This post is part of a series that analyzes Apple's Complete My Album offering. 1. Apple Pimps The Single 2. Complete My Album Is Incomplete 3. Complete My Album Is For Singles 4. Complete My...
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This post is part of a series that analyzes Apple's Complete My Album offering. 1. Apple Pimps The Single 2. Complete My Album Is Incomplete 3. Complete My Album Is For Singles 4. Complete My...
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This post is part of a series that analyzes Apple's Complete My Album offering. 1. Apple Pimps The Single 2. Complete My Album Is Incomplete 3. Complete My Album Is For Singles 4. Complete My...
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This post starts a series that analyzes Apple's Complete My Album offering. 1. Apple Pimps The Single 2. Complete My Album Is Incomplete 3. Complete My Album Is For Singles 4. Complete My...
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The rise of the single is one of the pillars of the digital transformation of the music industry. Last year a landmark point was reached - more singles were sold than albums. That presents a painful...
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Fun Friday brings free downloads for our readers. The band Harvey Danger cordially requests your presence to download its latest album free and asks you to share it with your friends. Technologist...
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A band's MUSIC should not be a brand. With that clarification, I refer readers to Bob Lefsetz's commentary below. A band's BUSINESS however better be a brand. The corporate manager and...
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Suretone Records, a Universal Music Group label, will distribute videos of top and new artists on the P2P file sharing networks. The files will not be secured and can be freely and legally downloaded...
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Over half the 25 best selling CDs on Amazon.com are under $10. Credit Apple. iTunes' $9.99 album pricing is driving major retailers to be competitive in a weak market. An anonymous record exec...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Marketing
by Marc on February 13, 2007
... Or you can't keep a good dinosaur down. It's bad enough that AT&T continues to resurrect itself and pull itself back together like frankenstein. They also keep bringing back the same...
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Filed in archive Artists
, Marketing
by Marc on January 29, 2007
MySpace rocketed on the ability of its almost 100 million members to post music and video. It's long been a haven for artists to find new fans. But are you getting the most out of it? Anne...
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Filed in archive Marketing
, Stats
by Marc on January 23, 2007
Online video gets real in 2007 and breaks the billion dollar level. According to Strategy Analytics, online TV, movie, and other video sales will grow from $300 million in 2006 to $1.5 billion in...
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In an amusing turnabout, fans are billing Universal Studios for their marketing effort. Universal released the movie Serenity, which was based on the TV show firefly. So Universal's marketing arm...
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Filed in archive Companies
, Marketing
by Marc on September 22, 2006
Warner Music Group will license its music to YouTube for distribution as part of user-posted videos. The deal will take the form of sharing advertising revenues. Under the agreement YouTube will...
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Startup Spiral Frog has announced a deal with Universal Music to distribute ad-supported music. Terms were not announced. Files would be distributed in protected WMA format and so not be compatible...
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South Korean P2P service Soribada was forced to close its free P2P service. It re-opened as an authorized subscription service in July with signed contracts with 350 music rights holders. At its peak...
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"The New Tastemakers" from the New York Times isn't new. Peer recommendations started with the rise of the Internet over ten years ago with various music recommendation and playlist...
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John Dvorak isn't "Missing the point about YouTube." It's still a big fat Kiss, that's "Keep It Simple, Stupid". He makes a great point that while people focus on the...
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Filed in archive Artists
, Marketing
by Marc on July 18, 2006
Prince may be cutting back, but other artists are stepping up. Singer, musician, and songwriter Paul Korda has taken a smart hop on the viral video train with a YouTube video of his hit "Pirates...
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