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What a Warner Music Group Executive Makes These Days

January 8, 2013

Last year, Warner Music Group lost $190 million, with total losses over the past five years topping $695 million. Here's what the top executives at Warner were paid last year, according to SEC filings. Warner... Read More...

Labels Intensify Their War Against Vimeo

Paul Resnikoff

January 7, 2013

He who lives by the DMCA, dies by the DMCA. And the latter may be the fate of Vimeo, the cleaner cousin of YouTube that never played the copyright game as slickly. Which is partly why the major labels are inte... Read More...

Warner Music Group Financial Results, 2002-2012…

Paul Resnikoff

December 19, 2012

Don't worry: Billboard says the major labels are doing just fine. But how long can this possibly last? Warner Music Group financial profits/losses, fiscal years 2002-2012 (as reported to the SEC). ... Read More...

Sirius Has Now Signed More Than 60 Direct Deals With Labels

Paul Resnikoff

December 17, 2012

It's not enough to fill dozens of stations and satisfy thousands of subscribers - yet. But it's a pretty remarkable start considering the level of resistance from the broader industry. And, it may have been... Read More...

Labels Actually Hired 55 New A&R People In 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

December 12, 2012

But the labels were supposed to be completely dead by now! Instead, all the profuse bleeding hasn't stopped the heart from beating... in fact, major labels still have a ridiculous stronghold over popular music ... Read More...

Have We Hit Bottom? Universal Music Is Having a Non-Disastrous 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

November 14, 2012

There are two ways to look at this, and frankly, only one of them involves long-term survival. The better version is that digital is finally starting to replace physical on the global stage, and heralding a fre... Read More...

Major Labels: We Spend Up to $1.4 Million Developing a New Artist…

Paul Resnikoff

November 13, 2012

It's a tricky ATM for artists, but major labels claim they're still spending massive amounts to break new acts. That is, between $750,000 and $1.4 million, depending on the artist in question. Here's the typi... Read More...

71 Percent of Unsigned Artists Still Want a Label Deal

Paul Resnikoff

November 12, 2012

It's tempting to call BS on this one, especially with label consortium IFPI emailing the results around. But this isn't the first time an artist survey has produced such findings; in fact, the latest results c... Read More...

Trent Reznor: And Then I Realized, I Needed My Major Label Back…

Paul Resnikoff

October 17, 2012

Grizzly Bear thinks they need traditional radio to break big. And only a major label can really deliver that, at least right now. Meanwhile, even major label refugees like Trent Reznor are crawling back to the... Read More...

So, the Major Labels Just Blocked the Democratic National Convention on YouTube

Paul Resnikoff

September 5, 2012

YouTube brushed it off as a simple error, while scrambling to reinstate the footage into the wee hours. But is there a bigger issue related to wrongful takedowns by major copyright owners here - including the ... Read More...

Karma = Bitch: Grooveshark Has Only Added 10 Label Partners In 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

August 21, 2012

Maybe it's hard to make love and war at the same time. Late last year, we published a list of 865 different Grooveshark label partners, as prepared and shared by the company itself. The only problem is that sev... Read More...

We’re an Indie Label. And This Is Why We Still Sue File-Traders…

Paul Resnikoff

July 23, 2012

It's not a popularity contest. And not everyone agrees that suing file-traders or BitTorrent users is wrong. In the music sphere, that includes indie metal label Nuclear Blast, which aggressively pursues swapp... Read More...

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What a Warner Music Group Executive Makes These Days

Labels Intensify Their War Against Vimeo

Warner Music Group Financial Results, 2002-2012…

Sirius Has Now Signed More Than 60 Direct Deals With Labels

Labels Actually Hired 55 New A&R People In 2012…

Have We Hit Bottom? Universal Music Is Having a Non-Disastrous 2012…

Major Labels: We Spend Up to $1.4 Million Developing a New Artist…

71 Percent of Unsigned Artists Still Want a Label Deal

Trent Reznor: And Then I Realized, I Needed My Major Label Back…

So, the Major Labels Just Blocked the Democratic National Convention on YouTube

Karma = Bitch: Grooveshark Has Only Added 10 Label Partners In 2012…

We’re an Indie Label. And This Is Why We Still Sue File-Traders…