RIP MySpace Records
According to various sources (digital music news and hits daily double) Myspace Records also had some job cuts yesterday, with the head of the label basically leaving to join Disney records (god really?). Read the rest of this entry »
Major Layoffs have begun at a NYC label. And there are some big numbers being cut. Read the rest of this entry »
In a trend exactly the opposite of what was dominant in the 90s ( you know, get a hot girl, put her in a tube top, score a number 1) Susan Boyle reigns supreme yet again. Yowza.
This also proves my dissertation work on who buys music : Old people
Mr. Mariah Carey (Oil comes for free)
In a questionable move,the CBS owned radio station WXRK 92.3 NOW in NY has hired….. Nick Cannon because…. he is in tune with todays youth.
“No one is more in tune with our young adult listeners than Nick. The addition of such a well-known and respected star will further resonate with and excite our entertainment-savvy listeners,” said PD and CBS Radio VP of CHR Programming Dom Theordore. “His passion and energy for both music and radio are undeniable and we can’t wait to have him join our immensely talented crew at 92.3.”
Wha? He’s a respected star?
This has to be a deliberate move to kill off a radio station.
From Hits Daily Double:
Independent bands and musicians who sold their music through imeem’s embedded Snocap music storefronts won’t be paid what they’re owed even after MySpace Music’s acquisition of the site, which includes “certain assets,” but not its liability to more than 110k artists, according to Wired.com. Those contracts mandate they be paid each month if they’re owed more than $20. Some of them have been owed for more than a year, but the chance of them seeing any money is zero.
May 28
I just checked out a documentary called Rip: A remix manifesto about the music industry and music culture as it is today. It really focused a lot on Girl Talk, a mashup artist and the bullshit laws he is encountering with the Music industry.
Although I am not sold on the whole long tail, it’s something you guys should check out. All 1 of you who is reading this.
http://www.ripremix.com
