digital media
Bronfman’s Epiphany an Insult
Last week digg had an article entitled “Warner Music chief has epiphany, praises Apple”, which linked to this story on AppleInsider which “borrowed” from this MacUser article. My oh my what have the apple fanboys brought us now?
In the article(s), Bronfman Jr. is quoted as saying:
“We used to fool ourselves,’ he said. “We used to [...]
’nuff said
Easiest Way to Find Free Music
Ok, another stumble I fell in love with. MP3Salad is a site that uses the Google API to search for MP3s on the web. Super easy and extremely functional, plus I discovered DJ Cham.
The Jobs Effect
People have been hating on DRM ever since its inception. Consumer groups have railed, boycotts have been held, but still you hear from industry heavyweights like Ted Cohen:
“The DRM makes the business model possible,” he said. “Without DRM, you can’t have the business models and give people choices.”
But ever since The Great Steve Jobs [...]
The Thriving Side of the Music Industry
Fast Company’s February issue has a great article on a quiet little company called Musictoday. Little may be kind of a misnomer because they help more than 700 artists connect with and monetize their fanbase. They provide end to end services for artists, including building their web presence, managing their fan club, and marketing their [...]
Study: P2P effect on legal music sales “not statistically distinguishable from zero”
Yes, another study proving what people (smart, respected industry folks at that) have been screaming at the music industry for years now:
A new study in the Journal of Political Economy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale of music, contrary to [...]
CNN+Reuters+NPD = misinformation
That is actually a generous noun, maybe it should be CNN+Reuters+NPD = RIAA propoganda. CNN.com published a Reuters story titled Illegal downloads grow despite lawsuits with the slug underneath reading “The music industry has started winning lawsuits in the last few years, but the number people downloading illegal music continues to slowly increase.”
Ahem. BULLSHIT! To [...]
Steve Jobs vs MR
So I just read Steve Jobs’ open letter on DRM and the iTunes store and I was just beginning to craft a response to post here. Then I got my Michael’s Minute email and found that MR had beat me to most of the points I was going to make. Of course, when reading these [...]
Music Industry Wakes Up? Or Not…
From Reuters with my comments:
With global music sales down for a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop digital sales against competition from the dreaded F word — free.Global sales are expected to be down again for 2006 despite digital sales almost [...]
RIAA Mafiaa at it Again.. DJ Drama ARRESTED for Making MIXTAPES
From the NYTimes:
In the world of hip-hop few music executives have more influence than DJ Drama. His “Gangsta Grillz†compilations have helped define this decade’s Southern rap explosion. He has been instrumental in the careers of rappers like Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. He appears on the cover of the March issue of the hip-hop [...]
