CNET and others are reporting that YouTube and major labels are having conversations regarding the posting and archiving of music videos on the YouTube site. The business model would allow consumers to view videos for free while paying the labels a share of advertising revenue–the opportunity for YouTube, labels and advertisers is enormous if [...]
Entries from August 2006
Legitimizing YouTube—Will Labels Seize the Full Opportunity?
August 18th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Music (Business)
Last.fm vs Pandora
August 11th, 2006 · No Comments
Back in May of this year I posted a link to an article comparing various music recommendation engines, with Last.fm and Pandora coming out on top of the heap. Now, Steve Krause shares his thoughts on the differences between the different approaches taken by Pandora vs Last.fm and which works best. Steve [...]
Tags: Music (Business)
When the Big Hit Isn’t Big Anymore
August 11th, 2006 · No Comments
Music itself hasn’t gone out of favor – just the opposite. There has never been a better time to be an artist or a fan, and there has never been more music made or listened to. But the traditional model of marketing and selling music no longer works. The big players in the distribution system [...]