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Wired
December 18, 2007
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David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience.   |
Salon.com
December 2, 1999
Emily Vander Veer |
Singing the MP3 blues Indie musicians find online music distributors every bit as greedy as the recording industry they aim to replace. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
Salon.com
April 23, 2002
Damien Cave |
Musician to Napster judge: Let my music go A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free... |
Salon.com
August 28, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Four little words How the record industry used a tiny legislative amendment to try to steal recording copyrights from artists -- forever. |
Wired
September 2006
Jeff Howe |
No Suit Required Terry McBride has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of the fans and the bands, and the business will take care of itself. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Anthony York |
Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California legislature... |
Reason
October 2000
Jesse Walker |
Music for Nothing Why Napster isn't the end of the world. Or even the music industry... |
Fast Company
April 2006
Alyssa Danigelis |
Fast Talk: Sounds of the Future Digital music is a many-splendored thing - and it's more than just the iPod. Everyone from major labels to individual artists is experimenting. What's next - and why is Madonna sure to be a part of it? |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Technical foul MP3.com goes to court with a tricky defense, alleging that Universal doesn't own the music it markets. |
Salon.com
March 26, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Web radio's last stand A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations... |
Wired
November 2004
Hilary Rosen |
How I Learned to Love Larry She was the champion of the music industry. He was the voice of the people. It was a deathmatch made in heaven, but they found common ground... Done right, copyrights can inspire the next digital revolution... |
Salon.com
August 1, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The great MP3 love fest Has the press given Napster a free ride? |
Fast Company
July 2010
Michael Fitzgerald |
How Warner Music and Its Musicians Are Combating Declining Album Sales Up-and-coming bands like Shinedown are helping Warner Music Group pull off the hardest trick in the music biz: redefining the record label for the digital age. |
Macworld
August 2000
Christopher Breen |
Steal This Song Will Napster Change The Way we Buy--or--Don't Buy Music Forever? |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Record Label More than ever, smaller record labels are wielding serious clout in the music industry. Here are some tips to success in this industry. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Anne Marie Borrego |
Upstarts: MP3 Tunes on the Web. The way we listen to music is about to change. Again. But as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away Warner Music Group is part of an archaic industry that has been suffering in recent years. Is it time to get rid of this stock? |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Salon Technology Staff |
Showbiz reacts to Napster ruling As Napster fought an injunction that would shut down the MP3 file-swapping service Friday night, the stunned players on both sides of the issue sharpened their spins. |
Salon.com
November 30, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Whoring for downloads Desperate for attention, aspiring musicians will stop at nothing to get fans to listen to their online tunes. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
How Converse Supports Musicians Without The Brand-Sponsor Ick Factor Fast Company talked to Converse CMO Geoff Cotrill about the ideas behind Rubber Tracks, and why it benefits the brand to work with unknown artists. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The RIAA's Win Is Yet Another Loss Another courtroom "victory" makes the music suits even more like Kobe Bryant. |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Scott Rosenberg |
But isn't it against the law? How Napster turns otherwise upstanding citizens into recidivist outlaws -- and what the music industry can do to save itself. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Nick Gillespie |
Cutting Out the Middlemen It's easier than ever for artists to reach audiences directly. But is that always a good thing? |
Salon.com
June 1, 2001
Janelle Brown |
The music revolution will not be digitized The dust is clearing from the online entertainment wars. Who won? The record labels. Who lost? Consumers... |
Home Theater
June 9, 2008 |
Major Label Expands to Survive The Universal Music Group will now manage classical artists and book concerts, moving into territory previously off-limits to most record labels. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Heather Green |
Kissing Off the Big Music Labels Team Love, an indie record label, has a new approach to selling its CDs: Give away free downloads. If that sounds naive, think again. |
Salon.com
July 30, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
Sour notes The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Jon Fine |
Leaving Record Labels Behind Musicians are looking for an alternative. Their managers may be the answer. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Tekla S. Perry |
Imagine There's No DRM... I Wonder if You Can Even rock stars rejoice when a major record company takes the locks off digital music. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Anders Bylund |
An Interview With R.E.M. Manager Bertis Downs An interview with this 28-year industry veteran about changes in the music and entertainment industry. |
Salon.com
February 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
The Napster parasites Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download... |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Radiohead's Sonic Boom Radiohead will allow its fans to pay whatever they like for its newest album, available on the Web, giving fans the opportunity to cut out the middleman and deal directly with their favorite bands. Is this the future of music? |
Home Theater
March 6, 2008 |
Musicians Demand Copyright Cash Little of the millions of dollars in settlements major record labels have collected in copyright-infringement suits has been shared with recording artists. |
AskMen.com
Kyle Grace |
Top 10: Comeback Albums All of these top 10 comeback albums helped to not only pull careers out of the toilet, but also remind fans of what the fuss was all about in the first place. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Music Industry's Downward Spiral Another musician has gone from turntables to turning the tables on the music industry. Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor announces that the band has liberated itself from record labels. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Is Internet Radio Dying? The days of independent radio on the Net could be numbered, say some experts. A recently established royalty fee payable to record companies may price many small content providers out of the market, leaving some with no choice but to shut down. |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Amy Reiter |
A conversation with John Hiatt The music industry needs a triple bypass, he says, and the Web's performing the surgery. Straight talk from the veteran musician, whose new album will be released this week both online and in stores. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
RIAA tries to shut down Napster By moving for an injunction against the file-swapping service, the recording industry shows just how little it gets the Net. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Putting Pandora Back in the Box Who wins when you kill the innovators? |
InternetNews
December 4, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
MySpace The Music (Video) Exchange MySpace today announced the launch of a new music program that will deliver exclusive videos of performances by popular recording artists. |
Wired
February 2003
Charles C. Mann |
The Year The Music Dies Record labels are under attack from all sides -- file sharers and performers, even equipment manufacturers and good old-fashioned customers -- and it's killing them. A moment of silence, please. |
Fast Company
Elizabeth Segran |
What If You Got Paid For Everything You Post On Social Networks? Artists have been struggling to make money as long as art has been existed, but it's been a particularly tough task in the Internet era. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Record companies: Save us from ourselves! With payola up but profits down, labels are wondering if paying $100 million to middlemen "fixers" is still a swell business idea... |
PC World
July 29, 2002
Stuart J. Johnston |
Web Radio Fights for Survival Webcasters rally against royalty ruling they say will yank many off the Net. |
Wired
March 2004
Lawrence Lessig |
Some Like It Hot OK, P2P is "piracy." But so was the birth of Hollywood, radio, cable TV, and (yes) the music industry. |
AskMen.com
Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part II Advise on getting a record deal and becoming a professional recording artist. Learn about marketing, distribution, legal representation, management, and most importantly, record labels. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
