Yahoo has just refreshed its Music Pages service with bunch of new band-configurable widgets that sort of turn it into the MySpace of the Music Industry: an interesting move, considering how many bands use MySpace for self-promotion ...READ»
As a young prince, Jeffrey Katzenberg made billions for the Magic Kingdom, but his ambition got him banished. Now the CEO of DreamWorks Animation has a (smaller) kingdom of his own -- and every intention of living happily ever after.READ»
Early this afternoon, Peter Fader, a marketing professor at Wharton, stopped by Fast Company's offices to visit. We sat down for coffee and conversation, exploring Fader's work in predictive and explanatory models for electronic ...READ»
WALL E. Have you seen it? What did you think? I loved it.
I want to discuss WALL E, the latest release from Pixar, not because of the quality of the movie, but because of the Pixar story, and what it has to say about self ...READ»
Viacom is treating YouTube like a copyright infringer, but there's an easy win-win scenario: advertising barter and a per-subscriber fee. All Viacom needs to do is to think of YouTube as just another ad-supported distribution ...READ»
Artists Hall of Fame :Brian Scott
Co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Blue Man Group
Appearance: Lead vocals and guitar on The Arm's "Bucket"
CD: 'Digital Mystery Tour: Side One,' Track 1Bill Champlin
Lead singer of ...READ»
Good news for music downloaders: A recent study shows that Internet music piracy not only does NOT hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. That's good news for file swappers of all stripes.
In a ...READ»
As the music biz starts tossing out jewel cases by the busload as they try to jump on the green bandwagon, a Canadian enterprise is also looking to clean up the music industry. Yangaroo, a Toronto-based venture, is innovating the ...READ»
According to indie rocker Jill Sobule, there's only one thing record labels are still good for and that’s financing albums. Everyone is preoccupied over which music-distribution model will win out, but the fallout of the Internet's ...READ»
Here's one you probably weren't expecting: There's a rumor Google's poised to leap into yet another business sector--music. Actually, given Google's expansionist habits it's probably not a surprise. But it is confusing.
The rumor's ...READ»
Lia Vollack, Sony's soundtrack guru, is the shrewdest music executive in Hollywood. In the past five years, in the face of a little glitch called the Failure of the Music Industry -- the 40% drop in CD sales since 2000 -- Vollack's power has grown immensely. Why? Because soundtracks -- often purchased as a keepsake of a movie -- reliably sell CDs. Can the record labels keep her happy long enough to hold onto their last cash cow?READ»
Napster, the original file-sharing site that set the digital music world into a tailspin, is making yet another phoenix-like return to life from the ashes of its former self. This time it's as a music streaming site, and it's got Best ...READ»
Earlier this week we designated Hara as one of our 10 green startups to watch, and now the company has hit it big with a deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The environmental and energy management software startup was chosen by ...READ»
Sirius XM [SIRI] is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday, due to a $175 million debt maturing this weekend that the company can't pay. If satellite radio as we knew it disappeared, would it really matter?
Granted, ...READ»
Perhaps the greatest business blunder of the Internet Age is the AOL Time Warner merger. Today's New York Post reports, as we first noted yesterday, that AOL may be dropped from the media company's official corporate name.
This is ...READ»
Prestigious Awards:The Grammy Awards - National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
Official Ballot Entry for Best Recording Package (2004)
Bonnie Whitmore - Picking Up PiecesThe Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll
Recording of the ...READ»
A survey conducted in Norway found that music consumers who regularly download illegally pirated music tracks are also the largest purchasers of legitimate digital music files, by a factor of 10 over non-pirates. So, you have to ...READ»
Is the record industry finally getting the message? CNN reports Vivendi unit Universal Records is slashing prices on its CDs in an effort to lure consumers back into record stores and away the nether worlds of file ...READ»
Read some testimonials:Alphajerk
Jonee Angel: "Your work surpasses all expectations. It rocks. Worth all the time and energy. Awesome."Overnite
Chris Gillis: "This has been such a great opportunity for us. We'll
always appreciate ...READ»
Piracy and copyright issues are still troubling the world, and recent news about the RIAA, and the European Union's copyright laws highlight this fact. The RIAA is reportedly still suing people when it said it wouldn't, and in ...READ»
Selection of testimonials:D.U.I.
Mark Jachimczuk: "You both have done an amazing job. I really cannot thank you enough for everything. Bless you both."
Adam Balawender: "Thanks for everything you do. You continue to open up the ...READ»
Update: The Weinstein Company reportedly had layoffs today. The death of the late, great Miramax means more than just the death of arthouse film. It's the death of a quirky, individual spirit crushed by the over-commercialized mainstream. READ»
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