http://www.themusicvoid.com One of the music industry’s leading sources for music industry opinions, insights and interviews. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:15:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.themusicvoid.com/2008/05/are-advertising-funded-models-the-panacea-industry-is-banking-on/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-advertising-funded-models-the-panacea-industry-is-banking-on http://www.themusicvoid.com/2008/05/are-advertising-funded-models-the-panacea-industry-is-banking-on/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 22:14:44 +0000 Jakomi Mathews http://themusicvoid.wordpress.com/?p=42 Literally, every man and his dog within the recorded music business is in a fever pitch talking about how advertising funded models are the way forward. With the likes of Blyk, myspace music store, muzu, We7 and numerous others advocating this new model, perhaps they are right? The real test though, is whether music fans will actually be prepared to sit through advertisements before having access to listen to a track they like. Furthermore, are the models commercially viable in the long-term both for the labels and the artist? ]]> http://www.themusicvoid.com/2008/05/are-advertising-funded-models-the-panacea-industry-is-banking-on/feed/ 3