MySpace music quietly relaunched as a real listening service over the past few days, and has recieved a generally good responce from the online community. It's definitely worth a go, millions of...
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Limewire, the current leading P2P developer, is developing an online music store. Paid music files will be available via links in their P2P software and later included in P2P results. Music will be...
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yahoo music's latest promotion at the new Yahoo Lyricsmakers web site is a lyrics contest with promotional partner McDonald's and artist Ne-Yo. You write the lyrics, site visitors vote on it,...
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Ticketmaster has a new deal. Buy a ticket for a show before Labor Day and get a free song on iTunes. That's right - pay $30 more than you used to for a concert ticket and ticketing fees and......
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by Marc on August 08, 2007
Pop star Prince shocked the major labels with a new marketing plan - free music. He gave away almost 3 million CDs of his latest album, Planet Earth, in the UK. They were distributed with the Mail...
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Filed in archive Artists
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by Marc on August 07, 2007
I came across the following message and found it to be a terrific guerilla marketing concept. Along the lines of the DIY approach you described here's another tactic indie artists might consider....
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London-based online music store 7digital now sells DRM-free tunes from major label EMI, similar to an offering from Passalong Networks. While pricing is similar to iTunes (7digital has songs at $1.08...
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... and your mother's credit card. ... Britney spears is gathering fan feedback for her next album. But it's not free. It's strictly members-only only via her official fan club at...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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Filed in archive Apple
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by Marc on July 12, 2007
This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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by Marc on July 10, 2007
This article is part of a series on guaranteed success for tech and media marketing. 1. What's Your Story: An iPhone Christmas 2. What's Your Story: Demystifying Apple 3. What's Your...
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Shared Media Licensing's (SML) Weedshare, an early digital music service, has suspended operations. Weedshare was smoked by Microsoft, whose latest version of Windows Media Player was...
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New York artist and former software programmer Jonathan Coulton is profiled in the New York Times magazine section. He explains how he's created a full-time living through free distribution. He...
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Leading online music store eMusic with has driven song prices down as low as 25¢ if you max out their song bundles. eMusic offers over two million tracks, all in open MP3 format. But many labels...
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DiscRevolt brings a new way for artists to promote themselves with artist trading cards. The cards are both a physical memento for the artist like a CD Jewel case and a stored credit card that...
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Germany-based SellaBand takes online donations to the next level for new artists by banding together small contributions in a method it calls crowdsourcing. Artists upload a few cuts, send their fans...
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Yahoo Music is adding lyrics as a point of differentiation compared to other major online music sites. The lyrics to 400,000 songs will be made available with more to be added. Lyrics have long been...
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This article is part of a series reviewing the AnywhereCD bundled CD+MP3 album store. 1. Anywhere(CD) But Here (Warner Music). 2. Anywhere(CD) But Singles. 3. Anywhere(CD) is Better Than Nowhere. 4....
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