The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents record labels worldwide, just released its Digital Music Report 2009. It is available for free at…
At the annual Macworld conference last month, Apple announced multiple major changes to its iTunes music store. For music lovers, the most notable of these…
The current state of our country’s economy is frightening. With the recent $85 billion federal bailout of AIG, the unstableness of the stock market, and…
When the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was signed into law in October 1998, the bill included two important provisions: one surrounding Digital Rights Management (DRM),…
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.…
On July 1st of this year the United States Copyright office, a division of the Library of Congress, introduced two new forms to be used…
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.…