Record Labels

Spotify Gets New Apps

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Domino, Spotify Apps, New Spotify Apps, Streaming Music, Def Jam App, Def Jam, Spotify, Matador, Online Music, Download Spotify Apps, Video, Record Labels, Spotify Player Apps, Spotify App Player, Slidepollajax, Streaming Music Players, Technology News

Spotify is continuing its push to become a robust music platform, not just a music player. The company has announced a big batch of new apps that will...

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Zach Carter

ERROR 404: Congress Wants To Break The Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Google, Trial Lawyers, John Conyers, Internet, Video, Piracy, Lamar Smith, Record Labels, Copyright, Internet Censorship, Mpaa, Protect IP, Sopa, Pharma, Hollywood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans joined together to voice support for legislation that would ...

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Red Bull Records Scores with Artist Development

Tamara Conniff | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Record Labels, Music Business, Los Angeles, Red Bull Music, Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull LA, Dietrich Mateschitz Music, Red Bull Records, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

Red Bull Records has stayed under the radar, silent under the umbrella of the massive beverage company, putting the artists first, and doing something very old school -- artist development.

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Apple iCloud -- Amnesty for Music Pirates?

David Kusek | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Itunes, Apple, Record Labels, Model, Record Business, Music Industry, Water, Icloud, Future, Music, Business, Utility, Arts News
David Kusek

For slightly more than $2 a month, everybody will soon have access to all the music they can find, steal, share, rip, produce, morph or buy using iTunes Match. Is this amnesty for all the music pirates? I hope so.

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Why The Major Labels Might Be Right This Time

Jeff Pollack | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Artists, Record Labels, Music, Music Subscription, The Cloud, Illegal Downloads, Google, On Demand, Spotify, Limewire, Amazon, Npr, Apple, Music Sales, Limewire Settlement, Riaa, John McCrea, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

If you're one of those that feels that major labels are the root of all evil, you may want to skip this post altogether because this time I'm sticking...

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Musicians May Be Owed BILLIONS In Unpaid Royalties

David Kusek | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Money, Licensing, Legal, Music, Business, Itunes, Apple, License, Artist, Label, Accounting, Kusek, Eminem, Asymco, Royalties, Record Labels, Detroit, Universal Music Group, US Supreme Court, Interscope Records, Arts News
David Kusek

If you are a recording artist or a manager and have been distributing music on iTunes under a deal with one of the big record labels, pay attention. ...

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Debating the Future of the Music Biz: Big Bang Forum Stirs it Up

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Itunes, Music Industry, Record Labels, Streaming Music, Iphone, Ipod, Ipad Adoption Rates, Ipad, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

This is not a signal of the death of the music industry, but proof that there is a vast market out there full of consumers willing to spend money.

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Music in Free Fall

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isle of Wight, File Sharing, Record Labels, Music, Music Downloading, Digital Downloads, Eminem, Music Industry, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

I was watching the Isle of Wight documentary from 1970 when I realized that the emergence of Napster was in fact nothing new, but rather the latest skirmish in the battle for putting a price on music.

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Time for the Boulez Blimp?

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Itzhak Perlman, Pierre Boulez, Gil Shaham, Colorado Balloon, Balloon Boy, Classical Music, Record Labels, New York News
Albert Imperato

In the post-O.J. media age, the bar has been raised and us classical music promoters are going to have to jump a bit higher to get people's attention. Boluez Blimps. DiDonato Dirigibles.

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Apple Joins Forces With Record Labels

Financial Times | Matthew Garrahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Music, Digital Music Sales, Itunes, Apple Music, Record Labels, Apple, Apple iTunes, Media News

Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and othe...

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On My Mind: The State of the Music Business

John Mellencamp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Record Companies, Mellencamp Music Industry, Record Labels, Music Business, Music Industry, John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Entertainment Business, Musicians, Music, Entertainment News
John Mellencamp

Had the music industry not been decimated by a lack of vision caused by corporate bean counters obsessed with the bottom line, musicians could still create music rather than having to market it as well.

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Making Music Green

Cliff Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CD Packaging, Pop Music, Record Labels, Ipod, Music Industry, Music Promotion, Radio Stations, Cds, Major Labels, Music, Green News
Cliff Hunt

In Canada all four major labels have exclusively switched to digital distribution for promotional releases, preventing the manufacture and shipping of millions of ecologically harmful CDs.

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