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IODA To Labels: No Deals With Imeem & LaLa

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2008-01-16 15:43:19 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...labels this week, digital distributor IODA recommended not granting licenses to prominent net services imeem, LaLa and others that offer full song streams due to inferior royalty structures. The distributor's struggles underscore that even in Music 2.0, there are vast inequities which leave indie labels fighting for position behind the major...
 
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Full Text Of Orchard MySpace Letter To Labels

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2008-04-09 08:55:00 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...labels. In a commentary I wrote about how MySpace and other music 2.0 companies treat indies will shape the next phase of the industry and the importance of indies sticking together for fair treatment. Here is the full text of the original email from Orchard CEO Creg Scholl Orchard Artists & Labels Most of you have probably read news of...
 
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Indie labels stiffed by MySpace Music launch

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2008-09-26 06:25:00 by HousePlanet.DJ in HousePlanet.DJ
...labels and artists left out in the cold as deals have only been reached with major record labels Much has been said about MySpace Musics tactic for gaining the approval and support of the four major labels, granting each of the key players equity (which means they share the profits) in the business enterprise. An equivalent offer was not...
 
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Microsoft Sends Indie Labels Bonus Checks

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2008-05-08 04:30:00 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot
...labels . The checks appear to be the company's answer to criticism of payments as high as $1 per player extracted by Universal and other major labels granting permission for Zune 's music sharing functionality In an email sent earlier this week to label and artist partners obtained by Hypebot, The Orchard wrote that Microsoft "made a...
 
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Major Labels Moving Into Vinyl

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2008-07-15 14:05:36 by Don Carr in Black Plastic Bag
...Labels up volume on vinyl releases to meet demand It may have seemed like a fad at first, but the resurgence of vinyl is now turning into a nice niche business for the major labels. With EMIs announcement that it would reissue eight classic albums in the format, all four majors are now onboard the vinyl bandwagon and Universal Music...
 
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Filtered Yet Fun :: BFM Digital And Mi2N Help Indie Labels Get Noticed

2008-10-11 08:20:32 by Editor in Music Forte - Forums
 
...Labels Get Noticed Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:28 pm (GMT -7 Topic Replies: 0 BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music, announces that it will be using Mi2N's PR Gold Service to promote key album releases from BFM's growing catalog of indie labels and artists Mi2N, one of the most popular sources...
 
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NWA Founder MC Ren Plots Return, Shuns Major Labels

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2008-11-06 18:44:00 by dj raze one in dj raze one
...labels would welcome marketing a new LP from a name emcee like Ren, the West Coast veteran is adamant about keeping industry hands away from his art This marks a drastic change for Ren, who through NWA and his own solo career has sold millions of records for independents and major labels in the late 80s and early 90s No. F**k them! F**k those...
 
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LicenseQuote.com, Music Licensing Solutions For Independent Artists, Record Labels And Publishers

2008-03-22 22:10:30 by sounni in Guest Music Bloggers
 
...labels, producers and music publishers to license their own songs, recordings and related assets directly from their own web sites Private beta testing has been completed and weve been getting excellent feedback from a sampling of independent artists and labels said Doron Erblich, co-founder and CTO of LicenseQuote The basic LicenseQuote (aka...
 
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The Magic Bubble Bursts: Did the Record Labels make their own grave?

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2007-12-03 23:14:14 by Barry Shrum in Music Row Law
...labels (at the beginning there were five of them, now only four, EMI, Sony BMG, Vivendi Universal and Warner) have declared that illegal downloading is ravaging their business by destroying the sales of physical product. One may question this declaration, however, in few of the fact that ever since the RIAA filed its 1998 litigation again the...
 
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