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Axe Yields Sony BMG Profits. Are Cuts The Only Way Forward?
via hypebot by Bruce Houghton on May 15, 2008
IS CUTTING COSTS ENOUGH?Sales at SonyBMG dropped almost 4% in the fiscal year that ended March 31st, but before tax profits nearly doubled rising from $135 million to $257 million. The company report also hinted that higher restructuring costs and more job cuts ahead.The NY Post is making its usual doom and gloom predictions based on a few facts wrapped on a bunch of rumors. What is clear is that...
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Fancorps & Gydget Team For Fan Engagement
via hypebot by Bruce Houghton on May 15, 2008
Two companies helping to power band to fan engagement come together as Fancorps integrates Gydgets into its street team management software. The custom solution developed by Gydget dynamically generates fanwidgets, or gydgets, for each street team, based on XML feeds already used by Fancorps. Street team leaders can further customize thegydgets and then drive the street team to adopt the widget...
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How I met your Download.com: CBS buys CNET
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Internet, NewsCBS is buying CNET. For $1.8 billion in cash. While that might seem like a drop in the bucket compared to some buyout offers we've seen recently, that's still a lot of cash flowing from an old media company to a new one. CBS is no stranger to new media. The company purchased the internet radio service Last.fm last year. But according to a press release put out...
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DJ Sets der Mayday 2008 zum Download [kostenloser Musikdown]
via Digital Listening by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
UMP3, ein online Musikmagazin für elektronische Musik, hat eine Liste aller DJ Sets der letzten Mayday zusammengetragen und online gestellt.Die Liste umfasst Sets von Sven Väth, Armin van Buuren, Alter Ego, Westbam, Paul van Dyk, Karotte und den Members of Mayday. Die Files liegen zum grossten Teil bei Rapidshare und sind, soweit ich das beurteilen kann in ausreichender Qualität.Das eine oder...
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CBS To Buy CNET For $1.8 Billion
via Billboard.biz - News by By Ann Donahue, L.A. on May 15, 2008
CBS Corporation will acquire CNET Networks, the parent company of MP3.com, GameSpot.com and TV.com, among others, for $1.8 billion.
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Join "Issues Facing Music 2.0" Discussion
via hypebot by Bruce Houghton on May 14, 2008
PLUS MORE ON "VENTURE CAPITAL TALKS MUSIC"Our recent post The Top 10 Issues Music 2.0 has led to some great comments both here and from several other bloggers. Read the original post a join the discussion here.Attorney Nancy Prager would add a #11 PATRONAGE:"It takes years of hard work to develop a following as a band, touringand luck. So, what new bands really need are patrons a la Medici,...
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imeem Joins Google's Open Social
via hypebot by Bruce Houghton on May 14, 2008
OPEN SOCIAL NOW REACHES 300 MILLIONDuring the Google Open Social Summit today at the Googlex, imeem is announcing support for OpenSocial via their Media Platform for a third party developers. With the addition of imeem, OpenSocial now reaches over 300 million users. Developers can now port existing OpenSocial applications to imeem, the third largest social networking site in the US with over 24...
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NY’s “Amazon Tax” Takes First Casualty: Overstock Affiliates
via TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid on May 14, 2008
Overstock.com has terminated its contracts with affiliates based in New York in response to the state’s recently enacted “Amazon Tax”. The drastic move is likely the first of many, as online retailers display their objection to the new law.The backlash comes in response to New York’s misguided attempt to collect taxes from online shoppers. Up until now, online retailers have only had to...
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Foo Fighters’ Tour Rider: Funnier Than “What Happens in Vegas”
via Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily by Daniel Kreps on May 14, 2008
Whenever the Smoking Gun unearths an artist’s tour rider, we relish the opportunity to poke fun at the requests for tapioca pudding, Connect Four and, in the case of Amy Winehouse, a stocked selection of liquor. The Foo Fighters, well aware of the absurdity of demands like a bowl full of only green M&Ms and non-leather couches, have intentionally raised the bar on the hilarity of the tour...
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Music Services Compared
via Digital Trends by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Oh, how time flies: It’s been three long years since Digital Trends last did a roundup of legal music download sites, and my, hasn’t the baby grown?Some of the big names are still around (i.e. iTunes). Some of the smaller names that showed past potential have really developed (e.g. eMusic). A few have more have fallen by the wayside (we won’t mention any names). And, yes, as ever,...
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