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We thought it was pretty genius when MTV announced Rock Band Network, a music marketplace for signed and unsigned bands to get their music into gameplay. But users won’t [...]

Orange UK has teamed up with Universal Music Group and Channel 4 to launch a new unlimited mobile music service called Monkey.
However, it’s not downloads like Nokia’s Comes With Music, and it’s not streaming over the network like Spotify. Its 16-24 year-old target demographic will access the music via voice call.
It’s worth digging into the [...]

The music industry is in a desperate search for new ways to re-engage fans to the point where they are willing to hit the buy button.  Most recently we learned that Apple is exploring a new interactive album format code named “Cocktail” and WMG’s Rhino is releasing a series of digital 45’s with bonus content.
Another [...]

. I’ll keep this short. Twitter has a really good how to guide for business but the exact same rules apply to artists and musicians. Go here to download it.
 
Props to Pampelmoose

Audioholics has composed a list of its favorite corporate and industry-specific “disasters” and the music industry proudly made the list in two places.
The Largest Music Retailer Is A Computer Company - Why did the music labels and an entire industry sit on its laurels and allow a computer company to innovate and develop the largest [...]

What happens when albums get smartly bundled with interactive extras, instead of positioned as one-off, flat downloads?  Good question for a recording industry still reeling from the implosion of its once-prized physical bundle, the CD-based album.  But according to a report surfacing Sunday in the Financial Times, Apple and the majors are discussing the possibility [...]

EU streaming service Spotify is planning a late summer U.S. launch.
Hypebot’s exclusive interview with Amanda Palmer.

CEO Ian Rogers answers Topspin’s skeptics.
Essay: “The Artist As A Startup & Label As A Venture Fund” and A2IM President Rich Bengloff shares the indlie label viewpoint.
EMI reshuffles it’s digital executives.
Kazaa relaunches as “The Future Of Digital Music”. It’s not.
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Is A New Model Emerging?
During the panel that I was a part of at yesterday’s New Music Seminar,  we  briefly floated the idea of the artist as a start-up company.  Not only is there value in thinking of an artist’s career (or any career for that matter) as a business and embracing an entrepreneurial spirit, [...]

Planet Cazmo, a virtual world for tweens and teens, has partnered with music industry veteran Tommy Mottola to expand its  Virtual Concert Series and other music and branded content initiatives. Monetization is one the goals of the partnership as they work to bring celebrity content into the virtual world in the form of virtual goods [...]