Browsing all posts in October, 2008.
EMI Digital Store
A few weeks ago, I blogged about the record label EMI launching a digital store in Australia. It seemed like that was a test at some level to see if the concept would work in other markets. Well, EMI has just announced plans for a worldwide launch by the end of this year. They are [...]
YouTube’s $ Machine
YouTube, a unit of Google that cost them $1.65 billion 2 years ago, is considering ways to monetize their runaway popularity. Their method for doing so will be to introduce a new ad format that will contain links to iTunes & AmazonMP3 next to videos containing particular songs. If you like the song, it’s one [...]
Licensing Fees
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has reached an agreement with the following 5 parties in regards to mechanical licensing rates for downloads, mastertone ringtones, interactive streaming, and limited downloads: National Music Pulbishers Association (NMPA) Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Digital Media Association (DIMA) Here [...]
Music Industry Sales
Below are some sales numbers for the music industry for the 3rd Quarter. I like to highlight these to notice trends: Album sales – 298 Million Units (’08) vs. 337.3 Million (’07) – down 11.7% Individual Tracks – 795.8 Million Units (first 9 months ’08) vs 612.2 (1st 9 months ’07) – up 20% CD [...]
Getty Up
I am a strong proponent of companies using songs to create emotional attachments to their brands. The reason I like it so much is because the artist is paid for what is in my opinion, the most important aspect of their music, the emotional attachment. When I buy an album for $9.99, I have paid [...]
Musica Nokia
Nokia Music has just launched an online music store in Spain. This adds to their current array of country-specific online stores in Ireland, Netherlands, and Australia. The store has a catalog of over 4 million songs from all 4 major labels as well as some of the independent labels. The songs can be accessed through [...]
Kid Rock & Rhapsody
I recently blogged about Kid Rock’s take on digital downloading. He’s taking a different route with his latest album, ‘Rock N Roll Jesus.’ Namely, he is not selling on iTunes, but his album is selling well elsewhere. So on Friday, Kid Rock made an announcement that he would be selling his album in full on [...]
MySpace’s Billions
In just one week’s time, the new and improved MySpace Music has streamed over 1 billion song plays. That is pretty incredible for a site that will share the revenues with the artists and labels. The major labels also have strong equity stakes in the venture. Here is a list of the top songs for [...]
McCartney in Tel Aviv
Paul McCartney, 66, gave a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel for the first time in his career this past Thursday. He drew a crowd of 40,000 fans and the concert was held in honor of the 60th anniversary of Israel. What is funny about all of this is that the Beatles had been banned from [...]
