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The Transformation of the Music Industry in the 21st Century

ShareThe Transformation of the Music Industry in the 21st Century
by George Ziemann — August, 2010
A new school year is underway and it’s time to give all the college researchers something new to chew [...]

19 August 2010

James Hill

Music Distribution: Deliver Music Videos to MTV via Yangaroo’s DMDS

ShareYANGAROO Inc., the industry’s leading secure digital media distribution company, announced that it has successfully completed the first commercial delivery of a broadcast quality music video to MTV Networks and other destinations on May 27th via its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS).
The music video for the song “21@12″ by the band Hot Hot Heat was [...]

9 June 2010

Chris Bauer

Music Retail: All About Merch

ShareBefore anything else, check out this really awesome video about t-shirts:

Too awesome, isn’t it? I dunno if it’s related to my whole post but I just can’t help but share this video. Well, at the very least, the vid might have convinced you to make cool shirts for your band or it might have sparked [...]

9 June 2010

Marion Isobel

Google Moderator on YouTube enables real-time feedback

SharePress Release from YouTube’s blog:
YouTube is about starting a conversation. Every day, hundreds of millions of videos spark dialogues on everything from the future of the African continent, to what should be done about the oil spill, to the best slam dunk of all time. But until now, it’s been difficult to harness those free-flowing [...]

3 June 2010

Chris Bauer

EFF Fights for Right to Resell CDs

ShareElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting to uphold an eBay seller’s “first sale” right to resell promotional CDs that he buys from secondhand stores.
Troy Augusto was sued by Universal Music Group (UMG) three years ago for 26 auction listings for promo CDs. At issue was whether the “promotional use only, not for sale” labels on [...]

3 June 2010

Chris Bauer

Music Retail: Record Stores Have to Diversify in Order to Survive

ShareIt is a known fact that CD sales have plummeted in the last decade and are down about 50 percent from their peak. The decline of CD sales — and, more recently, of DVD sales — has forced the music retailers to find other ways to fill their space and tap into customers’ interest in [...]

3 June 2010

Marion Isobel

Record Label News: EMI Could Cut Down More Jobs

ShareTop EMI executives, in their effort to save the struggling company, had cut 2000 jobs worldwide and could cut hundreds more jobs soon.
EMI owners Terra Firma must get the votes of 75% of its investors – who have already lost most of their initial £1.8 billion investment – to inject £120M ($183M USD) in additional [...]

19 April 2010

Marion Isobel

Music Retail: How Much Do Musicians Earn Online?

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This is a really funny graph I saw at hypebot about the decline of recorded music and the pitiful digital royalties. As ever, this was incredibly difficult to research. Industry figures are hard to get hold of. Some are even secret. Last.Fm’s royalty and payment system is beyond comprehension. (If you can explain it to [...]

17 April 2010

Chris Bauer

Indie Record Label News: Rubber Records Will No Longer Sell CDs in Traditional Outlets

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The Melbourne-based indie label Rubber Records, which in the past has released albums by the likes of Jet, 1200 Techniques, Underground Lovers and the Casanovas, will no longer sell CDs in traditional outlets. Instead, all its releases will be digitally delivered from its own online store.
“Physical retail distribution is dictated by a business model that [...]

13 April 2010

Marion Isobel

Independent Record Label: Bloggers Start Their Very Own Record Label

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Who needs a record label PR machine when cool blogs will help you spread the word for free?
This week, two more popular indie music bloggers Gorilla vs. Bear and Weekly Tape Deck start their very own record label called Forest Family Records. Limited runs of 7”, 10” and 12” vinyl plus cassettes by some brand [...]

13 April 2010

Chris Bauer