Music Business Linkfest 4th of July Edition
I'm at the beach for the week so I'll be doing some linkfests and light postes until after the 4th holiday. Enjoy and don't work too hard. - mdave
Music Business & Sales
The Changing Face of the Music Industry - Tenneseann.com
- Music Row faces new realities
- Falling CD sales force retailers to try new strategies
- Music fans can hear more music, spend less money
- New routes take music to the fans
Rock's New Economy: Making Money When CDs Don't Sell - Rolling Stone
TV, games, tours and more: How smart bands thrive today
Report: Amazon MP3 Gains Don't Affect iTunes - PC Magazine
Gains for Amazon's MP3 service have not significantly affected Apple iTunes sales, due largely to the different demographics the two services attract, according to a report from NPD Group.
Hair metal grows back on the 'Net - Seattle Times
..for many, love for hair metal was not destroyed — just tucked away along with 1989 tour memorabilia. Now, the Internet is allowing these fans to find their inner teenager, dust off their fandom and relive the days when rock stars dressed like rock stars, and music was delivered irony-free, one power-chord at a time.
Anyone Seen My $4.2 Billion? - Esquire
There's a lot of money out there in the economy that people used to spend on CDs. The question is, where, exactly, did it go?
Social Media
Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web - Read Write Web
Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's composed of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. As the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we're going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a whole.
Analysis: Facebook, Twitter, Google and The Future Of The Web - Digital Media Wire
