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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 [...]

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3 June 2010

Chris Bauer 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 [...]

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3 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Packaging: Music Albums in USB (From Bob Marley to Lady Gaga)

ShareMusic albums in USB flash drive format is not a new thing. In fact, it has been around for almost 3 years now. With the USB drive, not only can musicians pack in MP3 files, but exclusive video interviews, music videos and band member profiles.  It’s a unique way to release music, create a buzz [...]

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2 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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 [...]

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19 April 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

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

Share 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 [...]

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13 April 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Independent Record Label: Bloggers Start Their Very Own Record Label

Share 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 [...]

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13 April 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Retail News: UMG’s New Pricing Structure Designed to Get Single CDs is Stores at $10 or Below

Share The Universal Music Group tests a new frontline pricing structure called the Velocity program which is designed to get single CDs in stores at $10 or below. Single CDs will have the suggested list prices of $10, $9, $8, $7 and $6. To compensate the lower pricing, UMG also plans to step up deluxe [...]

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23 March 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

SXSW: Direct-To-Fan Sales and Marketing

ShareAll my friends who went to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Conference last March 17-21 said that it was very insightful and probably was the best SXSW ever. Sigh, I wish I wasn’t such a slacker and went there instead. To catch up on the latest, I read some of the updates from Billboard and [...]

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18 March 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Retail: Recorded Music Couldn’t Last?

Share We all know that the Music retail business is facing a big challenge because of the sagging economy and the digital media but does that mean that the record industry is bound for extinction? Here is what Brian Eno says in an interview with Paul Morley: “I think records were just a little bubble [...]

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13 March 2010

james James Hill

Music Retail: Mini-Albums-One Way to Improve the Music Retail Business

Share USA Today is taking note of the uptick in country mini-albums (or EPs, or collections that generally have fewer than ten songs). Luke Bryan, the newspaper points out, released his second “Spring Break” digital EP today. And “country’s Josh Thompson and American Idol’s Jason Castro have released digital EPs in anticipation of full albums.” [...]

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13 March 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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