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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day old• Mitch Wolk was promoted to president of Alternative Distribution Alliance, Warner Music Group's indie label distributor. Former president Andy Allen has been named chairman of independent music for WMG. The album's title, Video Games Live: Volume One, implies other may follow.
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Indie Label To Dive Into Tip Jar Model
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:48 pm, Over one day oldLike Girl Talk's previous album, this one may run into retailers unwilling to sell it because the 300 samples have not been cleared with publishers (nothing like media attention to stay under the radar...and there are some very recognizable samples on the album).
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Long Tail Authors Respond
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:48 pm, Over one day oldAnita Elberse, the Harvard Business School professor who recently wrote an article -- "Should You Invest in the Long Tail?" -- that questioned some of the assertions in Chris Anderson's "The Long Tail," has posted a reply to Anderson's response.
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Monday Business Links: Universal Attacks Slimming CD Margins
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 1:48 pm, Over one day old• In an effort to improve margins, Universal Music Group will bring back deluxe editions of CD releases for the fourth quarter (at least in the UK). • In Australia, brick-and-mortar sales of #1 albums dropped 30% and #1 singles dropped 40% in the first half of 2008.
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SpiralFrog Claims Six Million Uniques in June
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day oldThe Deal (via Ad-Supported Music Central ) has an article with some stats on SpiralFrog. With six million uniques, that's 1.8% of all citizens. Again assuming six million uniques, the service is hitting about 7.4% of all people from ages 15 to 34 -- almost one in 14.
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Thursday Business Links: Live Nation Snags Shakira
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day old• Colombian star Shakira has signed a ten-year deal with Live Nation that is estimated to be in the $70 million to $100 million range. • Country star Kenny Chesney has signed a deal with The Messina Group and AEG Live for touring -- just touring -- from 2009 and through 2013.
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Mid-year Sales Report: Album Sales Down Less Than In 2007
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day oldNielsen Soundscan has released a mid-year update on recorded music sales ( taken from this Billboard.biz article, which has many different numbers than Variety's article...possibly different accounting for major-owned indie distribution?). • Album sales were down 11% to 204.6 million.
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Let's Re-define the Term "Indie"
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day oldTo the Wall Street Journal, which had an article on "indie" musicians today, an indie artist is one not signed to a major label. Music distribution has changed, obviously, but there are still plenty of gatekeepers to get through. [ from the job board ] Looking for a new job in music?.
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Wednesday Business Links: Warner, Nokia Do Mobile Deal
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day oldOf the four majors, EMI is the only one that has not inked a deal with Nokia. • While most articles on the deal stayed optimistic and left out the details that will impact the service's popularity, The Globe and Mail criticized Comes With Music's restrictions to interoperability and burning.
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