SoundExchange Responds: Billboard, Check Your Math…
Are streaming radio (non-interactive) royalties really in the toilet? Not according to SoundExchange, which is now challenging a report suggesting abysmal artist payouts.
What Happened In Canada Last Year…
Like many of its global peers, Canada is working through its own issues of piracy and cultural preservation. That picture also includes a downturn in recorded music sales.
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 [...]
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 [...]
When ‘All You Need to Know’ Changes Every Day…
Donald Passman is a top music industry lawyer, and his guide, All You Need to Know About the Music Business (Simon & Schuster), has been required reading since the 90s. Part of the reason for the book’s success is simple accessibility – Passman, a Harvard-educated attorney – brings a conversational, wise-cracking approach to an oftentimes heavy and plodding subject matter. [...]
2008 The Year In Review
2008 The Year In Review
by Paul Resnikoff