Our book is available in various forms. You can listen to the book on iTunes as a podcast for free. Go to the iTunes store and search “Future of Music” podcasts and subscribe. You can buy the book on Amazon for $11.53 or less. You can purchase the audiobook from Audible for $7.49. Here are […]
Why do they think they have it figured out now?
November 26, 2007 By 5 Comments
Doug Morris on the state of the music industry. The problem, he says, is that “there’s sympathy for the consumer, and the record industry is the Shmoo.” Oh my God. Wired writer Seth Mnookin interviews and skewers Universal Music Group Chief Executive Doug Morris in the latest issue, which speaks for itself. You just got […]
The End of Control
October 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
My co-author Gerd Leonhard has just published a new work entitled “The End of Control”. Here is an excerpt from the introduction. Enjoy. “This book is about the most important issue the media business is facing as it tries to move forward: control. In my work as speaker and advisor, the tough issue of control […]
Radiohead knows where the real revenue comes from
October 4, 2007 By 3 Comments
CD Sales Take Another Dive
August 27, 2007 By 3 Comments
CDs are now sliding precipitously, especially in the United States, and that has intensified media diversification efforts at major retailers. At the halfway point, year-over-year disc sales in the United States dropped 15.1 percent, according to Nielsen Soundscan. That gap has since broadened to 18.4 percent. For retailers like Trans World, Hastings, and Virgin Megastores, […]
Good Copy Bad Copy – Stealing Culture
July 3, 2007 By 2 Comments
The plunge of the Major Music Labels (New York Times report)… the end of Music1.0 is near?
May 28, 2007 By 7 Comments
Good reporting from the NYT, as usual. Some of my favorite morsels are below, plus my comments. Link: Music Labels – EMI – New York Times. NYT: "Despite costly efforts to build buzz around new talent and thwart piracy, CD sales have plunged more than 20 percent this year, far outweighing any gains made by […]
