Lessons from Macklemore

http://newartistmodel.com/lessons-from-macklemore/

Mark Mulligan: what future for the album in the on-demand age?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/what-future-for-the-album-in-the-on-demand-age/

there will be a collapse in arena bands within a decade

http://www.businessinsider.com/analyst-there-will-be-a-collapse-in-arena-bands-within-a-decade-2014-7

Bob Lefsetz's guide to digital presence

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2014/07/23/digital-presence/

how Al Yankovic got a number one album in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/arts/music/weird-al-yankovic-scores-with-mandatory-fun.html

how streaming music kills jazz and classical

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/20/its_not_just_david_byrne_and_radiohead_spotify_pandora_and_how_streaming_music_kills_jazz_and_classical/

Sam Smith's Spotify gamble - did it pay off?

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6174187/sam-smiths-spotify-gamble-did-it-pay-off?

George Ergatoudis predicting the death of albums

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/28142994

Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records documentary

interview with Spotify's Kevin Brown

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/spotify-s-kevin-brown-access-creates-awareness-and-awareness-creates-consumption/

Hits interview Monte and Avery Lipman

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09926m01

YouTube vs the indie labels - Billboard analysis of the contract

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6128540/analysis-youtube-indie-labels-contract-subscription-service

Believe/YouTube deal

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/youtube-why-one-significant-indie-music-group-has-signed-licensing-deal/058772

BitTorrent bundles

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/06/with-100-million-bundles-delivered-bittorrent-bundle-is-an-established-force-in-music-marketing.html

digital music transparency

http://musically.com/2014/06/17/digital-music-transparency-brian-message/

classic musicians rail against the new economics of music

http://pando.com/2014/06/09/no-spotify-for-old-men-classic-musicians-rail-against-the-new-economics-of-music/

Artists will receive nothing from the $3 billion Beats acquisition, sources say

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/06/09/artists-will-receive-nothing-3-billion-beats-acquisition-sources-say

the ultimate band portraits on film

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20168/1/the-ultimate-irl-band-portraits-on-film

interviews with bloggers Pigeons & Planes and Disco Naivete

http://diymag.com/2014/06/02/discovery-the-curators-bloggers-ea-cover-feature-thisisdiy

the great music industry power shift - from records to live

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/the-great-music-industry-power-shift/

who so many artists want to break up with major labels - Vice article

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/are-major-labels-broken-azealia-banks-mia-childish-gambino-2014

Jeff Smith interview

http://www.saga.co.uk/saga-magazine/2014/may/radio-2-playlist-jeff-smith.aspx

how an obsession with stats is damaging the UK music business

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147817-how-radio-1s-obsession-with-stats-is-damaging-the-uk-music-business

Billboard adds Twitter charts

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/billboard-adds-twitter-charts-teaches-you-how-to-game-them.html

Radio 1 playlist secrets uncovered

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/25/radio-1-playlist-secrets-uncovered-battle-of-brands

Kygo Billboard piece

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/6062371/kygo-talks-mixing-for-diplo-coldplay-and-upcoming-tour#Uz8hEasu14RQOePZ.01

Anatomy of a no. 1 debut on Billboard's Heatseekers chart

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/anatomy-of-a-number-one-debut-on-billboards-heatseeker-chart.html

Hits article about Shazam

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09879m01

Jimmy Iovine knows what music you want

Pop music - what's happened to the money?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10812126/Pop-music-Whats-happened-to-the-money-money-money.html

Spotify's Wall Street window may have 'disappeared'

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/05/05/spotifyipodisappearing

14 hit songs meant for other artists

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/14-hit-songs-meant-for-other-artists

Pop/EDM Violinist Lindsey Stirling's Online Explosion Ahead of New Album Shatter Me

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09848m01

YouTube reveals the top music channels

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/youtube-accidentally-reveals-top-1-of-music-channels-in-new-google-preferred-lineup.html

interview with Sia about songwriting

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/magazine/sia-furler-the-socially-phobic-pop-star.html

Spotify has iTunes on the run

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09834m01

Bill Werde vs Angela Cheng - is the Billboard chart broken?

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/is-the-billboard-chart-broken-or-is-one-internet-troll-trying-to-sabotage-lady-gaga-dope-2014

experts deconstruct the appeal of Happy by Pharrell

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/08/pharrell-williams-happy-single

Research finds YouTube hurts music album sales (with reference to Warner Music)

http://torrentfreak.com/youtube-hurts-music-album-sales-research-finds-140409/

Stop making viral videos, start making a YouTube content strategy

http://bzzzsocial.com/stop-making-viral-videos-start-making-youtube-content-strategy/

Lucian Grainge Buzzfeed article

http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardmorgan/how-universal-music-ceo-lucian-grainge-became-the-most-power

Teenagers on Reddit talk about what's cool

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/apr/02/teenagers-adolescents-cool-snapchat-street-cred

Beggars Group streaming payments

http://musically.com/2014/04/07/beggars-group-recalibrates-50-streaming-payment-to-artists-and-attacks-youtube/

explanation of how much Facebook posts get seen and why

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/03/the-filtered-feed-problem/

Bill Werde on how rumours and outright lies spread on the internet with reference to Lady Gaga

http://billwerde.tumblr.com/post/81315438479/on-angela-cheng-lady-gaga-and-the-culpability-of

Hits on Richard Griffiths, Steve Barnett and others

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09802

interview with Joel Katz

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09804

interview with Patrick Leonard about working with Madonna

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5944767/madonna-producer-patrick-leonard-talks-like-a-prayer-at-25

why Wu Tang will release just one copy of its secret album

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2014/03/26/why-wu-tang-will-release-just-one-copy-of-its-secret-album/

OWSLA's Nick Thayer breaks down how much he earns

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/03/24/nickthayer

interview with Spotify's Ken Parks

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5930388/spotifys-ken-parks-on-an-ipo-the-echo-nest-purchase-qa

Lucian Grainge piece in the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-music-business-change-20140309,0,536651,full.story#axzz2vP7nOTeL

10 new rules of the music industry

http://theboombox.com/10-new-rules-of-the-music-industry/

"I'm a producer engineer and I'm invisible on digital music services"

http://thisindustrythingofours.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/im-a-producer-engineer-and-im-invisible-on-digital-music-services/

8 steps to a million YouTube music channel views

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/02/8-steps-to-a-million-youtube-music-channel-views.html

an independent artist's take on Spotify

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ron-pope/spotify-independent-artists_b_4803404.html

here's every American state's favourite band

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-every-states-favorite-band-2014-2

Impatience Has Its Reward - Books Are Rolled Out Faster

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/books/impatience-has-its-reward-books-are-rolled-out-faster.html

The Beatles and the history of merchandising in music

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/50-years-beatles-history-merchandising-music/

what is really cannibalising download sales?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/what-is-really-cannibalising-download-sales/

The music industry's YouTube problem

http://musically.com/2014/02/07/music-allys-midem-recap-the-music-industrys-youtube-problem/

Roseanne Cash on Spotify, YouTube and social media

http://mashable.com/2014/02/07/rosanne-cash/

Daft Punk interview from 2007

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6701-daft-punk/

A Chuck Philips article about how the record industry was in 2001: high risk, low margin

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/31/news/mn-4713

7 things a record deal teaches you about the music industry by Spose

http://www.cracked.com/article_20939_7-things-record-deal-teaches-you-about-music-industry_p2.html

Google and piracy

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/02/04/pirategoogle

how big is music on YouTube?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/how-big-is-music-on-you-tube-hint-really-big-infographic.html

London Grammar Jazz Summers

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/london-grammar-teaching-the-music-business-important-lessons/057487

Max Martin

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/max-martin-powerful-person-music-business-people-never-even-head-name/

Will Beats Music trump Spotify with its artist charm offensive?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/jan/15/beats-music-spotify-artist-royalties-dr-dre-trent-reznor

Troy Carter interview

http://www.fastcompany.com/3024171/step-up-troy-carter

What Beats Music needs to do to be a success

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/what-beats-music-needs-to-do-to-be-a-success/

Beats Music enters online streaming market

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/arts/music/beats-music-enters-online-streaming-market.html?_r=0

are clueless labels ruining mix platforms like Soundcloud?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/01/are-clueless-labels-ruining-mix-platforms-like-soundcloud.html

how successful songs have changed over the decades

http://blog.echonest.com/post/70299217721/7-decades-7-musical-evolutions

Spotify’s revised plan to dominate the crap out of rival music services

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/spotifys-revised-plan-to-dominate-the-crap-out-of-rival-music-services/

Amazon's best sellers of all-time

http://evolver.fm/2013/12/13/amazons-music-numbers-reveal-differences-in-fans-based-on-format/

Beyoncé

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/business/media/beyonce-rejects-tradition-for-social-medias-power.html?ref=media&_r=0

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/5839718/how-beyonces-beyonce-stayed-secret-until-the-day-of-release-its

13 ways to make money with your songs

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5839701/13-ways-to-make-money-with-your-songs-guest-post

why full albums need to go from YouTube right away

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/why-full-albums-need-to-go-from-youtube-right-away/

Soundcloud names best marketing campaigns of 2013

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/12/soundcloud-names-best-marketing-campaigns-of-2013-exclusive.html

Noel Gallagher's Epic Year-End Gripe Session

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/noel-gallaghers-epic-year-end-gripe-session-20131205

interview with Martin Goldschmidt of Cooking Vinyl

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/hot-seat-martin-goldschmidt-founder-cooking-vinyl/

what Spotify's royalty numbers don't tell us

http://pando.com/2013/12/04/what-spotifys-royalty-numbers-dont-tell-us/

This includes the claim that artists (not labels) are "paid by their 'market share.' This means the higher the percentage of Spotify’s total streams an artist comprises, the higher payout he receives per stream. Macklemore and Rihanna, the most streamed artists of 2013, receive more than Galaxie 500. Interestingly, Spotify calculates this by artist, not by song, so a modest hit by Galaxie 500 would earn a lower per-stream rate than an unpopular Macklemore song."

Biggest Soundcloud mistakes

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/11/19/biggestsoundcloudmistakes

Spotify explain what they pay out

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/it-s-official-spotify-pays-out-between-0-007-per-stream/056928

have we reached social media's tipping point?

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147232-music-vs-the-web--have-we-reached-social-medias-tipping-point

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4440235

streaming revenues in Denmark

http://cphpost.dk/news/streaming-musics-popular-but-is-it-a-boon-or-boondogglee.2937.html

a review of the Blockbusters book

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2013/12/02/131202crbo_books_sanneh?currentPage=all

Landmark Beyonce File-Sharing Prosecution Fails to Intimidate

http://torrentfreak.com/landmark-beyonce-bittorrent-prosecution-fails-to-intimidate-131127/

inside a Twitter robot factory - about fake Twitter profiles

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579212122084821400

revisiting the Long Tail

http://musicmachinery.com/2013/11/23/revisiting-the-long-tail/

interview with Michelle Jubelirer

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09612

James Arthur interview

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24772058

Spotify - friend or foe of musicians? Newsnight report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24767631

Rob Stringer interview

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5763153/q4-label-special-columbias-rob-stringer-on-big-releases-dark

Making Money from Movie Streaming Sites - An Insider's Story

http://torrentfreak.com/making-money-from-movie-streaming-sites-an-insiders-story-131019/

Thom Yorke expands upon anti Spotify statements

http://www.stereogum.com/1506862/thom-yorke-expands-upon-anti-spotify-statements/franchises/wheres-the-beef/

the 10 best lectures on electronic music ever

http://news.beatport.com/blog/2013/09/26/the-10-best-lectures-on-electronic-music-ever-watch-them-now/

Lohan Presencer vs Spotify

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lohan-presencer/spotify-streaming-sustainability_b_4015442.html

Kanye West. Zane Lowe.

http://www.rap-up.com/2013/09/24/10-quotables-from-kanye-wests-zane-lowe-interview/

The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130925lies

Pigeons & Planes on music streaming future

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/09/music-streaming-future/

The Fifth Harmony fan army and streaming - it increasingly seems like hype will be spotted in the modern era, if it's effective

http://musicmachinery.com/2013/09/13/the-fighting-fifth-the-fifth-harmony-fan-army/

Vevo and Miley Cyrus etc

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-helps-vevo-conquer-mtv-in-video-views-battle-8814877.html

which music services are growing, which are shrinking

http://musicmachinery.com/2013/09/08/which-music-services-are-growing-which-are-shrinking/

How Ylvis The Fox went viral with help from Stargate

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/5687217/how-ylvis-the-fox-went-viral-with-help-from-stargate-qa

Kanye West aiming high

Ministry of Sound vs Spotify

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/sep/04/ministry-of-sound-spotify-lawsuit

is the EDM bubble about to burst?

http://thequietus.com/articles/13249-edm-video-games-industry-collapse-deadmau5

Barrett Strong and Motown's first hit, Money

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/arts/music/for-a-classic-motown-song-about-money-credit-is-what-he-wants.html?ref=music&_r=0

an oral history of Soul Asylum's Runaway Train

http://www.spin.com/articles/soul-asylum-runaway-train-oral-history-dave-pirner/

assessing the impact of streaming on total music revenue growth

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/assessing-the-impact-of-streaming-on-total-music-revenue-growth/

"Grooveshark is the best streaming site"

http://www.businessinsider.com/grooveshark-is-the-best-streaming-site-2013-8

Rick Nowels interview

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/5672722/rick-nowels-lana-del-rey-co-writer-talks-summertime-sadness

New York Times article - I want my YouTube

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/arts/music/pop-music-videos-i-want-my-youtube.html?hp

Vice's article about Silibil N' Brains

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/meet-the-two-scottish-rappers-who-conned-the-world

Malcolm Gladwell on the complexity of the 10,000 hour rule

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/08/psychology-ten-thousand-hour-rule-complexity.html

Zoe Keating's streaming revenue

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/08/zo%C3%AB-keating-returns-to-show-us-the-streaming-music-money.html

is this the worst Diplo interview of all time?

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/332536/is-this-the-worst-diplo-interview-of-all-time.htm

the ten things people in the music industry want from your Facebook page

http://sentric.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/the-ten-things-people-in-the-music-industry-want-from-your-facebook-page/

how the Hot 100 became America's hit barometer

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/08/01/207879695/how-the-hot-100-became-americas-hit-barometer

new YouTube features

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/08/youtube-adds-marketing-features-offers-live-streaming-other-options-to-more-channels.html

marketing The Book of Mormon

http://www.officialtheatre.com/blog/book-of-mormon-marketing/

Mike Einziger from Incubus on co-writing Avicii's Wake Me Up

http://news.radio.com/2013/07/18/incubus-mike-einziger-on-the-making-of-aviciis-chart-topping-wake-me-up/

how Believe by Cher came about

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb99/articles/tracks661.htm

The early days of Queen by Norman J Sheffield

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2368614/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-felt-like-god-Then-started-behaving-like-man-signed-band.html

Mark Mulligan writes something fairly definitive (thank God) on Spotify vs Nigel Godrich

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/streamings-dirty-dozen/

Nigel Godrich vs Spotify

Nigel's initial points on Twitter

Nigel says majors did secret deals with Spotify (true)

Brian Message backs Spotify

Brian Molko backs Nigel

Lefsetz backs... well neither party really, but definitely not Nigel

Music Ally on how streaming could work better for artists

Techradar's pro-Nigel piece

Techradar's pro_Spotify piece

clearing up Spotify payment confusion

Billboard's timeline of the Justin Timberlake campaign

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1552367/justin-timberlakes-promotional-run-up-to-the-2020-experience-a?page=0%2C0

Icona Pop: from the dumper to no. 1 in 28 easy steps

http://www.popjustice.com/briefing/icona-pop-from-the-dumper-to-number-one-in-28-easy-steps/116574/

who needs the critics?

New York Times article

Hits rebuttal

Soundcloud fake plays

http://www.5chicago.com/features/april2013/how-to-become-a-fake-soundcloud-superstar/

three more articles about Daft Punk's marketing campaign

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/14/daft-punk-random-access-memories

http://bynd.com/blog/daft-punk-random-access-marketing/

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1561386/daft-punks-thomas-bangalter-columbias-rob-stringer-on-the-making

Daft Punk's Random Access Memories: a timeline of the global teaser campaign

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1562715/daft-punks-random-access-memories-a-timeline-of-the-global-teaser

the best selling albums of all-time in the UK

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/abba-s-gold-overtakes-the-beatles-to-become-2nd-biggest-selling-album-in-uk-history/054751

Netflix

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-09/netflix-reed-hastings-survive-missteps-to-join-silicon-valleys-elite#p1

ignore the labels if you want to get signed

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/05/ignore-the-labels-if-you-want-to-get-signed.html

some interesting observations on pop music from Ezra Koenig

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/05/07/vampire-bank-holiday-weekend/

Bittorrent bundles

http://paidcontent.org/2013/05/07/bittorrent-bundles/

the appeal of Tumblr

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/06/tumblrs-teenaged-double-edged-sword/

does Spotify work for independent artists?

http://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/03/20/inputoutput-podcast-does-spotify-work-for-independent-artists-an-interview-with-jeremy-devine-of-temporary-residence-records/

ASCAP or BMI - what's the difference?

http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/01/ascap-or-bmi-whats-the-difference/

the business of Phish

http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/48216173465/the-business-of-phish

how many copies do you have to sell to have a no. 1 single in the UK?

http://www.masterton.co.uk/2013/04/hey-what-does-it-take/

Clive Davis's book - a cheat sheet

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/60-things-we-learned-clive-423616?page=show

behind the business model of MailOnline

http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/2013-03-26/mail-online-biggest-news-site

iTunes makes a lot of money

http://www.asymco.com/2013/03/22/so-long-break-even/

Artists buying fake online Likes, views and followers

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/artists-buying-fake-online-likes-views-and-followers-report/054009

demographics of different social networks

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/where-are-my-fans-study-shows-social-sites-deliver-differing-demos.html

Kelly Clarkson vs Clive Davis

http://www.whosay.com/kellyclarkson/content/515466

Ed Sheeran knows what he wants: America

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ed-sheeran-20130216,0,2531845.story

5 iconic songs despised by the people who created them

http://www.cracked.com/article_20231_5-iconic-songs-despised-by-people-who-created-them.html

a bit of detail about how Radiohead broke in Israel first

http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/

'Harlem Shake': The Making And Monetizing Of The Latest YouTube Dance Craze

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1539260/harlem-shake-the-making-and-monetizing-of-the-latest-youtube

10 Questions Artists Should Ask Themselves at the Beginning of Their Careers (To Increase their Chances of Success)

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/10-questions-artists-should-ask-themselves-at-the-beginning.html

I Fight Dragons Music Business Case Study - 1 song, 7.5 writers, 18+ versions

a guide to music journalism bullshit and cliches

http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/news/an-a-z-guide-to-music-journalist-bullshit.html

Just 5% of today's best-selling songs are written solely by their performer

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/just-5-of-today-s-best-selling-music-songs-are-written-solely-by-their-performer/053416

The Global Repertoire Database

http://legrandnetwork.blogspot.fr/2013/01/the-palace-of-data-is-taking-shape.html

interview with George Ergatoudis

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a454722/radio-1-head-of-music-george-ergatoudis-interview-we-dont-control-the-charts.html

Fish on the costs of touring

http://fishheadsclub.com/2013/01/29/touring/

New York Times article on streaming

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/media/streaming-shakes-up-music-industrys-model-for-royalties.html?_r=1&

I Fight Dragons Music Business Case Study - 1 song, 7.5 writers, 18+ versions

http://youtu.be/daBA3btdVKQ

GEMA versus YouTube

http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/28/gema-vs-youtube-lawsuit/

YouTube's Dirty Little Secret

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/youtubes-dirty-little-secret.html

4 facts about indie labels making money from YouTube

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/01/4-facts-about-indie-labels-making-money-from-youtube

YouTube remove plays from major label videos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254181/YouTube-wipes-billions-video-views-finding-faked-music-industry.html

http://www.dailydot.com/news/youtube-universal-sony-fake-views-black-hat/

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/youtube/513696-youtube-changed-game.html

Glassnote Records

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/glassnote-pitting-majors-against-each-other-1008059032.story

Steve Greenberg on Thriller at 30

http://www.billboard.com/features/michael-jackson-s-thriller-at-30-how-one-1008031662.story#/features/michael-jackson-s-thriller-at-30-how-one-1008031662.story

Clearing up Spotify payment confusion

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/11/clearing-up-spotify-payment-confusion.html

The Pirate Bay promoting artists

http://torrentfreak.com/10000-artists-signed-up-for-pirate-bay-promotion-12110/

Lucian Grainge interviewed by Hits

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi

"I think that the consumer has so much more now in terms of choices. I think that Nirvana, and possibly the Beatles and certainly punk were the equivalent of social networking without the technology. And I'm not sure that that can be repeated because there's so much technology for filling the emotional algorithm of need itself."

why the music industry needs another iPod moment

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/why-the-music-industry-needs-another-ipod-moment/

13 extremely scary things about the music industry today

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/121031scary

a rant about Grizzly Bear and writing with an audience in mind

http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/32742897880

how Alex Wilhelm turned his Crazed Hits into an (unspecified) major label A&R gig

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/how-alex-wilhelm-turned-his-crazed-hits-1007955312.story

why buying Facebook likes costs more than money

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/like-shortcuts-these-will-cost-you-money-and-more.php

52 ways to screw an artist by Warner Bros Records

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120919jamestaylor

the countries that torrent the most files, and what most torrented artists are in each country

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19601653

two articles about Apple and streaming

http://paidcontent.org/2012/09/13/apple-can-pick-its-moment-to-re-invent-music-again/

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/15/apples-stream-dreams-the-history-of-a-potential-pandora-killer/

Spotify's DA Wallach explains how Spotify pay artists

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/spotifys-da-wallach-explains-how-spotify-pays-artists.html

will streaming services ever be profitable? An infographic

http://mashable.com/2012/09/04/streaming-music-revenue-charts/

long article about Shazam

http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/shazam-evolution/

Facebook likes do not equal Facebook traffic

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/facebook-fans-do-not-equal-facebook-traffic

New York Times article about buying Twitter followers

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/fashion/twitter-followers-for-sale.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1346155484-MDUm7Tznc/BFgglvLMWRQg

Hits on the phenomenon of up to eight hit singles being released from hit albums

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news09094m01

how Justin Bieber broke Carly Rae Jepsen and other tales of social media breaking hits

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/business/media/how-call-me-maybe-and-social-media-are-upending-music.html

buying fake Twitter followers

http://www.therabbitagency.com/post/29051089367

the kids think YouTube is a music service - and they're right

http://evolver.fm/2012/08/15/the-kids-think-youtube-is-a-music-service-and-theyre-right/

how Billy Van went from 2000 to 100,000 fans using BitTorrent - case study

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/how-billy-van-went-from-2000-to-100000-fans-case-study.html

another music tech start up killed by licensing

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/another-music-tech-startup-killed-by-licensing.htm

ignore the Telegraph, here's the real state of streaming revenue

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/business-matters-ignore-the-telegraph-here-1007738552.story

is the UK the canary in the mine for digital music?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/is-the-uk-the-canary-in-the-mine-for-digital-music/

moaning, over lengthy blog by guy from Soul Coughing who seems to think bands never get tour support anymore

http://mkdo.co/post/26352263455/radiohead-wouldnt-exist-without-early-major-label

Billboard article about Spotify revenues

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/business-matters-is-spotify-labels-2-source-1007443752.story#most

YouTube stars

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/the-ordinary-everyday-superstars-of-youtube-7902953.html?origin=internalSearch

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/magazine/on-youtube-amateur-is-the-new-pro.html?ref=media

soundalike cover versions

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9367019/Maroon-5-and-the-new-phenomenon-baffling-the-music-industry.html

two recent articles about Spotify's revenues

http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-revenue-labels-2012-6

http://blog.mediaevolution.se/2012/06/26/mythbusting-spotify-doesn%E2%80%99t-give-any-money-to-artists/

A guide to Reddit's AMAs

http://leemart.in/artists-ama-guide

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/06/case-study-tenacious-d-on-reddits-ama-ask-me-anything.html

David Lowery on why it's better to be unrecouped amongst other new model issues

http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/meet-the-new-boss-worse-than-the-old-boss-full-post/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/04/lowery_on_the_music_business/

analyzing Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter success

http://www.futurehitdna.com/amanda-palmer-has-a-huge-hack/

introduction to electronic dance music by genre

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2012/04/introduction-to-electronic-dance-music-breaking-down-the-genres.html/

New York Times article about outside investors trying to get into US dance music promotion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/business/media/electronic-dance-genre-tempts-investors.html

New Yorker article about songwriters

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/26/120326fa_fact_seabrook?currentPage=all

Spotify chasing major financing round, but will investors bite?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/spotify-chasing-major-financing-round-but-will-investors-bite.html

5 ways your manager screws up your career

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/5-ways-your-manager-screws-up-your-career.html

download a copy of the Pirate Bay, it's only 90MB

https://torrentfreak.com/download-a-copy-of-the-pirate-bay-its-only-90-mb-120209/

Vevo traffic takes a bath

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120320vevo#BBgpH8WnT8GP--HTidm24g

Twitter's top tips for musicians

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/twitters-top-tips-for-musicians.html

Bruce Springsteen's SXSW keynote speech

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/16/148778665/bruce-springsteens-sxsw-2012-keynote-speech 

The Global Songwriter Shell Game

http://blog.tunecore.com/2012/03/the-global-songwriter-shell-game.html

the new Facebook Pages based around timelines

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/musicians-arsenal-killer-apps-tools-sites-facebooks-timeline.html

Spotify say Adele's album would have sold more if she were on Spotify, and windowing is evil

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1048678

big parallel between music industry/iTunes and book industry/Amazon re. DRM

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html

nice summary of Ed Sheeran's career so far

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2098216/Ed-Sheeran-Heres-ginger-kid-raps-guitar-Thats-good-start.html

why music is still good business, featuring Brian Message, Cooking Vinyl and others

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/festival-of-business/9075644/Why-music-is-still-good-business.html

interview with Spotify's Daniel Ek

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/spotifys-daniel-ek-on-streaming-royalties-social-media-the-future.html

Spotify...

...hits three million subscribers: http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2012/01/spotify-hits-3m-subscribers/

also I left a comment on this article: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/02/spotifys-royalty-rate-grew-only-0001-for-indie-artists-in-2011.html

Tom Silverman on the music business resurrection

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/tom-silverman-on-the-music-business-resurrection.html

Sony Music exec says Spotify doesn't cannibalise

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/sony-music-exec-says-streaming-does-not-cannibilize-sales-midem.html

and more from Spotify in here: http://musically.com/2012/01/26/live-from-universal-musics-investors-open-day/

EMI VP says piracy is a service issue

http://torrentfreak.com/emi-boss-opposes-sopa-says-piracy-is-a-service-issue-120125/

Rob Wells: the idea that Spotify cannibalizes sales is bogus

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rob-wells-universal-music-s-global-digital-1005968752.story

One Big Database Could Save the Music Business with Billions of Tiny Rivulets

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/database-save-music-business/

8 things Spotify could do to show they care about musicians

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/8-things-spotify-could-do-right-now-to-show-they-care-about-musicians.html

Here's a List of Every Single Digital Music Service In the World...

"That is, legal or 'legitimate' services as recognized by label trade group IFPI (which means a few, really big services are missing). Still, this is a list of more than 500 services across 78 countries, which begs the question: why aren't they selling more?"

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120123service

support for the MegaUpload takedown

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120120megasupport

99.9% of Tunecore artists make less than minimum wage

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111123tunecore

Scott Perry changes his mind about release windows and Spotify

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/scott-perry-talks-to-spotify-the-case-for-day-date-music-streaming.html

The Tim Ferriss Effect - promoting via single-person blogs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/01/11/the-tim-ferriss-effect/

how ten major songwriters make money

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/how-10-major-songwriters-make-big-money-20120119

featuring The Dream, Dan Wilson, Lady Gaga, Mark Foster, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Cee-Lo Green, Taylor Swift, Will.i.am, Benny Blanco and Eminem.

abuse of YouTube's ContentID scheme

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-keil/youtube-content-id-system_b_1213256.html

Does piracy cause economic harm?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/15/does-piracy-cause-economic-harm-how-to-think-about-economic-frontiers/

The Pirate Bay will stop serving torrents

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-will-stop-serving-torrents-120112/

Business Week article about Spotify

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/spotify-doesnt-sound-so-great-to-some-artists-01052012.html

The 19 Most Notorious Piracy Hubs in the World

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111221piracy#8y6apqfIAZhF9mRdw8iAiA

This Must Be Pop on Alex Day's hit

http://www.thismustbepop.com/2011/12/impossible-has-been-achieved.html

The Black Keys explains why they don't allow album streaming

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2011/12/video-the-black-keys-explain-why-they-dont-allow-album-streaming.html

Mark Mulligan on Access vs Ownership

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/why-the-access-versus-ownership-debate-isnt-going-to-resolve-itself-anytime-soon/

Why Spotify can never be profitable by Michael Robertson

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/11/why-spotify-can-never-be-profitable-the-secret-demands-of-record-labels/

Helienne Lindvall on Spotify

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/dec/08/artists-indies-spotify

file sharing for personal use remains legal in Switzerland

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/entertainment/51555-swiss-govt-decides-to-keep-file-sharing-legal

Derek Sivers on the importance of sharing whatever you've got

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/derek-sivers-on-the-co-op-business-model-share-whatever-youv.html

detail on YouTube's deal with American publishers

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/industry/2011/11/29/youtube-strikes-new-publisher-deal-but-more-storm-clouds-gather/

why Facebook is the real winner with Google's mediocre music strategy

http://moconews.net/article/419-why-facebook-is-the-real-winner-with-googles-mediocre-music-strategy/

distributor pulls 234 labels from Spotify etc

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/11/distributor-pulls-234-labels-from-spotify-napster-rdio-after-itunes-payments-drop-24.html

Indie distributor pulls music from Spotify and other streaming services

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1047500

Ian Rogers interview with David Hyman, founder and CEO of MOG.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9mJGdehis&feature=player_embedded - skip forward to 22 mins for a utopian vision of music licensing that nearly came true.

Then skip forward to 35 minutes for his defence of streaming services in the face of minute royalty payments: "The average iTunes consumers is spending $40 a year on music, so just over $3 a month and out of that, the labels are probably getting 60-70%. Every time somebody subscribes to MOG, if they take our mobile option it's $10 a month, and the same percentage is going back to the labels - 60-70% - and that's much better than $3. The key question is how to we get scale." (And the answer is they'd like MOG to be bundled into your cable bill or ISP or mobile bill. If it could be bundled then the labels would probably allow all you can eat for $2 or $3 per month and the scale would be huge.)

Nile Rodgers interviewed by Peter Paphides at Waterstone's, Piccadilly, London

Nile Rodgers launched his autobiography with a gripping talk at Waterstone's. Choice quotes and anecdotes...

In the early '70s, Nile saw Roxy Music play at the Roxy in London. "It was a totally immersive artistic experience - the crowd were fly, the band were fly, the music was textual, they were saying 'come into my world'." So Nile was inspired to try and create the black version of Roxy Music - and that was Chic.

But Nile said he always has to "swim upstream" and so it was at times with Chic. The UK label didn't want to release the first Chic album because it only had seven songs on it (albeit very long songs).

Likewise as a producer of other artists - Upside Down by Diana Ross was not well received at first, which was upsetting for Nile and Bernard Edwards because "Diana Ross was the first big star we ever worked with and we took it very seriously." They interviewed her for several days. "This was the first time in her life somebody cared about who she was; what she was - everyone previously had treated her the way we had treated Sister Sledge - they got her in and said 'Sing this'. We (took a more personal approach) because we felt we'd misrepresented Sister Sledge because we hadn't met them before they came in to sing We Are Family."

Nile wondered if He's The Greatest Dancer might have been the first song to mention brands in a big way.

Madonna played him all the songs that would go on Like A Virgin and said "Nile, if you don't love all these songs, I can't work with you". Nile replied "I don't love them all now but I will by the time we're finished".

David Bowie's phenomenally successful Let's Dance album was recorded, start to finish, including mixing, in 17 days.

Nile also said he's never had a manager. "Many artists I work with, I don't seem to do their follow-up records and that's because I don't put anyone above anyone else - if they want me, they have to wait".

Pete Paphides: "What did (an American radio station) take exception to on Carly Simon Why?"
Nile: "As Bernard would say 'Shit, you're white, you tell me'."

Nile's favourite tracks that have sampled Chic:
Alcazar - Crying at the Discoteque
Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy With It
Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems
But his favourite of all is Rapper's Delight.

"When I wrote I Want Your Love it's because I was so mesmerised by Giorgio Moroder, and I had no idea there was such thing as a sequencer, so I thought he was playing like that." Nile has always believed in trying to play things rather than sequencing them.

"You should get a (record) deal in accordance with what you've accomplished, not because of what your attorney's other clients have accomplished."

On American Idol et al: "I think it's a little bit unfair to make an artist prove themselves, sink or swim, every day because everyone knows you can have a bad show one day."

Nonetheless, he enjoyed working with Adam Lambert recently.

Nile said of Madonna's iconic performance of on the first MTV Music Video Awards that she was supposed to do Holiday but she flipped it and did Like A Virgin, which no-one in the audience had heard at the time. "She went out on a limb and forced the record company to release that song."

Universal's Rob Wells on This Week In Music with Ian Rogers

why the entertainment industry is wrong about everything pt 1

http://morethanasandwich.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/why-the-entertainment-industry-is-wrong-about-everything-pt-1/

four ways to make Facebook Music better

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/four-ways-to-make-facebook-music-a-lot-better-1005460902.story

how important is iTunes?

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/just-how-important-do-you-think-itunes-actually-is/

The Vindication of Andy Lack

http://www.waynerosso.com/2011/10/31/the-vindication-of-andy-lack/

Consumers won’t pay for recorded music in the future — but fans will pay for music experiences

http://allthingsd.com/20111028/music-for-nothing-and-the-fans-for-free/?refcat=media

Helienne Lindvall breaks down the economics of a record deal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/28/how-x-factor-winners-lose

Mark Mulligan on the awkward unanswered questions that led to Coldplay's Spotify embargo

http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/the-awkward-unanswered-questions-that-led-to-coldplay%E2%80%99s-spotify-embargo/

leaving albums off Spotify, including Tom Waits and Coldplay

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/what-s-the-strategy-behind-coldplay-tom-1005445882.story

the new copyfight

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-copyfight.html

the new economics of the music industry (not accurate but still)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-new-economics-of-the-music-industry-20111025

album debuting on Spotify three weeks before release

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/talib-kweli-s-idle-warship-project-debuts-1005399562.story

Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein interview

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b742a90-fe1e-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1bsLK5vll

Lessons from the Industry Formerly Known as the Record Business

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/10/lessons_from_the_industry_form.html

some research suggesting customers still like to own music

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008645

Newsbeat piece on the death of On Air, On Sale

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/15276645

how Warner turns social media fans into customers

http://www.informationweek.com/thebrainyard/news/marketing/231901093/how-warner-music-turns-social-media-fans-into-customers

YouTube now allows music partners to sell merchandise, digital downloads and event tickets

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/16/youtube-now-allows-music-partners-to-sell-merchandise-digital-downloads-and-event-tickets/

interview with the manager of Fitz & The Tantrums

inspiring interview with Marc Geiger

edited version:

are subscription music services a sustainable business model?

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/spotiwhy-are-subscription-music-services-a-sustainable-busin.html

Sean Parker's email to Spotify

http://www.scribd.com/doc/67465758/Sean-Parker-s-Email-to-Spotify-s-Daniel-Ek

who's funding Turntable.fm

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/money-hunt/2011/09/13/union-square-ventures-madonna-manager-fund-turntable-fm

a look at what the record industry has done wrong and right from Warner's outgoing digital chief

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20112365-261/warner-music-exec-we-finally-figured-out-free/

how digital music sales are doing in the tablet era

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/tablets-can-do-more-to-encourage-digital-1005376482.story

New Zealand's illegal download law

http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/news/illegal-download-law-fails

5 Key Features Missing from Facebook Music

http://evolver.fm/2011/09/23/5-key-features-missing-from-facebook-music/

David Foster's 10 Tips for Songwriters

Ian Hargreaves Q&A

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/ian-hargreaves-q-a-the-man-behind-the-u-1005365502.story

90% of time spent on social networks is on Facebook

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/90-of-time-spent-on-social-networks-is-on-facebook.html

Billboard article on Facebook's music service

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/facebook-music-what-it-is-what-it-isn-t-1005366862.story

Spotify Responds To Artist Payments Controversy

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/spotify-responds-to-artist-payments-controversy.html

how to structure a company to succeed in the current music industry

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-structure-a-company-to-succeed-in-the-current-music-i.html

the original Melody Maker and NME reviews of Nirvana - Nevermind by Everett True and Steve Lamacq respectively

http://www.collapseboard.com/everett-true/nirvanas-nevermind-20-years-ago/

http://www.nme.com/reviews/nirvana/7371

analysis of the mixing and mastering of Kids by MGMT

http://blog.fixyourmix.com/2009/mixing-and-mastering-analysis-of-kids-by-mgmt/

a load statistics about the music industry (not all of them true)

what a self-releasing band are expecting to make from different outlets make available their album

http://uniformmotion.tumblr.com/post/9659997039/release-day-economics

Love creates brand and campaign for boyband One Direction

http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2011/09/06/25707-love-creates-brand-and-campaign-for-boyband-one-direction/

YouTube's Content ID Piracy Filter Wreaks Havoc

http://torrentfreak.com/youtubes-content-id-piracy-filter-wreaks-havoc-110908/

nice piece from manager of Portugal. The Man about their philosophy and use of social media

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/rich-holtzman-manager-of-portugal-the-man-on-how-social-media-built-saved-the-band.html

interview with Simon Cowell

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201109/simon-cowell-interview-september-2011?currentPage=1

marketing Kreayshawn - Audible Treats on the rise of Gucci Gucci

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/09/-marketing-kreayshawn-audible-treats-on-the-rise-of-gucci-gucci.html

How Someone Pulled Down the Entire Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga YouTube Channels

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/090111pulldown

a handy guide to YouTube Downloaders (one of which is being sued)

http://torrentfreak.com/youtube-downloader-site-sued-by-worlds-biggest-music-labels-110826

the Avicii vs. Leona Lewis saga

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/aug/26/topline-melody-disputes-artists-songwriters?CMP=twt_gu

a new file hosting site from two people behind the Pirate Bay

http://torrentfreak.com/bayfiles-the-pirate-bay-founders-launch-file-hosting-site-110829/

Which? on potential problems with the proposed PRS traffic light system for music websites

http://conversation.which.co.uk/technology/music-downloads-website-illegal-copyright-traffic-light/

interview with Tim Clark

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-features/industry/2011/08/26/the-hot-seat-tim-clark/

EMI and Bill Nelson's royalties

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110808/04134515432/emi-doesnt-pay-royalties-it-does-to-wrong-people-it-doesnt-maybe-it-does.shtml

BBM Music

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/blackberry-music-service-becomes-official-1005327972.story

Price is the problem, not pirates

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/23/riaa_is_suing_the_wrong_targets/