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Nielsen Soundscan Spins First Quarter CD Sales Declines

March 22, 2007

Cumulative CD sales have dipped dramatically this year in the United States, a decline that is generating serious ripples for major labels and physical retailers. The industry insiders have been watching the ... Read More...

SoundExchange Defends Internet Radio Royalty Rates

Paul Resnikoff

March 22, 2007

SoundExchange, a non-profit organisation responsible for collecting and distributing digital performance royalties, recently defended a revised streaming radio royalty rate structure passed by the Copyright R... Read More...

XM, Sirius Start FCC Merger Paperwork, Licensing Questions Remain

Paul Resnikoff

March 21, 2007

Prospective newlyweds Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio have now filed initial licensing paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), another early chapter in a drawn-out process. ... Read More...

More Research Analyzes Zero-Sum Digital Music Game

Paul Resnikoff

March 11, 2007

As technology continues to advance, the music industry is experiencing a shift that is causing the value of pre-recorded music to slide towards zero. This shift can be attributed to the availability of free M... Read More...

ASCAP Reports Record 2006 Revenues, Royalties

Paul Resnikoff

March 6, 2007

The music industry has been facing a lot of challenges in recent years, with declining record sales and the rise of digital piracy. However, there are some areas of the industry that are still thriving, inclu... Read More...

MySpace Celebrity Tila Tequila Releases iTunes Single

Paul Resnikoff

February 25, 2007

MySpace, a once-popular social networking site, had its fair share of celebrities who gained fame through the platform. One of the most prominent was Tila Tequila, who had over 1.7 million friends on the site... Read More...

RIAA Steps Up University Anti-Piracy Campaign

Paul Resnikoff

February 21, 2007

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been waging a war against music piracy for years, and college students have been one of their primary targets. College campuses are hotspots for file-s... Read More...

XM, Sirius Enter Definitive Merger Agreement

Paul Resnikoff

February 20, 2007

The announcement that XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio were planning to merge came as a surprise to many on Monday morning. The deal, which was billed as a "merger of equals," was actually a $4.5... Read More...

Quarterly Revenues Bump, Profits Drop at Napster

Paul Resnikoff

February 8, 2007

Quarterly earnings dropped once again at Napster, while revenues continued to increase. For the fiscal third quarter ending December 31st, the online music store shed $9.5 million, or $0.22 per basic and dilu... Read More...

EMI Pushes MP3-Based Plan, More Details Surface

Paul Resnikoff

February 8, 2007

The music industry has gone through a lot of changes over the years, from vinyl records to CDs to digital downloads and now to streaming. And one of the biggest changes that we've seen in recent years is th... Read More...

Industry Ponders CD Sales Cliff, Post Physical World

Paul Resnikoff

February 1, 2007

The music industry has been going through a major transformation in the last decade, and as technology advances, the way we consume music has changed drastically. From vinyl records to cassette tapes, CDs, an... Read More...

Major Label Executives Express Continued Frustration, Mood Sours

Paul Resnikoff

January 31, 2007

Major label executives have expressed concerns over continued sales declines in the physical sector during a morning roundtable in Los Angeles. The panel, held at Music 2.0 in West Hollywood, featured executi... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Nielsen Soundscan Spins First Quarter CD Sales Declines

SoundExchange Defends Internet Radio Royalty Rates

XM, Sirius Start FCC Merger Paperwork, Licensing Questions Remain

More Research Analyzes Zero-Sum Digital Music Game

ASCAP Reports Record 2006 Revenues, Royalties

MySpace Celebrity Tila Tequila Releases iTunes Single

RIAA Steps Up University Anti-Piracy Campaign

XM, Sirius Enter Definitive Merger Agreement

Quarterly Revenues Bump, Profits Drop at Napster

EMI Pushes MP3-Based Plan, More Details Surface

Industry Ponders CD Sales Cliff, Post Physical World

Major Label Executives Express Continued Frustration, Mood Sours