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The 8th-Straight Quarterly Loss at Warner Music Group

February 7, 2011

How long can this go on - before a sale, merger, or some other 'event' takes place? Just this morning, Warner Music Group (WMG) revealed its 8th-straight quarterly loss, with double-digital revenue declines ... Read More...

Coca-Cola: Our Next Major Label?

Paul Resnikoff

February 4, 2011

Lady Gaga needed Interscope to blow her up worldwide, and manager Troy Carter isn't confused about the benefits of a major label relationship. But who's gonna blow up artists tomorrow, at least to these same... Read More...

Believe It: One-In-Four Apps Only Used Once

Paul Resnikoff

February 2, 2011

Sorry, what was that about the app revolution? Turns out that apps are often disposable - in fact, one in four are only used once. According to information just released by Localytics, 26 percent of apps ar... Read More...

Warner Music Group for Sale

Paul Resnikoff

January 20, 2011

Why would anyone want to sell Warner Music Group? Or, perhaps the better question is, why would anyone want to buy it? Well, rumors late Thursday suggest that WMG wants out, and is tapping Goldman Sachs to he... Read More...

Why Labels Abandoned A&R

Paul Resnikoff

January 14, 2011

The following is a guest post by Ritch Esra of the Music Business Registry. Esra attempts to answer the question: whatever happened to traditional A&R? "My take is that the traditional A&R process... Read More...

Mazda+Mayer: Are We Now Staring at the Future?

Paul Resnikoff

September 20, 2010

Bands used to pine for major label contracts. Will they soon be oggling over advertising contracts with major corporations instead? Of course, advertising relationships are nothing new, though it seems that... Read More...

Grooveshark & Merlin Make It Official. But It Wasn’t the Friendliest Negotiation…

Paul Resnikoff

August 6, 2010

Merlin and Grooveshark are indeed locking arms on a licensing agreement, according to a confirmation from Merlin on Friday afternoon. The handshake was first reported on Digital Music News on Thursday, though ... Read More...

mSpot CEO: “We Cannot Predict What the Labels Will Do…”

Paul Resnikoff

May 21, 2010

Apple is currently girding through label licensing discussions related to its cloud play. Google, by merit of a totally different access structure, is unlikely to face any legal problems and can probably ski... Read More...

Need Funding? Then Talk to the Ex-President of Warner Music Group

Spotify Does Damage Control on Warner Music Group

Paul Resnikoff

February 11, 2010

Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman all-but-dismissed Spotify as a licensing possibility in the US on Tuesday, and that is stirring speculation of a broader, worldwide catalog pull. Not so, according to Spotif... Read More...

Define ‘Catalog’: Warner Music Picking the Songs for eMusic

Paul Resnikoff

January 13, 2010

Want a major label content deal, and the big-name catalog that comes with it? Then prepare to make some concessions. In the recent deal between Warner Music Group and eMusic, it turns out that Warner labels... Read More...

Warner Music Group Shifts Its Los Angeles HQ

eMusic Licenses Warner Music Group Content

Paul Resnikoff

January 12, 2010

Traditionally indie-focused eMusic has now licensed content from major Warner Music Group, according to details shared by the companies early Tuesday morning. The deal spans recordings from Atlantic Records,... Read More...

Warner Music Group Licenses Hulu

Paul Resnikoff

December 22, 2009

Next stop, Vevo? Perhaps, but for now, Warner Music Group has licensed its music video and concert catalog to Hulu. The deal, shared with Digital Music News on Tuesday, closely follows a similar arrangement... Read More...

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Location: Nashville, Other / Non-US, 37201, United States
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The 8th-Straight Quarterly Loss at Warner Music Group

Coca-Cola: Our Next Major Label?

Believe It: One-In-Four Apps Only Used Once

Warner Music Group for Sale

Why Labels Abandoned A&R

Mazda+Mayer: Are We Now Staring at the Future?

Grooveshark & Merlin Make It Official. But It Wasn’t the Friendliest Negotiation…

mSpot CEO: “We Cannot Predict What the Labels Will Do…”

Spotify Does Damage Control on Warner Music Group

Define ‘Catalog’: Warner Music Picking the Songs for eMusic

eMusic Licenses Warner Music Group Content

Warner Music Group Licenses Hulu