2008

“One of today’s most groundbreaking online music services was...”
— This month’s Billboard likes...

“Yet the burgeoning company may be on the verge of collapse,...”
— Giant of Internet Radio Nears...

hypebot: 100 Free & Affordable High & Low...

“MySpace Music will include a digital-rights-management-free...”
—  MySpace faces rejection,...

CNN Money: Music blogs appeal to advertisers,...

“Last year Rubin told the New York Times that Apple’s...”
— Rick Rubin goes digital, joins...

bigcrush: Yes, I’m a music snob, I’ll admit it.

“As the industry changes, we are looking for more different...”
— Music site Imeem dials up...

And, so it begins. Goh Nakamura Record Release Show with...

“Technology has always shaped music,” he says, “be it 78s,...”
— An Old Rocker Gets Digital

“Frequently, music industry professionals suggest that an...”
— Could ‘legal free’ displace...

Steal This Hook? Girl Talk Flouts Copyright...

sympathyfortheartgallery: artistspaid: Popcuts Pays You...

“Ad-supported music has some bright spots and some low...”
— Ad-Supported Music Startup...

“The band’s latest freebie, “Fresh Born,”...”
— Deerhoof Tests Their Fans’...

“Will this stop kids from trading infringing files? Kids are...”
— Cory Doctorow: Filesharing...

Broken Record: Four Mistakes That Killed the...

“Creating an advertising campaign and “extending it...”
— Why Digital Marketing Needs a...

artistspaid: Apricado: Selling Your Music Has Never Been...

“My most striking realization since getting my iPhone (love...”
— BuzzMachine  » Blog...

Trent Reznor Continues To Show Different Ways...

“One of the great things about Tumblr music, and something...”
— A VC: Reblogging Music

“3. When trying to strengthen your presence in digital...”
— Should You Invest in the Long...

“When I differentiate between artists on smaller, independent...”
— Should You Invest in the Long...

“In music, of the 2.4 million digital tracks sold in 2007 in...”
— The Long Tail: Excellent HBR...

Why Ad-Supported Music Won't Work: Blame The...

“The Cure is rolling with it, and going Long Tail for good...”
— The Cure: Pop Culture’s...

“Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine...”
— Nine Inch Nails Tracks...

Dirt-Cheap Digital Distribution

shelbot: artistspaid: sds: “A great record is its own...

shelbot: artistspaid: myAWOL: A Music Label For The...

Last.fm – the Blog · Calling All...

“Oh the music industry…. It’s all so sketchy and fabulous....”
— carmenmariah - Re: A lovely...

“One of my friends proposed a theory I find compelling: Our...”
— Indie rock wizards | Free...

Listening Post's Top 10 Hottest Music Sites

“More troubling for Farnsworth than those who downloaded...”
— Digital download model puts...

“Instead of watching Heroes on NBC, you’ll go to nbc.com and...”
— Damon Lindelof, cocreator of...

A Brief History of the Album's Recent Decline...

“The Topspin platform is flexible in terms of how an artist...”
— Topspin » Unveiling...

A new generation of music blogs

“Note that none of this lack of purchasing is because I’m...”
— New EMI Digital Exec: I...

“At the time he called the project a failure, but he has...”
— Music - Trent Reznor’s...

Tori Amos splits with label, goes indie

When Even Pop Boy Bands Don't Need Record...

The Whitburn Project: One-Hit Wonders and Pop...

Sharing mixtapes is an unstoppable idea....

joelaz: Anthony wrote an intriguing post suggesting that Muxtape go open source so as to avoid...

Hit band done with the music biz 'machinery'...

Techdirt: How A Big Record Label Could Make...

how did fans discover “Brad Sucks”?

musician blogs are mules

Compete's Analysis of Music Sites

“Being on a major label at the moment is like living in your...”
— Chris Martin (via peterwknox)...

“Continually adding Twitter users as friends allows you to...”
— How to Get More Twitter...

Dear PR people: How to Pitch Bloggers

Interview with Neil Young on Music Piracy,...

jakoblodwick: catbird: fascinated: Nine Inch Nails...

“So if the music industry’s getting cannibalized by the...”
— P.Diddy, on surviving tough...

ClubWiki

NINE INCH NAILS: New Song Available For Free...

Nine Inch Nails Give Away New Single on...

jakoblodwick: Kanye reacts to a B+ review of his tour in...

The People Formerly Known as the...

somethingchanged: Look, media people. We are still perfectly content to listen to our radios...

The Reality of Depending on True Fans

Rocker Peter Gabriel offers Filter to cut...

Amazon's MP3s not affecting iTunes

At EMI, could digital music kill the 'record'...

Roasting a Turkey

Infochimps.org: Free Redistributable Rich...

curiously ravenous: tko's (thomas keller...

Less Laduree, More Nabisco « The Kitchen...

Tumblr Recommendation: Artists Paid

“Who is going to build the infrastructure the artists and the...”
— Fred Wilson (via artistspaid)

“The internet and its continued advancement in technology are...”
— Ingo - Re: Something Important...

“The internet and its continued advancement in technology are...”
— oh yeah - someone reblogged a...

A VC: Something Important Is On The Horizon...

Billy Bragg: Let us decide how to exploit our...

“Rapper DMX blows off ringtones, online music biz”
— Rapper DMX blows off...

Techdirt: Adopting New Music Business Models...

“We wanted to get this record to fans, the press, radio,...”
— Jack White, referring to his...

Indie labels take e-commerce into their own...

Jill's Next Record!

Reznor's one-week take for 'Ghosts': $1.6...

Kevin Kelly -- The Technium

INFRINGEMENT! - New York Post

“A brave new world: the music biz at the dawn of 2008 Indie...”
—  Music exec: “Music 1.0...

Seth's Blog: Music lessons

Amie Street's pricing, social features...

People of the Web - How to Become a Rock...

Blog, Social Network buzz correlates to...

Pirated by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent...

Better Than Free, Kevin Kelly

“We are in the midst of a cultural revolution in which the...”
— Fred Wilson

On Music Discovery and Taste

When people start talking about music recommendation, discovery “technology” and...

Charlatans choose Radiohead-esque album...

The Heavenly Jukebox - 00.09

Jill's Next Record!

“It’s important to charge something, because the act of...”
— Seth’s Blog: How much...

"the free download isn't a frivolous act"

Don't miss lessons Radiohead, Reznor offer |...

The Long Tail: What does the Media Business...

The music industry | From major to minor |...

Unlike Trent Reznor, Saul Williams isn't...

“I’ve been in meetings with reps at labels and they...”
— http://www.news.com/8301-10784_...

Radiohead Finds Sales, Even After Downloads -...

“Through it all, Jobs maintained the highest level of...”
— How the iPhone blew up the...

the band Of Montreal released their last...

Trent Reznor: Why won't people pay $5? | Tech...

muSick in the Head: 2008 Digital Media/Music...

Why Sony's DRM-free Idea Won’t Work

Seth's Blog: Music lessons

Technology News from Web 2.0 Sites:...

YouTube - Google is better than Limewire for...

Why You Can Sometimes Wait For Scale To...

What My Kids Tell Me About The Future of...

Will fans pay? Reznor opens books on ‘Net...

Album sales plunge while digital growth slows...