A&E Television Networks and Extreme Music CREATE “Scoreganics Production Music”
A&E Television Networks, LLC (AETN), the global media content company owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, Hearst Corporation and NBC Universal, announced a unique creative collaboration with Extreme Music, the worldwide production music unit of Sony/ATV Music Publishing resulting in Scoreganics Production Music, a new production music library. The announcement was made jointly by Russell Emanuel and Dolph Taylor, co-CEOs of [...]
Already? New MGMT Album Now Leaking…
What is the modern ‘release date,’ anyway? Most albums slip before their ‘official’ street dates, leaving the big, bad internet to determine the real launch point. And, in that spirit, the latest MGMT album is now widely available across the internet, according to information unearthed Sunday by data partner BigChampagne. The album, Congratulations, first started circulating online over the weekend, [...]
Exclusive: Can DIY Be Taught? Berklee Thinks So…
Can the art of DIY be taught? Berklee College of Music in Boston is now preparing to offer a certificate program in direct-to-fan music marketing, according to details tipped to Digital Music News. The ‘Direct-To-Fan Certificate Program’ is three-course, online meal that starts April 5th on Berkleemusic.com.
IFPI: Labels Investing $5 Billion Annually on Artists…
Are labels – especially major labels – critical financiers of musical creativity? That is a tough thesis to defend these days, especially against a backdrop of surging music supply and consumption among unsigned artists. But record labels have played a major filtering and financing role in the past, and their pocketbooks have created some of the biggest superstars of modern [...]