The backs of business models supporting online music sites like Pandora and AccuRadio were able to straighten up as royalty payments to SoundExchange were agreed upon by artists and labels after 2-years of dark cloud debate. There’s still the 30-day period during which webcasters can opt-to-adopt the new deal or either resort to the Copyright [...]
Put whatever corporate Natta-isms you want on the message (“to transform and refine our international growth strategy”), cutting 66% of its international staff and closing four of its international offices means that MySpace has to finally confront its inability to be a leader in social networking and not skirt the issue by placing blame on [...]
Move over Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, EMI and Sony Music Entertainment. If you are making it tough for indie artists to get exposure in the charts, there’s a new sandbox for them to play in.
Two new charts will launch this month geared toward rising artists affiliated with indie labels. Indie labels in England [...]