Tag: music business
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A new economics of P2P file sharing
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Andrew Orlowski
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What happens when you put three economists from the internet, telecomms, and the music businesses in a room and don’t let them out until they’ve agreed on something useful? A paper published by the research unit of the British composers’ collection society today gives us a clue. The first results of a “knocking heads together”…
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EMI’s £700,000 taxi bill
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Andrew Orlowski
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A report by Maltby Capital, the company created to acquire and run EMI, reveals that the British music giant is still spending money like a drunken sailor. A highlight of the out-of-control budget was £700,000 spent with just one London taxi firm. “This was only slightly less than the bills of three investment banks, with…
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Cliff Richard not face of British music any more
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Andrew Orlowski
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The Monday morning after the clocks go back traditionally brings us very little cheer, but here’s one piece of good news – you’ll be seeing less of Sir Cliff Richard in the future.… Read More
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Right-on Radiohead – the union busters?
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Andrew Orlowski
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The internet has been great for millionaire music performers and amateurs – it’s everyone else in between who gets screwed. Now we have Radiohead’s publisher Warner Chappell helping confirm the trend. The publisher’s head of business affairs Jane Dyball has divulged some information on the band’s “name your own price” offer last year. Radiohead offered…
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Nokia’s free music offer isn’t so free
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Andrew Orlowski
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Few music business people expect Nokia’s unlimited free music giveaway to be repeated, or even last very long. There simply aren’t enough large consumer companies prepared to take such an expensive gamble . And Nokia’s richest partners aren’t interested in helping out. But it’s a radical and interesting offering that merits some serious analysis: certainly,…
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Songwriters pal with IT to counter the Google lobby
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Andrew Orlowski
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There’s a new lobby group in town – but unusually, this one unites traditional adversaries from tech, telecoms, and media companies. Backers include the American Songwriters Guild representing creators, Microsoft, Cisco, and AT&T, and media companies including Viacom and NBC. Everyone but Google, it seems. The launch in New York today was well attended by…