The following table illustrates the plight of the record companies since the inception of the iPod and iTunes in 2001. The $.99 of a song…
With great pleasure, I would like to introduce you to this October 2009 edition of The Music Business Journal. It is tremendously exciting to be…
The digital music revolution started with peer-to-peer file sharing late in 1999 and changed forever the terms of recorded music transactions. Consumers suddenly could enjoy…
By now, you’ve probably played Rock Band, the music based video game in which you and three friends can play and sing along, using instrument…
Anyone that has been following music business trends for the past few years is likely familiar with the high profile direct-to-fan campaigns (those that focus…
Live Nation has put considerable effort behind creative promotions, hoping to stop the decline in attendance figures this year. The company began trading on the…
A review of Steve Knopper’s Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age The record industry has fallen on…
This June, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced it would be pairing with Virgin Media, the U.K. based telecommunications giant, to offer Virgin Broadband subscribers unrestricted…
Shock and grief were expressed by many this June as the world lost one of its most influential pop-stars, Michael Jackson. Jackson transformed the world…
In preparation for a highly anticipated fall 2009 tour, Ticketmaster introduced a paperless ticketing strategy for Miley Cyrus , making it the first exclusively ticket-less…
In a decade of declining record sales, only the most enterprising artists survive. Record sales can be an unreliable source of income, and although touring…
This article addresses the effective use of social media marketing. It presents best practices for leveraging the new technologies, and presents an argument against the…
The world stands at the precipice of a Chinese century. As has appeared increasingly obvious for several years, the United States, recently at the very…
A recent law passed by the French Lower House brings the promise of controversy and the possibility of anti-piracy legislation throughout Europe and the United…