EMI & Warner Chappel: Nah

Pali Research, says this lengthy and worth-reading blog post at the Wall Street Journal's Deal Journal, suggested that EMI purchase Warner Chappel Music Publishing from Warner Music Group. The odds ... . Publishing sits in a more favorable light than does recorded music, but if I was a bank I'd sit [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 21:04:08
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

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The Best Way To Find A Music Publisher And Get Signed

There are many web articles and chapters in songwriting business books that have one thing in common when it comes to instruction on how and where to pitch your songs to get a music publishing deal; they say once you have your song demos ready, start making contacts and send copies of your demos out to music publishers by making sure [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 20:08:59
Blog: SongwriterAdvisor.com ...

Free Music Marketing Help

ATTN: Musicians and Independent Labels "Would You Like to Make More Money With Your Music?" I'm the "Secret Weapon" labels like MCA, Interscope, Sony, and Capitol hire when they need music ... of a record contract, music publishing deal, and more... Suppose you were told music business [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 21:17:31
Blog: Music Marketing [dot] c...

POD: Art Beat Box: Doorway Dwellers, Pink Widower

[THE SENTINEL'S PODCASTS ARE ALL CURRENTLY DOWN DUE TO SITE FUNKINESS. PLEASE HOLD TIGHT AND WE WILL RE-ROCK YOU IN NO TIME ... Anthony Writing about music is tricky. Just ask our beloved publisher. He hates music articles ... you can get is to tell people what other band this music sounds most like and what elements they are using [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 02:46:09
Blog: Portland Sentinel | Eve...

Fair use for a dancing toddler video

Fair use for a dancing toddler video Jack Schofield / Digital music & movies / Google / Internet 01:31pm "A federal judge in San Jose ... that a Pennsylvania woman filed after Universal Music Publishing forced YouTube to remove a video ... not be quite as dimwitted as Universal Music Publishing, which would have been better off regarding [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 12:36:01
Blog: Technology | guardian.c...

A no-brainer indeed

The Post’s Kelly McParland comments on the Tories’ misguided massacre of arts programs reported here yesterday ... exports and conferred met with executives from the Scandinavian music industry, managers, booking agents and music publishers. Gibb says she was asked by Canadian missions in Malaysia, Indonesia [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 20:07:45
Blog: CanCult.ca...

Heart Demanding McCain Campaign Stop Using Its Song

Last month it was singer Jackson Browne suing the McCain campaign for using his song in a commercial ... they didn't, given how much music was used at the convention. But, that's apparently not good enough for the band, who complained and had its label, Sony BMG, and its publisher Universal Music Publishing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 17:11:00
Blog: Tech News - Tech News...

Heart Demanding McCain Campaign Stop Using Its Song

Last month it was singer Jackson Browne suing the McCain campaign for using his song in a commercial ... they didn't, given how much music was used at the convention. But, that's apparently not good enough for the band, who complained and had its label, Sony BMG, and its publisher Universal Music Publishing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 08:23:33
Blog: Tech Scoop - Hot Techno...

Mininova: Serving Billions of Torrents and Buying Bugattis

Mininova has evolved quite a bit since it has started three years ago ... . They recently launched a content distribution platform for independent publishers, a music streaming feature ... our Content Distribution service. Publishers will see more distribution options (e.g. extensive [more...]

Date: 2008-02-23 21:24:15
Blog: TorrentFreak | Torrent ...

Why Sony’s BMG Deal Won’t Push EMI to Buy Warner Chappell

Some couples seem meant to circle each other for years, returning from dalliances with others to take up their on-again, off-again relationships: ... . That deal is widely expected to spur other music companies to examine their competitive position ... Music’s publishing business. A deal like that–suggested by Pali Research today–could help EMI [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 09:36:00
Blog: Deal Journal - WSJ.com ...

CD Baby Pacts With RightsFlow For Artist Services

Cdbaby DiscMaker owned CD Baby has partnered with to allow the 240,000 artists that CD Baby distributes in the US to license, account, and pay music publishers for download sales through online retailers like iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, and Rhapsody. RightsFlow offers outsourced music publishing licensing and royalty solutions [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 09:54:55
Blog: hypebot...

NYTimes Reccomends CC for Free Music Downloads

Yesterday, the New York Times published an article titled “Free Music Downloads Without the Legal Peril ” in which they gave CC a nice plug: ... free music alternatives (such as promos on iTunes and Amazon MP3) and although it doesn’t exactly ... community - it is great to be featured regardless. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 20:32:44
Blog: CC News - Creative Com...

Today's Music Briefing: Sony, The Orchard, ReverbNation & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: iTunes Top US Music Retailer, Amazon Gains Sonybmg_2 ... ://investor.theorchard.com. > Downtown Music Publishing has appointed Jumee Park as Director, Film/TV Music. Reverbnation_logo_3 > ReverbNation has introduced a ‘Press Widget’ that enables [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 14:49:37
Blog: hypebot...

MediaSet, Silvio Berlusconi, Sue YouTube For $800 Million

Google and YouTube just found themselves in more legal/political hot water -- in Italy ... , The Tennis Federation of France, Cherry Lane Music, Murbo Music Publishing, France's TF1, as well as another ... -based company found 4,643 videos from MediaSet companies on YouTube on June 10, representing 325 hours [more...]

Date: 2008-07-30 17:35:00
Blog: Silicon Alley Insider...

Friday Business Links: EMI Hires Another A&R Exec

• EMI's global functional matrix continues to take form ... for licensing digital music services" of the Section 115 compulsory license. "It's the music publishers ... , North America, UK and Ireland. (Music Week) • CD duplication company MediaTechnics has signed [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 14:16:07
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

Wednesday Business Links: Qtrax Has Deal With Universal Music Group

• Qtrax now has a deal with Universal Music Group for both recorded music and publishing ... Journey classics, and the DVD has a live concert. The package is going for $11.88 at Wal-Mart's ... venues." (All About Jazz) from the job board Account Manager, American Express Access, Music [more...]

Date: 2008-05-07 13:31:17
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

Fair Use

Copyright is an issue that interests me a great deal, not because of my own writing, but because of my work as the editor of Loyola Classics ... of issues: does the current system used by the ICEL privilege large established music publishing companies ... fascinating, convoluted task, especially once you get European heirs and publishing houses involved [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 22:13:02
Blog: Charlotte was Both...

MUSIC GORILLA CELEBRATES ITS FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

Hey everyone. This just came across my desk, sent by someone who knows what she’s talking about. :) For all you musicians, check this out… [ ... to “playing it for the labels,” is quickly revolutionizing the process by which up and comers connect with A&R Reps from Indie and Major record companies, Film And TV Music Supervisors, publishers [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 23:30:11
Blog: Collected Sounds- Celeb...

Scholarly Confirmation Requested

Everyone knows that Gita Sarabhai gave to John Cage the definition of the purpose of music that her teacher had given her: " ... Musick's Monument, his only treatise on music and his only book published that year, and I can't find ... of Baroque music with any authority. And now I'm starting to imagine Harrison and Cage sitting [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 20:15:54
Blog: New Music reBlog...

Bully Documentary

is my company. BlueNCTV is a grand unifying tag upon which any coordinated video productions designed to premier here at BlueNC can be bestowed in ... as a BlueNCTV production, just use bold Helvetica in all caps for your font throughout, slap BLUENCTV ... this is a journalistic venture with no syndication options attached, I'm using published music acc [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 17:54:55
Blog: Database configuration...

Crippled by Idealism

I had the opportunity to sit down with Page Hamilton a few nights ago and drink and listen to stories ... conversation to even begin to paraphrase it here but music publishing and distribution was talked ... If someone offered you a record deal right now for $20,000 dollars would you take it.” This is an easy [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 23:19:15
Blog: jlegler.com ...

“Overture . . . Dim the Lights”: The Fifteen Best Broadway Overtures

Oh the overture- that magical moment at the beginning of play when you settle in and get ready to be entertained. Well, Thomas S ... music as well as the author of twenty published plays. In The Oxford Companion To The American Musical Hischak offers over two thousand entries on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 12:46:04
Blog: OUPblog...

Experts Discuss The Role Of IP In Environmental Technology Transfer

Inside Views Contribute your views! Submit an Inside Views idea on any relevant topic to info@ip-watch ... is needed. I suggest that lawmakers aggregate the rights of songwriters, music publishers ... and innovation. Click here to read A New Business Model For The Music Industry Explained Bennett [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 11:00:29
Blog: Intellectual Property W...

What To Read Into Sony BMG's Valuation

Over the last few days, much commentary has been offered on how Sony's acquisition of Bertelsmann's half of Sony BMG can be used as a measuring stick for other music companies. That's a low-tech way of saying people are comparing multiples ... , with its music publishing, trades at 7 times EBITDA. The difference is that Sony BMG does not have music [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 19:28:55
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

Nobody’s a Nobody: Renouncing Rankism, Defending Dignity

  The following podcast is brought to you courtesy of A World of Possibilities and The Mainstream Media ... Associate Producers: Matt Fidler, Naihma Deady Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz Music ... Publishing; “A United Earth I” by Alan Stivell and Youssou N’Dour - Putamayo World Music; “Top Ranking” [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 03:23:10
Blog: Good Politics Radio...

Get Your Own Damn Music II

And once again the musicians object…Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart said Thursday night that Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease ... the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. Wehope our wishes will be honored," the group ... s gotten to the point now where whenever I hear any rock or pop music at a Republican event, I start [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 13:20:33
Blog: The Eleventh Hour...

MULTI-GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTISTS STING AND TOOL TO ROCK IN GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR

Police Frontman/Bassist Sting to Lend Voice and Likeness; ... , contributing more than just music, in Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero ... a staple in their music videos, live shows and album artwork. When the house lights go down this fall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 16:57:22
Blog: pure nintendo | freshly...

Time Warner: What a Mess

descent. Meebo is a rising hot Web company. And neither of them have any idea how to make money. What a perfect match. And so it goes ... and record labels and music publishing groups keep pushing and pulling in the courts ... clear what to do about something like a MySpace page or a tiny independent Internet radio station [more...]

Date: 2008-04-29 15:22:14
Blog: Technology Blog - Tech ...

‘Devastated’ Sony coughs up $1.2 billion

p2pnet news view | Music:- You know how those 12-year-old “massive illegal online distributors” of copyrighted ‘product’  are “devastating” Vivendi ... not consolidate Sony BMG’s cash.” It adds: “Bertelsmann, which sold its music publishing unit, BMG Songs ... - the people upon whom Sony BMG, Sony, BMG and the other corporate music companies depend. But [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 13:20:40
Blog: p2pnet news ...

Hanging out with Robert Scoble at Tapulous, producers of Tap Tap Revenge, the #1 iPhone game

I am a huge fanboy of Robert Scoble. From his pioneering scobleizer blog (which he started while at Microsoft) ... about adding exclusive music tracks to the game. The music industry has come a long way. You used to have to go to traditional publishers to get music out there. Then MySpace was a way to self-publish [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 14:18:12
Blog: Web Ink Now...

Required Reading for "User-Generated Content" Sites: Io Group v. Veoh

may need no license at all), and it has been notoriously complicated to figure out who to contact for the relevant licenses ... the independent labels. It's the music publishers that represent the last great obstacle to streamlined ... has been trying to break the logjam with respect to digital music services by issuing regulations clarifying [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 15:03:41
Blog: Deeplinks | Electronic ...

“Barracuda”

John McCain and Sarah Palin have been using the Heart song “Barracuda” because, inexplicably, Sarah Palin’s nickname is Barracuda or something, ... ” after Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG sent a cease-and-desist letter to the McCain ... who cares… Well, predictably, as is usually the case when Republicans use good music, Ann & Nancy [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 18:26:03
Blog: break the terror...

Net Neutrality as No 1 music biz issue

p2pnet news | P2P:- Until last November, in Canada, if you said Net Neutrality to most Canadians, ... Every month her Exclaim! column, “attempts to provide useful information about the music business,” she says, going on >>> But while covering royalties and music publishing and tips on how [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 16:59:43
Blog: p2pnet news ...

The Weakerthans Nominated for ECHO Songwriting Prize

thanks corey bayless Stephen Carroll, John Samson, Greg Smith, and Jason Tait, known collectively as the Weakerthans, ... wisdom, Canada’s SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers, though I’m not sure ... by independent songwriters in Canada.” The five nominees where chosen by a panel of “respected, knowledgeable [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 23:57:17
Blog: Anti Blog — Download th...

Unleash your Inner Rockstar

-125x125 Button - right- In the history of music video games Guitar Hero, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game ... rather than using the console’s standard controller which simulates the playing of music. The feeling [more...]

Date: 2008-08-31 11:27:20
Blog: TechPin...

Cigars And Music: A Natural Combination

Cigars And Music: A Natural Combination Published in September 6th, ... that it’s a good thing everybody was too busy improvising to need sheet music. ... 2008 Posted in Music No Comments Perhaps it’s because there’s a close cultural connection [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 11:00:24
Blog: Iula - au pair general ...

The Weekly Check In with Joel Speasmaker

(Part of The Weekly Check In series) Joel is awesome because he let me sell ads for his amazing magazine, The Drama (and he’s awesome in general.) ... One. With hopes of it becoming a recurring event, the first one was focused on independent publishing ... . RR: What’s your favorite music right now? Speaskmaker: I really like that new Wolf Parade [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 18:21:41
Blog: Rubin Recommends...

Tales of Series Battle Arrange album sounds intense

battle.jpg piano.jpg In July, music publisher Team Entertainment announced a best-of battle remix album would be offering up ... selections, it seems that if you've ever felt the music of Tales of Destiny could use a dash ... , performed by Sakuraba. For those living outside of Japan who are enthused about the music of the series [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 00:29:17
Blog: Siliconera ...

Tuesday Business Links: EMI Eyes Publisher, Blackberry Gets Puretracks Downloads

• A report says EMI is considering buying classical music publishing Boosey & Hawkes from owner Hg Capital for £100m. (The Independent) • Puretracks announced a mobile music store -- with DRM-free AAC downloads -- for Blackberry ... at SXSW. Wow. I can't think of a place I'd like to put my music any less than on my Blackberry [more...]

Date: 2008-03-11 14:12:26
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...

“Who I am?”

I am working on the selection of my major new venture and in doing so I tend to browse through some inspiring or helpful material relevant to the ... they form who we are. Thus, I am a voluntaryist, atheist, web publisher, web designer, enthusiast about technology, electronic music etc. It is from who we are then, that we extract our desires. Desire [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:21:27
Blog: Memeverse ...

Heart to John McCain: No, you can’t use my song!

Did you watch the Republican convention last night? Do you remember this part? Yep, that was Heart’s classic “Barracuda” playing ... Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign, according to CNN. “We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music,” the group said [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 19:38:04
Blog: Snarky Gossip ...

Attention Heart: Be careful, you're about to blow it!

As the Republican National Convention came to a close on Thursday night, thousands of balloons fell from the ceiling, ... Music Publishing along with Sony BMG quickly fired off a 'cease and desist' letter to Republicans ... with the RNC using their song. But thanks to the RNC, a completely new generation of music fans are likely [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 15:02:42
Blog: The Viral Garden...

Get Moore for less with free film download

Michael Moore has announced that his next film, Slacker Uprising, ... ! Way to catch up to the music industry and the publishing industry! Speaking of publishing, Moore [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 15:27:46
Blog: AdFreak...

Book Notes - Janis Ian ("Society's Child: My Autobiography")

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books ... with either the artist or her music. As I listened to the two-disc greatest hits collection, Best ... is instead a juicily entertaining look at an unusual life in show business." In her own words, here [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 17:22:21
Blog: largehearted boy: a mus...

FNDP Week #130 - Rock My Roll

FNDP Week #130 - Rock My Roll September 5th, 2008 Enjoy tonights tunes! ... A.I. Check out all the action at www.fridaynightdanceparty.com Music provided via direct permission from the publisher, iodaPROMONET, ccMixter or the Podsafe Music Network Buy songs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 02:00:45
Blog: FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PART...

Creative Artist Agency Job Openings (LA)

September 4, 2008 from AArisings by wonderfulcow Intellligence Group Administrative Assistant CAA Talent and Literary Agency is looking for an ... and qualitative forms for clients in various industries including entertainment (music, film TV, video games, publishing), fashion/beauty, automotive, consumer goods, retail, and more. Key [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 16:35:58
Blog: N.E.A.A.T.O!...

McCain Palin Heart “Barracuda” Controversy

The Wilson sisters want nothing to do with the Republicans ... Entertainment Weekly Friday. Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist ... . “We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song ‘Barracuda’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 13:39:26
Blog: PopCrunch - A Celebrity...

No HEART for Palin

Sarah Palin relaxing amongst dead animals. If Palin had it her way, she’d have the entire Arctic Wildlife caucus collection. The Republicans used the HEART band song “Barracuda” at the end of the convention. Barracuda ... ), announced Friday that Universal Music Publishing and ... [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 16:42:44
Blog: The Sirens Chronicles...

Qtrax: Still Vaporware

Qtrax logo image Qtrax had some "big" news today; they renewed their existing licenses with EMI Music Publishing and Sony/ATV ... to pull it out here, because it's going to be companies that expose us to new artists and new music ... deals with the people they really need to ever supply music. As Engadget points out, the real hang [more...]

Date: 2008-03-05 02:40:11
Blog: Profy - Technology News...

Technorati Acquires Blogcritics and Welcomes the Blogcritics Community

Today, we’ve announced the acquisition of Blogcritics.org. If you’re a blogger, you might be familiar with them ( ... is an online community of thousands of bloggers, and an award winning site. They’re publishing everything from music reviews to articles on politics and technology – to a monthly audience of more than [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 16:43:16
Blog: Technorati Weblog...

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