Wednesday Bits & Pieces… Google Music, MTV Twitter Jockey, Limewire & OK Go
Chatter is starting about a possible Google Music Store launch as early as this fall – if true could Apple be far behind… MTV has launched a campaign to find its own official Twitter Jockey… Reports...
View ArticleWednesday Bits & Pieces: WMG + MTV, eMusic Working on Cloud Service,...
Warner Music Group announced today its new partnership with MTV Networks, in which MTV will sell ads against the music group’s video content. The arrangement replaces a previous partnership between...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Vevo – MTV Standoff Continues, Imeem & MOG Founders on...
News, commentary and opinions in the tech + music arena were particularly plentiful this week, with many of the current players making headlines… Vevo and MTV are still at an impasse for a deal that...
View ArticleWednesday Bits & Pieces: LimeWire No More, Apple + Spotify + Google = ??? &...
Yesterday LimeWire software was dealt a blow in the form of a permanent injunction from a U.S. District Judge issued to parent company Lime Group, essentially killing the software that once was found...
View ArticleWednesday Bits & Pieces: Tip of the UMG Change-Over, Yahoo Music Head...
The departure of longtime Universal Music Group vice chairman and CFO Nick Henny was announced this week, the first high-level executive to exit under new UMG ruler Lucian Grainge. Seen as only the tip...
View ArticleWednesday Bits & Pieces: BMG Buys Chrysalis, Myspace on the Block & more…
Heading out of the holiday weekend, industry chatter continues over the acquisition of Chrysalis by BMG Rights Management. One of the world’s largest independent publishers, Chrysalis publicly...
View ArticleWednesday Bits & Pieces: Google’s War Chest is Key to Music Service, mSpot...
In case anyone had forgotten about Google‘s plans to unleash a music service, a reminder comes in the form of new reports that the company is still in the process of negotiating with the labels for a...
View ArticleTuesday Bits & Pieces: BMG Eyeing EMI’s Recorded Music, Mobile Music Muves &...
A curveball was thrown in the speculation surrounding the fate of EMI yesterday, with the revelation from BMG Rights Management CEO Hartwig Masuch in an interview with Music Week, that the JV is more...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Morris Move to Sony Music Top Spot Confirmed, Warner Music...
The big news this morning from within the big four music groups (soon to be three?), is the confirmation that outgoing Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris will indeed take over the reigns as new...
View ArticleTake Notice: of Verona
L.A.-based of Verona have recently been drawing praise from both critics and artists alike, with comparisons to acts like Florence and the Machine, and landing on ‘bands to watch in 2011′ lists,...
View ArticleDigital Round Up: More Spotify, Rhapsody + Napster, Rdio goes free & more…
There seems to be quite a bit of optimism lately in the realm of digital music and what the future holds for subscription services. So far 2011′s album sales are already up from the previous year, with...
View ArticleRound Up: Grooveshark bites itself, Spotify announces apps, major label moves...
Catching up after a turkey hangover, some of what’s happening around the biz… Things are looking messy for Grooveshark, who is facing aggressive legal action from Universal Music Group, with the...
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