All Entries in the "Online" Category
YouTube’s German Music Royalty Talks Break Down
Remember 12 months ago, when YouTube, negotiating music rates with European royalty collectors, yanked official music videos from its site in the UK and Germany? By the summer, YouTube had forced the UK’s PRS For Music to halve its on-demand music stream rate, leading to YouTube’s reinstatement. But, in Germany, the GEMA society’s rates have [...]
The Pirate Bay’s Sale Drifts On
Looks like the sale saga of The Pirate Bay may not be over quite yet. The sale of the site’s domain and trademarks to Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X was never completed last fall. But Global Gaming Factory X now says it expects a deal to be done by June 30 and says [...]
Exclusive Interview: Fred McIntyre, VP Product, CBS Interactive
In this interview Chris McLellan discusses strategy with Fred McIntyre, VP of Product at CBS Interactive and new man in charge at Last.Fm
The Digital Britain Bill – One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
The problem with the rushing through Parliament of the Digital Britain Bill last week is that the real issues are yet to unfold themselves. We are all familiar with the economic implications of file sharing – or are we? I am personally involved with work, currently still ongoing, which is yet to uncover the real [...]
David Hyman, CEO – MOG
TMV chats with Dave Hyman, music industry veteran and CEO of MOG, who discusses their ‘on-demand music streaming’ service and what separates Mog from its competitors. Dave also talks about the future of music, and how he sees digital music services developing within an ever-changing industry. See also: Site Review: Mog Music Streaming Service The [...]
Marcelino Ford–Livene – Sounds Digital Insider
1. What is your history within digital music? It goes all the way back to 1994 when three friends (a music attorney, an executive at Sony Pictures and a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford) and I (a corporate lawyer at the time) started an online community/new media company on AOL that focused on Afro [...]
Matthew Hawn – Sounds Digital Insider
Get down to the essence of an idea with mentor Matthew Hawn at Sounds Digital London 2010. From journalist to record label executive, Matthew has a wealth of experience to share. He is feeling optimistic about the changes in the music industry and explores the simple things that record labels should be doing to take [...]
David Maher Roberts – Sounds Digital Insider
David Maher Roberts shares his insights with us in this first post in our Sounds Digital Insiders – a series of interviews with each of the Sounds Digital International Mentors. You can read more about David and his depth of experience here 1. What is your history in digital music? CEO of The Filter since [...]
Is Too Much Speculation Clouding the Industry’s Judgment on Streaming?
At a presentation at the Digital Music Forum in New York, analyst Russ Crupnick discussed findings on an NPD report on the industry, specifically noting that P2P sharing is on the decline but so are music buyers. On top of a 25 percent decline in illegal downloads in the US during 2009 the NPD also [...]
Buzz makes it easy to share a little too much
I love the openness of Americans. It’s endearing, although it can mean listening to an extraordinary amount of information about someone for a first meeting. This can be uncomfortable when the conversation seems to have no context for such openness. In these encounters, it becomes clear that, unlike Brits, many Americans value sharing over privacy. [...]
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Billboard.biz- Google Rolls Location-Based Mobile Display Ads July 29, 2010
- Business Matters: Rolling Stones, Ustream, DMX and more July 29, 2010
- Dimensional Completes Acquisition of The Orchard July 29, 2010
- Sources: Spotify Reboots U.S. Label Negotiations July 29, 2010
- Business Matters: Lucian Grainge, Live Nation, Les Savy Fav and more July 28, 2010
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- Nuance Unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11, Simply Smarter Speech Recognition July 29, 2010
- Business Owners Need Understanding of Internet Marketing to Engage With Customers July 29, 2010
- Brits trust the web more than their friends July 29, 2010
- Google Crowned "King of Malware" – Has Two Times More Malware than Bing, Yahoo! and Twitter Combined July 28, 2010
- StrongMail Acquires Marketing Services Firms and Creates Email and Social CRM Agency Powerhouse "ThreadMarketing" July 28, 2010
Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succour after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital. But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse. The new promised land lays in...
