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Monday: Indies Support the UMG Merger. Tuesday: Indies Reject the UMG Merger

July 19, 2012

Where do indies stand on the proposed merger between Universal Music Group and EMI? Let's ask Impala, a European consortium of more than 40,000 indie labels, as well as a broader collection of other indie orga... Read More...

I’m a Record Label Executive. And This Is How to Get My Attention

Paul Resnikoff

June 28, 2012

This was recently posted by Jimmy Swan, owner of Dallas-based Executive Music Grouep. ERG is distributed by INgrooves Fontana, and its roster includes Jamiroquai, 12 Stones, Alien Ant Farm, and Khleo Thomas. ... Read More...

We Asked SoundExchange About Their Unpaid Royalty Balance. Here’s What They Said

Paul Resnikoff

June 27, 2012

Just recently, SoundExchange reported cumulative artist and label payouts of $1 billion (since inception). That looks impressive, but may also be a highly-selective and misleading disclosure. Part of the prob... Read More...

Labels Respond: ‘Google Is Merely Perpetuating the Fraud on Copyright Owners’

Paul Resnikoff

May 30, 2012

Transparency? Ridiculous, according to the volley of words now coming from the major labels. Just days after Google opened its books on copyright takedowns and DMCA compliance, the RIAA is roundly calling BS o... Read More...

What the World Will Look Like After UMG+EMI

Paul Resnikoff

May 16, 2012

This is why the Senate is holding hearings, and why the FTC and European Commision are holding this up. Here are the latest marketshare breakdowns in the US, as counted by Soundscan for last week and shared wi... Read More...

So Turntable.fm Just Got Its Label Licenses. R.I.P. Turntable.fm?

Paul Resnikoff

March 13, 2012

But wait: isn't Turntable.fm already over? That's a debate, though this isn't: Turntable had a lot more buzz, traffic, and interest last summer, and they also didn't have major label licensing overhead. Sinc... Read More...

Our Label Isn’t Paying Us. So We’re Releasing Our Album for Free

Paul Resnikoff

February 24, 2012

The Paper Lions have a problem: they can't get paid by their label on their latest album, Trophies. The solution? Release the album for free, and tell your fans all about it. "We have yet to see a paycheck fo... Read More...

Death: It’s Really Awesome for Record Sales…

Paul Resnikoff

February 17, 2012

Here's a little industry secret: if you want to sell a lot of albums, death helps. And the more premature, shocking, and tragic the departure, the bigger the post-mortem windfall. Here's what US-based sales... Read More...

Ex-Major Label Exec: ‘You Can’t Develop Artists When Everyone Thinks You’re an Extortionist’

Paul Resnikoff

February 16, 2012

Jim McDermott spent nearly seventeen years at major labels like Polygram, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment, starting with Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Distribution in 1987. Here, McDermott descri... Read More...

Here’s a Breakdown of Every Dollar That Warner Music Group Makes

Paul Resnikoff

February 9, 2012

We can't speak for murky accounting, but this is the line-by-line breakdown presented by Warner Music Group on Thursday, specifically for the calendar fourth quarter of 2011. These are worldwide figures, with ... Read More...

What Really Killed MegaUpload? MegaBox, That’s What…

Paul Resnikoff

January 25, 2012

It never saw the light of day, for obvious reasons. But the beta-stage MegaBox is now part of a growing conspiracy theory over why MegaUpload was so abruptly shut down. And it's getting fueled by a deeply susp... Read More...

Believe It, or Not: Major Labels Say Sales Improved In 2011

Paul Resnikoff

December 27, 2011

Everyone loves a good fairytale for the holidays, so here's another one. Ahead of the official count, major labels are now claiming a slim 1 percent album sales increase over last year, based on preliminary ... Read More...

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Monday: Indies Support the UMG Merger. Tuesday: Indies Reject the UMG Merger

I’m a Record Label Executive. And This Is How to Get My Attention

We Asked SoundExchange About Their Unpaid Royalty Balance. Here’s What They Said

Labels Respond: ‘Google Is Merely Perpetuating the Fraud on Copyright Owners’

What the World Will Look Like After UMG+EMI

So Turntable.fm Just Got Its Label Licenses. R.I.P. Turntable.fm?

Our Label Isn’t Paying Us. So We’re Releasing Our Album for Free

Death: It’s Really Awesome for Record Sales…

Ex-Major Label Exec: ‘You Can’t Develop Artists When Everyone Thinks You’re an Extortionist’

Here’s a Breakdown of Every Dollar That Warner Music Group Makes

What Really Killed MegaUpload? MegaBox, That’s What…

Believe It, or Not: Major Labels Say Sales Improved In 2011