Soundscan’s sales year doesn’t end until Jan. 1, but current year-to-year comparisons have album sales for 2011 ahead of comparable 2010 business. OK, it’s only by a whisker of 1 percent. But it is welcome news in an industry where album sales for 2010 were down 13 percent from 2009. And prior to that they’d [...]
Steve Jobs introduced the iPod in 2001, in front a small audience, followed by a major announcement of iTunes, which lead to one of the greatest music revolutions in history. iTunes, paired with millions of iPods, iPhones, and iPads, transformed the distribution, consumption, and creation of music around the world, and made material music such [...]
Here’s the music industry’s version of a man-bites-dog story: Big label signs big artist to a rational deal. In this case, it’s Madonna’s new pact with Universal Music Group. The New York Post says she’ll get around $1 million an album for a three-album deal, and music industry folks say the paper has its numbers [...]
It’s no wonder that British neo-soul powerhouse Adele couldn’t stop her voice from disintegrating over the past year — after all, the 23-year-old’s robust instrument probably strained through almost every iPod, coffee shop and car-radio speaker in North America at some point over the course of her mammoth 12 months. In an age where nothing [...]
This is a guest post by Shore Fire Media, a boutique public relations, online marketing, and digital strategy firm specializing in music and entertainment. In the last year, the music industry shifted from cautiously experimenting with social media, to recognizing it as a necessary part of every marketing strategy, from the smallest bands to the [...]
A music industry executive has died this morning after being shot in the face during a bizarre shooting rampage in the heart of Hollywood on Friday. John Atterberry was sitting in his Mercedes Benz when the suspect began shooting at drivers from the middle of the street near Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street. A bullet [...]
Many football players struggle to find meaningful work after they stop playing. The NFL.’s latest attempt to help them develop a post-retirement career will take place in February when the 20 current and former football players will join the first-ever Business of “Music Boot Camp.” The four-day program will be held at the Clive Davis [...]
Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., who has been a top executive in the music industry since the mid-1990s, is stepping down as chairman of the Warner Music Group in the near future. Apparently, Mr. Bronfman will remain a director, but he told employees in an internal memo on Monday that he was leaving because “other obligations [...]
This post was taken from the IrishTimes.com. You can view the original article here. You don’t have to be a baseball fan to enjoy the movie Moneyball. The film of Michael Lewis’ excellent book casts Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the manager of the Oakland Athletics, a team who lack the cash of their league [...]
Apparently, Jessie J was enough of a disgruntled independent musician for so long that she almost gave up on her music career. Fortunately for us though, she reconsidered and decided to carry on sharing her gift with us. She told The Sun: “I am so glad I kept at it as the story behind it [...]
