MySpace Music: Going Freemium?
This past week has revealed MySpace to be in quite a slump. First, there has been speculation that MySpace is considering moving to a paid model. According to a... Read more.
Labels Selling Own Ads To Support Video Channels
Now that WMG music video content is back up on YouTube and with a whole new business proposition to boot, TMV thought it important to examine the new deal, the ... Read more.
Labels Getting Into Live, Are They Already Too Late?
The live concert industry has become more and more of a priority not only to record labels, but also to many larger media companies these past few years. With e... Read more.
Digging Into The Reserves: Worth Losing The Best Ones First?
Sony has had much reason to celebrate this weekend as Michael Jackson’s rehearsal documentary “This Is It” pulled in $101 million worldwide in its first f... Read more.
Lala: From The Bottom Of The Barrel To The Crest Of The Wave
The only news of Lala in the past year was WMG’s writing down half of its $20 million investment in the site, grimly citing “lower expectations of digital m... Read more.
Google Gets Closer To Music
Speculation was rife last week about a soon to be announced (Wednesday this week 28th October 2010) service involving Google’s search technology and a number ... Read more.
Spotify: Labels Win, Artists Lose?
Spotify only turned a year old this month and yet they have constantly been mentioned in the press for their plans of expansion, from the 3UK/HTC phone to tie-i... Read more.
Mobile Music At The Crossroads
This past Monday, I moderated a panel at the Digital Hollywood conference in Santa Monica, California. The topic: Establishing the personalized mobile music exp... Read more.
Will Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Go Ahead?
The proposed merger between the world’s largest live music promoter and the monopoly ticketing company Ticketmaster is looking like it is on increasingly shak... Read more.
Blogs, Banter And Backtracking…Are Artists Helping Or Hurting The Cause?
In the past couple of weeks there have been many opinions thrown about in the never-ending file-sharing debate. We’ve heard from ISPs, the BPI, UKMusic…but ... Read more.
