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InternetNews December 4, 2007 Kenneth Corbin |
MySpace The Music (Video) Exchange MySpace today announced the launch of a new music program that will deliver exclusive videos of performances by popular recording artists. |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
InternetNews December 10, 2007 |
Universal Music Taps Social Network to Pitch Artists Universal Music Group on Monday said it signed an agreement with music-based social networking Web site Imeem to provide free, on-demand streaming of its digital music and videos that will be supported by advertising. |
InternetNews September 18, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
YouTube as Distribution Model? Warner Music Group announced a partnership with the consumer media site YouTube.com |
Inc. June 2007 Dalia Fahmy |
Mark Schmitz Aims to Become the Top Hip-Hop Mogul in Phoenix. Investors weigh in on an entrepreneur's need to raise $300,000 to launch a record label. |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
MySpace Faces the Music Warner Music Group and Sony BMG are close to signing a deal that will create new revenue channels in ad-supported music and music videos, pay-per-downloads, and mobile phone delivery. EMI and Universal are likely to follow suit with MySpace. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews November 7, 2008 Susan Kuchinskas |
The Future of Music in the Web 2.0 Era MySpace and Warner Music Group partnership could be the shape of digital music to come. |
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 Heather Green |
American E-Idol Online talent contests hit the big time. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CBS Records Is Back, Jack The media giant gets back in touch with its musical roots. The label's focus will be digital distribution through its own CBSRecords.com site, as well as through Apple's iTunes. |
Fast Company July 2010 Michael Fitzgerald |
How Warner Music and Its Musicians Are Combating Declining Album Sales Up-and-coming bands like Shinedown are helping Warner Music Group pull off the hardest trick in the music biz: redefining the record label for the digital age. |
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. |
AskMen.com Emma McKay |
13 Questions With 50 Cent For starters, 50 cent is known for being "that guy who got shot nine times at close range." Here, Curtis James Jackson III speaks his mind. |
InternetNews March 5, 2008 |
Facebook in Talks With Major Music Labels: Report Social networking site Facebook has approached major music labels about launching a music service. |
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. |
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? |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax |
SNOCAP's Indie Spirit Giving indie labels a better form of distribution is as significant as allowing artists to sell directly to fans, another possible effect if MySpace's music commerce initiative really takes off. |
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. |
Salon.com August 7, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
The empire strikes back As the music industry's "pay-for-play" scandal deepens, the big five record labels try to crush the expanding power of the dreaded indie promoters. |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The RIAA's Win Is Yet Another Loss Another courtroom "victory" makes the music suits even more like Kobe Bryant. |
Wired November 27, 2007 Seth Mnookin |
Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away. After years of tightening controls on his company's content, Universal Music Group's CEO has become entangled in digital strategies whether he wants to be or not and is planning to unify Apple's competitors in what amounts to a coordinated attack on the iPod. |
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? |
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... |
Home Toys June 2006 Scott Bahneman |
Sea Change in the Music Industry Benefits Consumers The digital music revolution is upon us and it's changing the landscape of the music industry as we know it. Accounting for $1.1 billion in 2005 music revenues, online music services now represent six percent of global music sales. |
Home Theater December 9, 2008 |
At Major Label, Downloads Beat CDs Legit download music sales have passed a notable milestone at Warner's historic Atlantic Records. The label now sells more downloads than CDs. This is believed to be a major-label first. |
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. |
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 July 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Aging Music Companies Merge How will the music recording industry reinvigorate itself? |
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. |
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. |
Wired Jeff Howe |
Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero Even though the popular video game has breathed life into old bans and helped popularize new ones, the record labels are still whining about licensing fees. |
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. |
Salon.com September 14, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
Helping Eminem sell records Does political criticism of the foulmouthed rapper do anything but increase his stature -- and his sales? |
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... |
InternetNews November 17, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Universal Sues Fox Over MySpace Downloads Universal Music Group sued News Corp.'s MySpace subsidiary late on Friday, claiming that the social networking site has been indifferent to copyright violations of Universal's songs and videos. |
Wired November 2005 Jeff Howe |
The Hit Factory How MySpace has become the MTV for the Net generation. |
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 December 30, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bring On the Cacophony The band pushers are possibly starting their own band. Oh no! |
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. |
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. |
Fast Company November 22, 2011 Jason Feifer |
More Fun Than iTunes To buck declining music sales, some hip-hop artists turn new albums into elaborate products. |
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. |
InternetNews April 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
MySpace Music Goes Mainstream MySpace announced its long-awaited joint music venture this morning, unveiling details about a far-ranging service it will offer in partnership with three of the four major record labels. |
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... |
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? |