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Scarcity, Theft, and Evolution in a Digital World Obsolescence of Reality The dawning of the information age has heralded a revolution in consumer power. Producers…
In the past, philanthropy was often a matter of simply giving money away. Charity was seen as a privilege and was frequently limited to a…
So you’re the business manager of folk-bluegrass group Apples and Oranges. The band’s catchy new single “Pickin’ Two” just aired in an episode of Weeds.…
As a child of the nineties, I could imagine nothing more exciting than one day seeing my name at the top of the Billboard 200.…
It is now often argued that the future of music lies in live music. The decline of the record business, the old cash cow of…
Coming out of the shadows of Western Santa Monica, California is small company looking to revolutionize the digital market for artists. Topspin Media is set…
In the last decade FM radio has declined dramatically, creating a void that promoters, producers, and artists struggled to fill. That is until the inception…
The symbol of the secondary ticket market is that umbrageous character standing outside Gillette stadium in a dark overcoat offering tickets for a less-then-modest profit.…
In the middle of October, courtesy of The MBJ, I traveled to New York City for a special event, the 2008 Media and Money Conference.…
In the music industry, there is a fine line between artistry and a solid business sense. In order to preserve artistry in today’s industry, a…
Meet the new statutory mechanical rate, same as the old statutory rate. The United States Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set rates for compulsory mechanical…
The current financial crisis is proving to make credit markets very scarce throughout the United States. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find loans to…
Best Buy is, of course, well known as a music retailer. In an era when major chains of record stores are a thing of the…