by Steve Grossman | May 2, 2008 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
James Sullivan has written a summary piece from an industry expert roundtable discussion at Berklee College of Music in Boston.”After opening remarks by Marybeth Peters, the U.S. register of copyrights, on the changing nature of copyright law, the panel waded...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 25, 2008 | Blog, Marketing
Yahoo has made some powerful commitments to the future at the Web 2.0 Expo conference in San Francisco. According to ars technica, “Ari Balogh unveiled “Yahoo Open Strategy,” the company’s umbrella term for a couple of social networking...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 20, 2008 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
Interesting post from musick in the head.
by Steve Grossman | Apr 4, 2008 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
How ’bout this flurry of activity as the music industry desperately tries to hang on as customers continue to demand change:Last.fm offering free streaming of millions(?) of tracks has also just announced that they will also offer streaming simulcasts of CBS...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 3, 2008 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
As far as I can tell from what I read, EMI seems to be the most open minded of the big music labels. Today’s news that they’ve hired former Google CIO Douglas Merrill as president of digital is the latest example. Here’s one of his first quotes: “I’m...
by Steve Grossman | Apr 3, 2008 | Blog, Career, Marketing, The Industry
CNET has the scoop on MySpace’s entrance into the music biz. “The service will roll out gradually over the next three to four months and offer free streaming music, unprotected MP3 downloads, ringtones, and e-commerce offerings such as merchandise and...
