The morning of February 16th, 2009 marked the beginning of a trial in Sweden the likes of which the world had never seen before. The…
Topspin Media is a music company co-founded by Peter Gotcher (who also co-founded DigiDesign, the company behind ProTools) and Shamal Ranasinghe. The company is in…
Early in February, Live Nation and Ticketmaster decided to merge into one company instead of renewing their previous commitments to working with one another. This…
The inauguration of our Nation’s 44th president, Barack Obama, was met with a spectacle of music the likes of which had never been seen. Artists…
As the world met economic turmoil in October of 2008, no industry tat could hide from the effects of the downturn. Yet, the entertainment trade,…
Richard Thaler and Cass Sunsteain’s book, Nudge: Improcving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Yale University Press, 2008), is ostensibly about “choice architecture,” or how…
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents record labels worldwide, just released its Digital Music Report 2009. It is available for free at…
At the annual Macworld conference last month, Apple announced multiple major changes to its iTunes music store. For music lovers, the most notable of these…
The current state of our country’s economy is frightening. With the recent $85 billion federal bailout of AIG, the unstableness of the stock market, and…
Scarcity, Theft, and Evolution in a Digital World Obsolescence of Reality The dawning of the information age has heralded a revolution in consumer power. Producers…
In the past, philanthropy was often a matter of simply giving money away. Charity was seen as a privilege and was frequently limited to a…
So you’re the business manager of folk-bluegrass group Apples and Oranges. The band’s catchy new single “Pickin’ Two” just aired in an episode of Weeds.…
As a child of the nineties, I could imagine nothing more exciting than one day seeing my name at the top of the Billboard 200.…
It is now often argued that the future of music lies in live music. The decline of the record business, the old cash cow of…