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

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...

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

Paul Resnikoff

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...

WNXP Director of Partnerships & Projects
Company: Nashville Public Radio
Location: Nashville, Other / Non-US, 37201, United States
Senior Marketing Manager
Company: Sound Credit
Location: Drivable to Memphis, TN preferred, but open to remote for the right candidate. Southeastern, US OK
Social Media & Content Manager
Company: SoundStock
Location: Las Vegas HQ
Director of Marketing
Company: Musixmatch
Location: Bologna or Remote
Vice President, Global Head of Fraud Prevention
Company: UMG, the Universal Music Group
Location: Full Time Remote, California and New York

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Chartmetric & Base for Music’s New Playbook Tackles the Gap Between Music Data and Marketing Action

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…

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?