RMLC report new licensing deal with BMI
The Radio Music License Committee has reported that they have agreed, in principle, for a new industry wide license.
TV and radio pioneer, Dick Clark, dead at 82
Dick Clark, the legendary TV producer and host, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He had suffered a stroke in 2004 and had struggled with the effects ever since.
Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall amps, dies at 88
Jim Marshall, the man behind "The" amplifier - the weapon of choice for guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend of The Who, and Eric Clapton - died Thursday at the age of 88.
Apple introduces Mastered for iTunes
Apple has quietly launched Mastered for iTunes, a push to deliver music “exactly as the artists and sound engineers intend it to be heard”, though the company maintains that iTunes Plus 256kbps AAC files are still sufficient rather than lossless. …
What did SOPA Blackout accomplish?
In an unprecedented display of Internet force, thousands of websites went dark or censored themselves Wednesday to protest twin antipiracy measures pending in Congress.
SOPA dead, PIPA still breathing
In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill.
Digital music sales top physical sales
For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music. According to a Nielsen and Billboard report, digital music purchases accounted for 50.3% of music sales in 2011.
Unsigned Alex Day sells over 50k in a week
YouTube video blogger and singer/songwriter Alex Day has sold 52,881 units of his song Forever Yours in the last week - enough to bag the No.4 spot on tonight's Official Christmas Singles Chart.
ICE return seized domain a year later.
Just over a year ago, Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized dozens of domain names as part of Operation in Our Sites. The lawyer for one of them, music blog Dajaz1, has been furiously trying to find out about the site’s case and now, after a year of smoke, mirrors and stonewalling, the Feds have done the previously unthinkable – they’ve given the domain back.
Piracy rate declining as legal options flourish
Although as many as 70% of 18–29 year olds in the United States confess having pirated music or videos online, only 1–2 percent of them do it on a significant scale, according to the results of a survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International.
Universal, Sony/ATV to buy EMI for $4.1 billion
Universal Music Group said Friday that it has agreed to buy the recording division of EMI for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion).
EMI to be split and sold for estimated $3.5B
The NY Post reports that Citigroup is close to the sale of record company EMI. The deal reportedly splits the company in to, with recording artists going into one, and it's publishing arm sold separately in a deal estimated between $3.3 to $3.5 billion.
SideOneDummy corrals indies for free music site
For the last 2½ years, Bill Armstrong, co-founder of local rock label SideOneDummy Records, has been working on a side project. His vision was to create a website for independent labels to give away free music.
When will subscription music pay off for artists?
At L.A.’s Digital Music Forum last week, Anu Kirk, a product lead at digital music service MOG, shared some bad news for musicians adapting to the current state of the music industry: “It sucks,” he said. “It sucks that right now …
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