All Entries Tagged With: "Live Promoters"
Are 360 Deals the Panacea for the Music Business?
Undeniably, the recorded music business is relentlessly pursuing 360-degree deals with all new signings. Some live music promoters are also doing the same – note Live Nation and Chairman Michael Cohl’s recent resignation due to the fact that in his view Live Nation was not pursing them as aggressively as he thought that they should [...]
Live Promoters Driving The Business Model Change?
With recorded music increasingly being given away for free and 360 deals becoming the norm, is copyright enforcement critical to the survival for the recorded music business? Live music promoters are the only companies offering large advances for 360 type deals with artists, so is the 360 model the way of the future? Who are the winners and losers in these deals?







Peter Sunde, one of the founders and former spokesperson of BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, recently debuted a new venture…one that will actually make content owners money instead of bleeding them dry. The project is in the form of a service, called Flattr (get it, like flattering?) that aims to...


Everyone is now well familiar with the story of Spiral Frog and how it buried the ad-supported download model. Reasons given for this are numerous, ranging from reports of blatant mismanagement to non-compatibility with iPods to consumer resistance to being force fed a 60 or 90 second commercial before the...