Judge Sides With Google In $1 Billion Viacom Suit…
Is YouTube ripping off Viacom – and the broader media industry, for that matter? Not according to US District judge Louis Stanton, who quickly dismissed Viacom’s billion-dollar lawsuit in summary judgement Wednesday afternoon.
Yes, Google Is Readying a Major Music Launch. No, It Won’t Kill iTunes..
Yes, Google is preparing a serious cloud-focused music launch, though most are skipping past the inevitable ‘iTunes killer’ descriptions. Last month, Google indicated that its recently-acquired Simplify Media would power access to a music collection from anywhere, though not through a typical cloud structure. Instead, Google will remotely access a home collection without creating duplicate song copies, a critical differentiator [...]
Apple + Lala, Meet Google + Simplify Media…
Regardless of whether Android is bigger than the iPhone, Google’s OS is clearly a mobile platform to be reckoned with. At Google I/O in San Francisco on Thursday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt noted that 100,000 Android phones are getting activated daily, up from 60,000 in April. Suddenly, the race for the music cloud is getting a bit more more interesting.
Fanning the flames of innovation: New Fan Management Tools & Companies
This is the first interview in a series focussed on fan management. On one end of the spectrum there are companies offering basic CRM services and at the other end there are increasing numbers of companies claiming to be a full-service digital label. Through the series of CEO interviews, I hope to provide some insights into the new ways that [...]