Universal Sales Increase Outperforms Industry by 400%
Something I left out of yesterday’s video discussion: "Universal’s new move is the second time in 16 months that Mr....
Universal to Cable/Internet: Pay us for Videos
Here’s an interesting new development from mega-label Universal, via today’s NYT: "Universal Music Group of Vivendi...
Radio Execs Fear the iPod
Back on Janaury 15th, we discussed that the iPod shuffle = new radio. I just discovered this interview with Emmis Communications CEO....
The ShufflePlay Game
Last week, we discussed how the iPod Shuffle was the new radio. Its a straight forward thesis, hard to argue against. Have a gander at a...
Your Music Dot Com
.. Since I give the music industry such a hard time when they screw things up (which is most of the time), let me point out when they do...
iPod shuffle = new radio ?
I’ve been thinking about the iPod Shuffle since its introduction this week. The early critique of the newest Pod is its lack of a...
US versus UK CD sales
The 2004 numbers are now out for CD sales in the U.S., and they are rather interesting: U.S. CD sales rose by 2.3% in 2004; It was the...
EW names Grey Album the Record of the Year
Grey Album named Record of the Year Whether you like the idea of Mash ups (See also the Beastles, as well as Hip Hopera) or not, this is...
U.S. Album Sales Slightly Positive for 2004
Nielsen SoundScan reported that, as of last Sunday, unit sales reached 665.5 million for 2004. That represents a modest 1.4% increase...
DVDs continue to cannibalize CDs
OK, my last rant for the year about the music industry: Yesterday, we discussed the attempts to wring more dollars out of smaller...