Music Industry Collective (MIC)

03/22/2017

Spotify is attempting to shift revenue streams by utilizing the biggest music superfans.

04/03/2013

Are you thinking about starting a festival?

Event Success: The newsletter to help event producers organize successful, well-attended events and

03/27/2013

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/03/social-demographics-who-uses-facebook-tumblr-twitter-pinterest-instagram-infographic.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FDqMf+%28hypebot%29

A recent update of the Pew Research Centre's ongoing study of who uses social media offered insights into Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram. All social networks are not created equal, and depending on who you're trying to reach, you may want to reconfigure your social media strategy...

01/26/2013

A significant number of young people today, when they enter the workforce, will never have been exposed to the valuable skills that come with arts education and specifically the theater experience. This is a missed opportunity.

01/07/2013

Prometheus Radio Project will help guide you in setting up low power FM station - it's not as expensive, as you might think! Low power stations are an accessible outlet for nonprofit organizations to engage their communities, costing as little as $10,000 to launch.

“Radio is a great tool for reaching working people - it's free to listen, easy to produce, and people can often tune in on the job or while doing housework," said Milena Velis, Media Organizer and Educator with Philadelphia-based Media Mobilizing Project. “In Pennsylvania, we're facing big challenges, from education cuts to rural poverty to environmentally destructive shale drilling. We see community radio as a way to bring people together and create solutions from the ground up.”

http://prometheusradio.org/rules_announced

First opportunity for small community radio stations in 12 years coming in October 2013 Prometheus Radio Project will help nonprofit groups to apply for licenses

12/02/2012

YEA!!!!

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve rules that will allow the unprecedented expansion of true local radio across the country. Beginning in October 2013, community groups will be able to apply for licenses to operate Low Power FM radio stations, bringing local voices to the airwaves in towns and cities across America.
http://futureofmusic.org/blog/2012/11/30/big-day-community-radio

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve rules that will allow the unprecedented expansion of true local radio across the country. Beginning in October 2013, community groups will be able to apply for licenses to operate Low Power FM radio stations, bringing local voices t...

11/12/2012

You can stream the Future of Music Summit in Washington, D.C! Tuesday, November 13th from 9 AM-6 PM EST / 6 AM-3 PM PDT at http://futureofmusic.org/

Full schedule at http://futureofmusic.org/summit2012/schedule

06/08/2012

http://blog.tunecore.com/2012/06/taylor-swifts-big-machine-gets-paid.html?utm_medium=email&ref=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=newseletter06_07_12

Hell occasionally does freeze over, apparently. Continents shift. I have to say that I never thought I’d see a day where the terrestrial radio stations paid a performance royalty to the owner of the sound recording. Now, to be clear, this tectonic shift did not occur due to new new legislation, but...

01/15/2012

Auditions in Austin, TX are open for America's Got Talent on NBC... but pre-registering is recommended. whos' going to challenge the system's taste in entertainment?

http://americasgottalentauditions.com/register/

» Pre-Register for America’s Got Talent Auditions

12/13/2011

By purchasing RightsFlow, YouTube gains a system for handling royalty payments to tens of thousands of publishers.

11/11/2011

It's official! VIVENDI's UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP (UMG), announced TODAY (11/11) that they have signed with CITIGROUP INC. a definitive agreement to purchase EMI's recorded music division for a total consideration of £1.2 billion representing 7 x EBITDA prior to synergies.VIVENDI CEO JEAN-BERNARD LÉVY ...

10/25/2011

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-new-economics-of-the-music-industry-20111025

In the old days, it was much easier for pop stars to keep up with how much they were getting paid. Somebody would buy a CD at a Tower Records for 15 a