March 2012
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The Internet Either Is or Is Not Ruining Teens'...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/ymaxld on February 29, 2012 at 11:28AM
Now that teen smoking rates are in decline and rap music has been throughly mainstreamed, the only thing to worry about re: America’s Children is whether the internet and smartphones are turning their brains into piles of frozen yogurt. Internet experts say: Maybe! More »
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Davy Jones, Made-for-TV Lead Singer of the...
Reposted from http://buswk.co/yJVw6l on February 29, 2012 at 07:18PM
Davy Jones, the accidental pop-music star who gave voice to songs such as “I’m a Believer’’ and “Pleasant Valley Sunday’’ as lead singer of the made-for- television band the Monkees, has died. He was 66.
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Exclusive: Merlin Reaches Out-of-Court Settlement...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A2pVUN on February 29, 2012 at 05:58PM
Independent rights group Merlin has reached an out-of-court settlement with LimeWire, the P2P file-sharing company that was shut down by a federal court in October 2010 due to a “massive scale of infringement.” The amount of the settlement is not being disclosed, but Merlin CEO Charles Caldas tells Billboard.biz that it is...
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Business Matters: Ticketmaster Debuts iPhone App |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yG9dun on February 29, 2012 at 02:42PM
Ticketmaster released on app for iPhone Tuesday that allows consumers to quickly and easily buy tickets on their Apple mobile device. The goal for Ticketmaster is clearly to allow people to buy tickets wherever they are and on their platform of choice. Also, Pinterest is the next in a long line of social media sites that merits...
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Whitney Houston Becomes First Woman With Three...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yEVhro on February 29, 2012 at 11:38AM
This week, the late Whitney Houston becomes the first woman to place three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart at the same time. In total, for the week ending Feb. 26, Houston’s albums sold 320,000 — up 29% compared to the previous week’s haul.
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The 'Glee' Effect: The Wanted's 'Glad You Came'...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AEh9ma on February 29, 2012 at 10:00AM
The Wanted’s “Glad You Came” blasts into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10= with Greatest Gainer/Digital honors after the “Glee” cast covered the song on last week’s episode of the Fox series. Other highlights: Kelly Clarkson returns to No. 1 on the Hot 100 and fun. flies to the top of Hot...
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Deezer Seeks Funding for Additional Growth: Report...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xBtvK0 on February 29, 2012 at 09:46AM
Deezer, the French music streaming service, is seeking 50 million to 100 million Euros ($67 million to $134 million) and a new international partner according to a report. The company announced plans in November to launch in 130 additional markets.
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WTF Wednesday: Yellow Ostrich Gets Weird With...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wyDvbV on February 29, 2012 at 04:47PM Welcome to another edition of WTF Wednesday, where bands tell us WTF they’re looking at online. This week, we hit up New York band Yellow Ostrich, who, in addition to putting out rad albums like The Mistress and upcoming disc Strange Land, also created an EP based on Morgan Freeman’s Wikipedia page. Needless to say, we had high...
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Bands: Facebook Has Launched Timeline For Pages |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xPTAef on February 29, 2012 at 02:27PM Recently, Facebook deployed its brand-new profile format — Timeline — requiring its users to alter (yet again) how they organize and interact with content on the social networking site. Now, Facebook has rolled out this new format to brand pages as well, which means all you bands who just figured out how to add music to your...
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Universal Lures Top Country Executive From EMI |...
Reposted from http://nyti.ms/yNHIlv on February 29, 2012 at 07:22PM
Mike Dungan has worked with some of country’s top young acts, including Lady Antebellum.
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Artist alleges mural drove aesthetics of music...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wM6MaS on February 29, 2012 at 06:31PM Artist Maya Hayuk of Brooklyn filed a complaint against RCA Records and Sony Music alleging that several aspects of her mural “Sunshine” were incorporated into the music video for “I Only Wanna Give It To You” by Elle Varner.
The Legal Satyricon (full article)
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Grooveshark moves to dismiss for failure to state...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zfUI3o on February 29, 2012 at 07:29PM In the RIAA’s case against Grooveshark, Arista Music v. Escape Media, Grooveshark and several other defendants have moved to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim. Memorandum of law of defendants Escape Media, Samuel Tarantino, and Joshua Greenberg in support of motion to dismiss amended complaint for...
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Oz deal site admits e-book piracy snafu | The...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yUhZiE on February 29, 2012 at 06:15PM Cudo loses kudos Dominant Australian group buying player Cudo has issued a mea culpa for its ill-fated decision to promote a Chinese e-book reader pre-loaded with 4000 pirated books.…
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Download Now and Take...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xq8Lkc on February 29, 2012 at 05:58PM Microsoft officially releases Windows 8 Consumer Preview, giving Windows users a chance to take an early test drive of the forthcoming new edition of the Windows OS for themselves.
Just when Windows users grew comfortable with Windows 7, and the bad memories of Windows Vista were almost forgotten, today Microsoft quietly announced...
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The Various Ways In Which Sony Screwed Toto... |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/y1wRnh on February 29, 2012 at 06:47PM
Looks like Kenny Rogers isn’t the only legacy artist suffering from suspect major label accounting.
February 2012
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Advice for Artists: Customize your Email for Media...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zLAubr on February 29, 2012 at 06:12PM If you use Topspin, chances are you’re pretty familiar with our Email for Media widget. What you might not know about the E4M, however, is that the widget actually possesses some very cool hidden talents. For example, you can turn your widget into an E4M/streaming player hybrid, specify a custom #hashtag to be added to Twitter...
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Adam Lambert Legal Settlement Allows Pre-’American...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xIg4D7 on February 29, 2012 at 06:18PM Adam Lambert has officially put an end to a dispute with Colwel Platinum Entertainment over a deal the singer made before he starred on the eighth season of American Idol.
Hollywood Reporter (full story)
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Musician's Arsenal: Killer Apps, Tools & Sites...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xAqwJN on February 29, 2012 at 01:56PM It’s a big day today, folks, and the office is all a buzz about the exciting new Facebook developments. What Facebook developments, you ask? What!? You haven’t heard??? Timeline has arrived in full force and is now available for brands! Timeline has been received with resistance by some users (but what Facebook update isn’t?), so...
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Facebook rolls out new ads to woo Madison Avenue...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/x1n7Q2 on February 29, 2012 at 03:10PM
Facebook wooed Madison Avenue on Wednesday with new ways for advertisers to connect with its 845 million users.
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Apple market value hits $500 billion and counting...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/A8b5Te on February 29, 2012 at 12:39PM
Apple Inc. is now worth $500 billion — and counting.
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Facebook gives advertisers redesigned 'Timeline'...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/ygWbDI on February 29, 2012 at 11:42AM
It’s about Timeline.
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Microsoft releases Windows 8 Consumer Preview for...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/wrYC5k on February 29, 2012 at 12:01PM
You don’t need to touch Windows 8 on a tablet to recognize that things are very different in the next version of Microsoft’s operating system.
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Pew study: Is the Internet ruining or improving...
Reposted from http://lat.ms/x4KJSi on February 29, 2012 at 09:00AM
Teenagers today are growing up in an unprecedented environment of hyper-inter-connectivity. According to recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project, 95% of teens 12 to 17 are online, 76% use social networking sites and 77% have cellphones.
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Strong growth and recovery for broadcasters in...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/w3CgGp on February 29, 2012 at 10:49AM
February 29, 2012 - 11:00am - March 1, 2012 - 4:00pm
Pandora surpassed an AAS of one million in Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics for January 2012 (in the Domestic Mon-Sun 6a-12m daypart ranker). Meanwhile most broadcasters — led by Clear Channel and its digital...
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In Arista v Escape Media, Grooveshark's employee...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xpaJy6 on February 29, 2012 at 05:23PM In Arista Music v. Escape Media, five of the Grooveshark employees named as defendants in the amended complaint have moved to dismiss, on the ground that they are not subject to jurisdiction in New York. Memorandum of law in support of jurisdiction defendants’ motion to dismiss amended complaint [Note: You may wonder why the...
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If Major Labels Are All About Helping Artists, Why...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A3I51B on February 29, 2012 at 04:46PM
It still really amazes me that anyone takes the major labels or the RIAA seriously when they make claims about how they’re doing what they do to help artists. The labels have a long and detailed track record of screwing over artists at every opportunity. We’re seeing some details around that in some of the recent...
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Who Cares If Piracy Is 'Wrong' If Stopping It Is...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wcMcq1 on February 29, 2012 at 02:42PM
It appears that the same arguments that many of us have been fighting for many, many years are suddenly playing themselves out again in the National Review Online. It started with a really fantastic article by Reihan Salam and Patrick Ruffini arguing that legislating to deal with “piracy” doesn’t work and is the...
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Has The Megaupload Shutdown Been Good For The...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xKzEnO on February 29, 2012 at 12:41PM
One of our most vocal (yet anonymous) critics posted an off-topic comment on a totally unrelated story mocking us for not having covered the story of how Hollywood has been saved (saved!) thanks to the shutdown of Megaupload. Of course, the reason we hadn’t covered the story was because we didn’t know about it. He...
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If Major Labels Are All About Helping Artists, Why...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/A3I51B on February 29, 2012 at 04:46PM
It still really amazes me that anyone takes the major labels or the RIAA seriously when they make claims about how they’re doing what they do to help artists. The labels have a long and detailed track record of screwing over artists at every opportunity. We’re seeing some details around that in some of the recent...
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Who Cares If Piracy Is 'Wrong' If Stopping It Is...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wcMcq1 on February 29, 2012 at 02:42PM
It appears that the same arguments that many of us have been fighting for many, many years are suddenly playing themselves out again in the National Review Online. It started with a really fantastic article by Reihan Salam and Patrick Ruffini arguing that legislating to deal with “piracy” doesn’t work and is the...
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Has The Megaupload Shutdown Been Good For The...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xKzEnO on February 29, 2012 at 12:41PM
One of our most vocal (yet anonymous) critics posted an off-topic comment on a totally unrelated story mocking us for not having covered the story of how Hollywood has been saved (saved!) thanks to the shutdown of Megaupload. Of course, the reason we hadn’t covered the story was because we didn’t know about it. He...
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When Will Music’s Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AgRW4I on February 29, 2012 at 04:54PM
Music’s new wave of unlimited-access services is now supported by most labels, who dearly hope that new subscription payments will make up for slowing download sales. But when will that happen?
Warner Music Group’s new CEO recently even went as far as saying: “You will eventually see those lines cross.”
But that is optimistic in...
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Dear Bands, Stop Treating Spotify Like Netflix |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xcXpKh on February 29, 2012 at 04:49PM This is not Netflix
Subscription music services face a new scourge on their bottom line: “Windowing.” This vaguely creepy term stands for a practice adopted by some artists in an effort to boost album sales. Musicians such as Adele and Coldplay withhold new albums from the likes of Spotify for a period of time after...
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Ten Easy News Items To Post If You’re An Artist |...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zHkJGZ on February 29, 2012 at 04:21PM
Artists are regularly told it’s essential to keep in constant contact with fans. Yet artists can discover that thinking of something new and different to write every day is a struggle. Here are 10 quick and easy ideas to post as Status updates on Facebook or Twitter. 1. A photo from the studio / tour […]
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Facebook Announces Major Band Page Changes &...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zpsMvx on February 29, 2012 at 04:14PM
Facebook today announced major changes that will affect evey musician and marketer who has been been using page apps by RootMusic (Bandpages), ReverbNation, FanBridge and others. On March 31st you will no longer be able to set those apps to serve as your default landing page. Gone - hidden behind a tab - are the email sign-up,...
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Spotify: Staggering music releases (like movies)...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xMt7up on February 29, 2012 at 04:12PM
Hollywood studios have made billions by strictly controlling distribution. Some music acts think it may be profitable to restrict access to their work in a similar way.
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Fix reportedly coming for iOS photo uploading...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zVB7aP on February 29, 2012 at 03:48PM
A loophole within iOS that allows developers to surreptitiously upload users’ photos and location data without their knowledge may soon have a fix. The Verge reported on Tuesday evening that its sources said Apple is aware of the bug and is “likely planning a fix” as part of an upcoming update...
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Flash Block Stops Annoying Web Videos, Makes...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yUx8qf on February 29, 2012 at 01:07PM Extension for Google’s Chrome browser automatically blocks flash content from playing on webpages, making pages load faster and reducing memory usage.
Nothing’s more annoying than flash videos that automatically play when you open a webpage. Sites like ESPN and ABC are among the most egregious, often startling visitors...
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When Will Music's Celestial Jukebox Go Mainstream?...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xG9FbZ on February 29, 2012 at 08:31AM Music’s new wave of unlimited-access services is now supported by most labels, who dearly hope that new subscription payments will make up for slowing download sales. But when will that happen?
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Millions of China's tweeters 'silenced by real...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yeAMry on February 29, 2012 at 02:04PM State’s new web rule will hit popular Sina Weibo Chinese micro-blogging phenomenon Sina Weibo has warned that new government rules mandating the use of real names on social networks could silence at least 40 per cent of the site’s punters.…
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Copyright Kings Are Judge, Jury and Executioner on...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/ybAoot on February 29, 2012 at 01:29PM
On Friday, a YouTube user named eeplox posted a question to the support forums, regarding a copyright complaint on one of his videos. YouTube’s automated Content ID system flagged a video of him foraging a salad in a field, claiming the background music matched a composition licensed by Rumblefish, a music licensing firm in...
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Pandora Competitor Senzari Arrives In Spain With...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/vZp4sQ on February 29, 2012 at 11:33AM Miami-based streaming music startup Senzari, backed by $2 million in angel funding, is continuing its international rollout today with an entrance into its third market since its U.S. launch into private beta last December. Today, the company is announcing that it’s dropping the invite-only status as it moves into Spain, where it...
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Apple Refuses To Sell Book That Links To Amazon...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yFwMeE on February 29, 2012 at 11:19AM Apple may be a big dog in music and movie sales and rentals, but it’s definitely not a big dog in e-books. That’s what makes this note from Seth Godin particularly galling. In a post on PaidContent, Godin writes that Apple has refused to sell his new book Stop Stealing Dreams because it contains links to Amazon in the...
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VEVO Is Now Forcing All Registrations Through...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yjRWgn on February 29, 2012 at 01:59PM
Is this going where I think it’s going? Effective March 9th, VEVO will be forcing all registrations through Facebook, a possible prelude to a bigger relationship between the companies.
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Where Do The Bands At SXSW Come From?...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/AEpeHU on February 29, 2012 at 02:06PM
According to the official count, SXSW 2012 has attracted 500 bands traveling from 45 countries. The team at wireless hi-fi creators Sonos has done the research and created two maps - one global and the other the U.S. - mapping where they cone from. Where Do The Bands At SXSW Come From? Here’s the infographic:
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Whitney to Sony: “I Will Always Owe You” | THE...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/wnuRYF on February 29, 2012 at 01:56PM
When will Whitney’s estate see a royalty check?
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Inside Eric Schmidt's brain: Holodecks, robo-cars...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xnfQgL on February 29, 2012 at 01:06PM Censorship, regulation also on Google kingpin’s mind MWC 2012 Telephony standards supremos at the GSMA love the phrase “connecting the unconnected” – the notion of getting data and voice links out to the masses.…
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B2B Demand Management Still Suffers From The Great...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/zeoNb5 on February 29, 2012 at 12:58PM I have to admit it, last year I predicted that 2011 would be the year B2B marketing leaders get the cooperation from their sales leadership counterparts to align marketing and sales around the new buyer journey, and finally create a single, integrated, end-to-end, brilliantly shining, awe-inspiring, world-hunger solving,...
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Music mogul's widow donates £26m to Oxford...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/yVifKF on February 29, 2012 at 12:46PM Led Zeppelin reunion concert in 2007 led to whole lotta largesse from Mica Ertegun, whose husband co-founded Atlantic Records It was the reunion of all reunions, one which the mighty Led Zeppelin rehearsed for two months to get right. And on Wednesday it emerged that it also laid the unlikely seeds for one of the largest donations...
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Canadian record labels to Canadian Parliament: we...
Reposted from http://bit.ly/xMvpWd on February 29, 2012 at 01:05PM
Michael Geist sez, “The Canadian music industry is scheduled to appear before a Parliamentary committee today with some of the most radical demands to date that would effectively create liability for social networking sites, search engines, blogging platforms, and video sites such as Google, Facebook and Reddit. As if that...