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Clinging to Guns and Religion

by | Apr 12, 2008 | About Me

At this point in the presidential race, I’m fairly open minded about our choices. I won’t vote for Hillary, but given the other two choices, I’m back to what I’ve felt for many of the last elections. Namely, “is this the best our country...

Hey Man, What’s Up?

by | Apr 4, 2008 | Marketing, Money, Music, Music Business

How ’bout this flurry of activity as the music industry desperately tries to hang on as customers continue to demand change: Last.fm offering free streaming of millions(?) of tracks has also just announced that they will also offer streaming simulcasts of CBS...

EMI Leads Once Again

by | Apr 3, 2008 | Marketing, Money, Music, Music Business

As far as I can tell from what I read, EMI seems to be the most open minded of the big music labels. Today’s news that they’ve hired former Google CIO Douglas Merrill as president of digital is the latest example. Here’s one of his first quotes: “I’m...

MySpace and Music

by | Apr 3, 2008 | Marketing, Money, Music, Music Business

CNET has the scoop on MySpace’s entrance into the music biz. “The service will roll out gradually over the next three to four months and offer free streaming music, unprotected MP3 downloads, ringtones, and e-commerce offerings such as merchandise and...