As we have seen, there are many different ways to make money in music today. In the past few years, much has been said and written about the 360 degree deal, where an artist/writer enters into a business partnership with a company and gives the company lots of rights to recordings, songs, merchandise, and touring, […]
The Future of Music Book and Podcast
January 19, 2009 By 8 Comments
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 […]
Access, Convenience and Trust
October 18, 2007 By 2 Comments
The last few weeks have heralded some great news for the music industry. Radiohead’s experiment with user-based pricing, Madonna’s new deal and the formation of ArtistNation, a “360″ model for music where the artist and the company partner on numerous levels including recordings, touring, merchandise, etc., and Apple’s repricing of DRM free tracks to $.99. […]
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 […]
