Customers? Internet music piracy not only doesn't hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Heather Green |
Downloads: The Next Generation Music merchants are trying new ways to make an honest buck off the Internet. |
Wired
September 2006
Jeff Howe |
No Suit Required Terry McBride has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of the fans and the bands, and the business will take care of itself. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
The Death of Dollar Downloads? If dollar music downloads go away, some good, old-fashioned rock 'n roll rebellion could be cooking. |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Digital Music's Double Trouble The major labels' resistance to innovation, penny-pinching ways, and frequent complaints about piracy and the flagging popularity of CDs leave them ripe for disruption. Digital distribution should be only too happy to oblige. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
September 5, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
MySpace Helps Musicians Sell Out Now all those MySpace musicians can find out if anyone is actually willing to pay to listen. |
Wired
September 2006
Eric Steuer |
The Infinite Album Release a traditional 13-track cd? No thanks, says Beck. Instead, he serves up a collection of songs, remixes, and videos that fans can piece together any way they want. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Spitzer Pumps Up the Volume New York's attorney general aims at the shady practice of payola in the music industry. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Courtney Love |
Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner's Digital Groove Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
DRM May Die? Yahoo! Will online music's digital rights management go the way of the dodo? |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Music Industry's Downward Spiral Another musician has gone from turntables to turning the tables on the music industry. Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor announces that the band has liberated itself from record labels. |
Salon.com
February 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
The Napster parasites Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Jack Bauer's Gonna Get You, Pirate Punk Fox goes after a 24 pirate, split screen and all. Few will be able to make a legal argument in favor of the renegade uploads. So is this a time for fisticuffs or for diplomacy? Fox is in a desirable position. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Peer-to-Peer Music Trading: Good Publicity or Bad Precedent? Advance publicity is key to record albums' success, states Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader -- and by trying to stamp out peer-to-peer music trading, record companies are shooting themselves in the foot. |
Macworld
August 2000
Christopher Breen |
Steal This Song Will Napster Change The Way we Buy--or--Don't Buy Music Forever? |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool's Look Back Musical cacophonies and visual epiphanies came in handy this past week: You spin me right round, baby, right round like a record, baby... Learning to Reed can open a few investing doors for you... |
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. |
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! |
Reason
October 2000
Jesse Walker |
Music for Nothing Why Napster isn't the end of the world. Or even the music industry... |
Wired
February 2003
Charles C. Mann |
The Year The Music Dies Record labels are under attack from all sides -- file sharers and performers, even equipment manufacturers and good old-fashioned customers -- and it's killing them. A moment of silence, please. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Anne Marie Borrego |
Upstarts: MP3 Tunes on the Web. The way we listen to music is about to change. Again. But as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
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... |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Quick Take: RIAA Changes Gears Just Before Hitting Brick Wall Changes are taking place in the Recording Industry Association of America in their fight against illegal downloads. |
AskMen.com
Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part II Advise on getting a record deal and becoming a professional recording artist. Learn about marketing, distribution, legal representation, management, and most importantly, record labels. |
Fast Company
October 2008
Arianne Cohen |
Sony's Soundtrack Guru Lia Vollack, Sony's soundtrack guru, is the shrewdest music executive in Hollywood. Can the record labels keep her happy long enough to hold onto their last cash cow? |
