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The best selling MP3 album of the year was free

The best selling MP3 album of the year was free

Cool news: The best-selling MP3 album at Amazon in 2008 was Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV, which was released free under a Creative Commons license.
The album made more than  $1.6 million in revenue for NIN in its first week, and hitting #1 on Billboard’s Electronic [...]

HOW TO: Survive in Tomorrow’s Online Entertainment Industry

With the economy showing no signs of bouncing back in 2009, consumers will inevitably be searching for channels of escapism, means to momentarily forget their everyday woes, financial and otherwise. …

Music Marketing [dot] com: Need Money for Your New Album?

Music Marketing [dot] com: Need Money for Your New Album?: “Music Marketing [dot] com
How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in the Music Business…
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April 24, 2008
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Record Labels Strategically Invest $2.8M in MOG

Where is the smart money going in the music business?

MySpace, Major Labels Join Forces for Online Music Store | Listening Post from Wired.com

Link to article on the MySpace music deal.

RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs

RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs: (Via RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs.)

Seth Grodin Looks for Universal Truth in the State of the Music Business

An interesting post on the music business

Digital Music Sales Up, but Industry Still Lagging

Digital Music Sales Up, but Industry Still Lagging: “Although the record companies raked in $2.9 billion in revenue from digital music sales in the past year — up 40 percent — the collapsing CD market is dragging them down.
(Via Digital Music Sales Up, but Industry Still Lagging.)

Major Labels Allow P2P Sharing of Their Music on QTrax

Update on music industry

@EconSM: Musicians Can’t Rely On Social Networks Alone For Making Money | paidContent.org

@EconSM: Musicians Can’t Rely On Social Networks Alone For Making Money | paidContent.org: “”

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