Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes…
You may have seen the quick post I made last week about iTunes moving to new territories: The iTunes Store is now live in 12 additional markets, bringing their music offering to a total of 29 countries...
View ArticleDancing The Week Away in Amsterdam
October saw the Dance Music World move en masse to Amsterdam, Holland for the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE): a week of meetings, seminars and the odd club night or two. Given that most of the traditional...
View ArticleChristmas Time, Mistletoe and…?
It’s that time of year again (well at least in the UK) where you can’t enter a shopping mall without hearing the same twenty or so Christmas songs on an endless loop. I was mentioning this in the...
View ArticleLooking Back: midem After The Hustle and Bustle
January saw the world’s music industry yet again decamp en masse to Cannes for several days of meetings, gigs, showcases and the odd dinner and drink thrown in or as it’s normally called: midem. The...
View ArticlePositive Figures and High Hopes for Digital Music in Britain
Our friends at the BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) recently published their Trade Income figures for Q4 2011 and there were encouraging results in the digital market. Digital revenues grew by...
View ArticleThe Five (well actually six) W’s of Marketing
You’ve probably heard of the Five W’s: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? They are the five essential bits of info without which no marketing campaign can effectively run. Like most people who studied...
View ArticleWhat’s New, UK?
Lots of services are looking to start in the UK — and others are undergoing some interesting changes. Consider this your quick and dirty update: The US streaming store Rdio has (finally) launched in...
View ArticleThe U.K. Has Embraced Digital! What Does That Mean for You?
It was in the UK media that digital services accounted for 55.5% of UK recorded music revenues in Q1 2012, as income from subscription streaming platforms doubled (up 93%) to just under £9 million. In...
View ArticleMusic Makes the (Olympic) World Go Round
As the Paralympics enter their final week, the whole London 2012 team can be congratulated for many things: excellent venues, great game makers (the army of volunteers), fabulous venues and amazing...
View ArticleIt’s A Celebration Kind of Year… Happy 30 Years, CD!
Happy Birthday to the CD! In the U.K., they’ve been commercially available for 30 years now, with the first titles available on the format coming from ABBA and Billy Joel. CDs are the most successful...
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