Closing Bell Link Dump
The Fed blows it. MoneyAndMarkets Darren loses impromptu one on one battle with Kobe. SportsBiz The cultural permeation of books and music. ... Portfolio The business of comic book auctions. NYT Swimmer babe Amanda Beard sells her sweet California home. RealEstalker Credit card risk-based pricing is a myth. Consumerist Anheuser [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 23:28:00
Blog: WALL STREET FIGHTER | B...
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I Hate Music Business.
As I fancy myself an optimist, I try to keep myself from bitching and moaning. But the music business frustrates me to no end ... that have full-time booking agents might prefer dealing with a manager for an artist, but not me. Booking ... . Now, I’m not talking about how the music industry refuses to adapt to modern times. That’ [more...]
Date: 2008-05-09 19:06:51
Blog: Nicopolitan ...
A STRIKING PREDICTION FOR ANYONE IN THE CREATIVE BUSINESS
Paul Krugman's Op Ed in Friday's New York Times should be bone chilling for anyone working in the creative end of the business world ... of creative activity cheaply, or even give it away. Whatever the product — software, books, music, movies — ... business pioneers. Rolling Stone recently published an article titled “Rock’s New Economy: Making [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 03:11:07
Blog: Scott...
Adapting to Change
A few disparate ideas and experiences funneling into this post… Recently I heard Robert Garmston speak about the need to adapt in times of ... of all people in today’s Times in a thought-provoking column titled Bits, Bands and Books about how business ... about how the music industry is adapting to the changes brought about by these new technologies. [more...]
Date: 2008-06-06 13:52:55
Blog: Weblogg-ed...
If an artist wants a Manager..
He/She should ask these 4 key questions: 1) How did I get involved with this manager? ... record? *Where they a former Taco Bell manager and now wants to be in the business of music? *Ask around…what labels,booking agents,churches,clubs,artists have they worked with? 3) What exactly [more...]
Date: 2008-05-05 05:08:41
Blog: jKing...
In the bag
15 August 2008 1 pm eastern In the bag Early tomorrow, I leave for San Francisco ... Filed under: An Event Apart, Apple, Design, San Francisco, Travel, air travel, books, business, cities ... (I like music) and 46 “movies.” Sample titles: A Mighty Wind, A Night at the Opera, Helvetica, Kiki’ [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 17:32:31
Blog: Jeffrey Zeldman Present...
Video Dolly Parton singing with Disney characters
Dolly Parton singing with Disney... by aimster Yesterday 08:35 PM Go to last post Disney Business (2 Viewing) ... ! Sub-Forums: TV Books Movies Theatre Music Lincoln Heights! by fancastfan Yesterday ... Boardroom, Business, and related Industry information Time to sell? by disneyfan07 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 03:06:06
Blog: MiceChat - Powered by v...
5 Unlikely Music Industry Heroes
These five men don't follow the unwritten rules of how the music industry (or any industry) ... - He writes about music only occasionally, but smarter folks in our business read his books and daily blog ... ' face it, Nine Inch Nails makes music that most of us find about as pleasant as a trip to the dentist [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 14:23:41
Blog: hypebot...
Borders Ditches Amazon, Launches Own Storefront
For the past seven years, brick-and-mortar mega book retailer Borders has farmed out its online presence to Amazon ... a bit more like its real-world counterpart. Visitors can browse books, music, and movie titles ... of e-business, Kevin Ertell. "With so much of the store experience at the heart of the site [more...]
Date: 2008-05-27 14:34:16
Blog: AppScout - The Best and...
Stumbleupon and Wordle Mashup
Sometimes I’m a little slow. For quite a while now, I’ve been wondering about ways to show meaningful links in my blogs to my StumbleUpon tags ... · asia · blogs · books · buddhism · business · canada · christianity · cyberculture · eating ... · mental-health · music · nature · philosophy · photography · politics · psychology · [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 00:01:29
Blog: Alphablogs - Blogging s...
Borders goes back online: where’s the mobile app?
Section: Web, Websites Borders’ seven-year online marriage to Amazon is back in the separation phase. For the first time since 2001, you can actually order books, DVD’s and music from the company ... for the bookseller’s business model no matter who owns Borders. Most analysts say Borders still has a fight [more...]
Date: 2008-05-27 19:09:33
Blog: Gadgetell | Tech News, ...
Midday open thread
Hilarious. The veep prospects have a IM chat. Some of you may be sick of book promotional stuff, ... industries, most notably the music business, among his anecdotes from Senate campaigns, the anti-war movement [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 20:58:44
Blog: Daily Kos: State of the...
The economics of book retailing
Depending on who you ask, recent changes in the book publishing landscape are either great news or a calamity ... . Technology has shifted the balance for both books and music. Digital distribution and the iPod ... Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0.00 Tags: books • business • internet • marketing • [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 07:48:14
Blog: Futurismic - near-futur...
Music Business Networking
I’ve never done much networking in the past. I’ve let my writing, success stories and workshops spread on the internet and by referrals ... people for my own music. I’ve gotten to know a few more booking agents that I knew before, record label owners who get to know my work and therefore request consulting, music reporters and editors who want [more...]
Date: 2008-05-03 18:28:14
Blog: Music Marketing and Mu...
Face the Music: It’s Time To Fix Licensing
I was talking to an executive at a major label the other day ... s what both are best known for. At any rate, neither is profitable. RealNetworks’ music business lost ... s currently trading for a little less than the cash it has on its books. Ad-Supported Music [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 16:22:51
Blog: GigaOM...
Book Notes - Janis Ian ("Society's Child: My Autobiography")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books ... with either the artist or her music. As I listened to the two-disc greatest hits collection, Best ... is instead a juicily entertaining look at an unusual life in show business." In her own words, here [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 17:22:21
Blog: largehearted boy: a mus...
Question Why didn't Disney build their European parks in the UK?
Why didn't Disney build their... by pussnboots Today 04:40 PM Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (18 Viewing) ... ) All the world's a stage . . . Discuss! Sub-Forums: TV Books Movies Theatre Music What book ... . closing... by visionsfantastic Yesterday 05:13 PM Go to last post Disney Business [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 22:17:02
Blog: MiceChat - Powered by v...
New York e-mobile visit: Kudos to OverDrive for pushing E—but what those pesky tech and biz-model issues?
"…inside New York City’s Central Park, a crowd gathered outside an 18-wheel tractor-trailer tricked out with broadband Internet-connected ... ? Remember, OverDrive ultimately must meet be responsive to its customers or go out of business. I’ ... , not just music collections? Already in permanent checkout territory with audio books image [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 15:16:07
Blog: TeleRead: Bring the E-B...
How eMusic Can Save Its Soul...
I wrote this week about My Problem With eMusic, their payment structure and a lack of free track accounting ... music by building on top of its strengths and existing infrastructure and business model. MAKE eMUSIC ... Aggregate top niche music bloggers Include all indie culture: film, art, books, fashion, sportsBuild [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 14:40:08
Blog: hypebot...
On Visions of the Future
The barriers to entry in the book business get lower each year. There are thousands of independent publishers and even more self-publishers ... distribution and print-on-demand technology enter the mainstream. When that happens, publishers ... . Those who publish generic books for expedient purposes will face new competitors. Like the music [more...]
Date: 2008-07-01 19:36:56
Blog: Booksquare...
Esther Dyson: Release 0.9 -- Search 2.0
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer did a wonderful duet up on stage, but Bill said a few more things at dinner that struck me ... categories Bill mentioned (if I remember right): travel, music, finance, consumer electronics, books ... editorial content. And it;s true: Craigslist is a fine business without any encumbering news/editorial [more...]
Date: 2008-05-28 23:34:41
Blog: Breaking News and Opini...
Book Publishing lessons - Kindle to become a $1.1 Billion business - Making Books 'Liquid' (and soon, flat-rated?)
Businessweek has a good feature called "Book Publishers: Learn From Digg, Yelp—Even Gawker: ... - just like Google is making music 'free' in China, as you read this, maybe Amazon will make books 'feel-like-free ... ) is laughing now. The Kindle, a device that lets people download, store, and of course read books [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 09:19:48
Blog: MediaFuturist...
As I prepare to move to Word Press (I am organizing old posts I want to keep and move there, esp. photos, Obama stuff, 'classics' etc.) ... . Topics - politics, culture, religion, art, books, music, and of course photography. The new blog ... and I have to focus on business, ie photography. Amy got exhausted after a few years, too. Whether it'll have any [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 14:30:18
Blog: Food fight in the cafet...
Stop Burning Bridges…Or Your Career Might Go Up In Flames!
Hey, nobody said the music business was going to be easy ... Whether you’re playing out live or emailing booking inquiries from home, there is never a substitute ... with respect, set up quickly, end your set on time, break down quickly, be mindful of other bands [more...]
Date: 2008-07-27 20:19:29
Blog: Paradise Blog ...
Olsson's Set To File For Bankruptcy
6710-olssons-books-records-dup-cir.jpg Ugh. Olsson’s isn’t just leaving its great Penn Quarter spot ... as it used to,” Olsson said. “Our music sales went from 50 percent of our business to maybe 15. We lost ... writes: Olsson’s Books, one of the oldest independent booksellers in Washington, plans to file [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 03:38:34
Blog: Washington City Paper: ...
The Best Way To Find A Music Publisher And Get Signed
There are many web articles and chapters in songwriting business books that have one thing in common when it comes to instruction on how and where to pitch your songs to get a music publishing deal; they say once you have your song demos ready, start making contacts and send copies of your demos out to music publishers by making sure [more...]
Date: 2008-08-05 20:08:59
Blog: SongwriterAdvisor.com ...
Wednesday Business Links: Coldplay Has Big First Week, Starbucks Rumored to Scale Back Music
• Coldplay's Viva la Vida sold over 700,000 units in its first week if release in the U.S. and about one-third were digital downloads ... . The concept stores emphasize digital kiosks at which customers can download music, books and other digital ... s attention." (New York Times) • There's a report that Starbucks will remove all music from its stores [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 14:18:51
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...
Celebrate Equality Today; Think Big Tomorrow
Today, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon will once again make history by having the state recognize their more than half a century of commitment.. ... and faith in my neighbors. KKK fliers began targeting local business, I remember specifically the used books store that sold jazz LPs, because teh gays are literate and listen to music or something [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 20:55:29
Blog: Calitics California Po...
Old and damned like a grave
Old and damned like a grave Do you remember what it was like back in the old days when we had a New Economy? ... . Whatever the product — software, books, music, movies — the cost of creation would have to be recouped ... Indeed, it turns out that the Dead were business pioneers. (…) Downloads are steadily undermining [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 09:05:07
Blog: the new shelton wet/dry...
Fresh Etsy Pixx: Joanna Rutter
Periodically, I will be choosing new Etsy sellers who I think are on the rise, or who should be on the rise, ... for me! il_430xn27353710.jpg 6. List some of your favorites..books, music, films, magazines ... saw piercing silver and it plays a large part in my work. 2. How long have you been in business [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 14:31:48
Blog: Indie Fixx ...
Analyst: Game industry to hit $63.2 billion in revenue by 2013
Filed under: Business IBISWorld, publisher of "business intelligence research," ... expected? Are people expected to abandon movies, music or books? Anyway, the report believes gaming [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 03:25:02
Blog: Joystiq...
Which Book About Clear Channel Should You Believe? [Clear Channel: Best Company Ever]
thissymbolmeansquality.jpg Two books presuming to tell the story of media conglomerate Clear Channel have hit the shelves around the same time ... to publish Mr. Bunzel's book. Ruina Judd, Bright Sky's publisher, declines to discuss the business ... with me. Warner Music? Village Voice Media? I'm totally [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 19:30:00
Blog: Idolator, All About the...
Interview with Penny from “Penny Glass Girl”
Go Back to Our Readers Blogs “Penny Glass Girl” http://www.pennyglassgirl.blogspot.com ... and I have one quiet monent. My Seven Year Old. My kids (honetsy) and art, music, books ... I blog because I feel like communication is essential, both in my business and personal life [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 19:58:35
Blog: Visit Our Readers’ Blog...
Music Monday
If you live in California and you want to front a rock band, you'd better have something unique to give you a leg up on the ubiquitous competition ... in the business: Sharky Laguna. Yeah, what booking agent wouldn't answer an email signed "Sharky Laguna ... , but eventually he incorporated the help of a rotating cast of friends and members of other CA ban [more...]
Date: 2008-04-14 22:42:32
Blog: Stargazing in Winter...
Rapper Pepa of Salt and Pepa Pens Book About Life and Domestic Violence
A new book by Sandy (Pepa) Denton of the rap duo Salt-n-Pepa reveals details about her personal life highlighted by a number violent episodes where ... Christopher “Play” Martin of the rap duo Kid ‘n Play. “Play tried to clown me at the table. … Everyone ... until he got into the music business. He said, ‘I ain’t never had a record until I made a [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 14:21:02
Blog: Womens Legal Resource...
Shorties
The 2008 Lollapalooza music downloads page has been updated with mp3 downloads of the Explosions in the Sky and Wilco sets, ... in the music business keeping me from maturing? EduChoices.org lists 50 of the best websites for writers ... as well as a video download of the Wilco performance. Decatur, Georgia's Wordsmith's Books [more...]
Date: 2008-08-05 13:59:22
Blog: largehearted boy: a mus...
Online Shopping in India: eBay India sells one product a min
Indians are shopping online and as per eBay India’s latest numbers - eBay India is selling one product every minute ... categories are Coins or currency notes, mobile handsets, stamps, books, music players and watches ... . We haveCopyright © Ashish Sinha 2007. » Join startup discussion forum || India Business Channel [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 05:30:04
Blog: Indian Startups | India...
Keeping with the times: libraries upgrade their digital media selections for mobile use
Books are a very special resource - Image 1 It's a sign of the digital age ... expanded its selection of digital titles, from e-books, to movies, to music, that can be downloaded ... goodies. All in all, it looks like a good answer to the whole business of getting people to read [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 19:38:40
Blog: QJ.NET - QuickJump Home...
Website Templates at TemplateWorld
Maybe I’am a perfectionis man. I’ll try to make everything is perfect ... , Beauty & fashion, Books & Education, Business, Cars & Vehicles, Casino & Gambling ... , Industrial, Interior & Furniture, Jewelry, Law, Medicine, Music, Night Club, Online Store [more...]
Date: 2008-07-27 21:01:17
Blog: Hakimtea™ | Personal Bl...
QuickBooks Coupons
From: Cooper Pellaton To: Chris Pirillo Subject: quickbooks hello chris again i have a question i am going to buy quick books the business ... s the Best Way to Interview Someone? Who are Today’s Hot Swedish Music Artists? The Bad AntiSpyware [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 01:40:02
Blog: Chris Pirillo...
Digital Containers’ Next-Generation ‘Superdistribution’ Software Will Generate Real Profits for Digital Entertainment Industries : Tech Veteran Tom Patterson Teams with Digital Entertainment Exec Jay Samit to Lead Digital Containers
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) August 13, ... deliver and profit from distributing television, games, books, movies and music entertainment over ... of online content for entertainment companies, today introduces a new software system for content [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 16:35:29
Blog: Technology News. Techn...
Digital Containers’ Next-Generation ‘Superdistribution’ Software Will Generate Real Profits for Digital Entertainment Industries : Tech Veteran Tom Patterson Teams with Digital Entertainment Exec Jay Samit to Lead Digital Containers
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) August 13, ... deliver and profit from distributing television, games, books, movies and music entertainment over ... of online content for entertainment companies, today introduces a new software system for content [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 16:35:28
Blog: Technology News. Techn...
Library CatalogueFind Articlese-JournalsSubject GuidesLibrary Catalogue Find books, journal titles, ... Articles by Subject Arts & Humanities Business General and Multi-disciplinary Health Sciences ... Medicine Midwifery Multimedia Music Nursing Obstetrics & Gynecology Occupational Therapy Oncology [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 09:58:08
Blog: McMaster University Lib...
'High Fidelity' Author Nick Hornby Sounds Off On Kindle and eBooks
Filed under: Computers ... and experience can't simply be compared to the iPod: you can't rip your existing library of books like you can with music. But, he makes an interesting point on why eBooks aren't a particularly hot business model [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 22:02:00
Blog: Switched...
Groundbreaking tonight for Whole Foods (aka Fauntleroy Place)
The formal shovel-turning is now in the books, and construction of the long-awaited Whole Foods/Hancock Fabrics (and residential units) ... BlueStar Management, who provided food, music, and of course, speeches — King County Councilmember Dow ... business scene was ailing — other speakers included West Seattle Chamber of Commerce executive [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 06:58:50
Blog: West Seattle Blog…...
Wednesday Business Links
• The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is putting its catalog of Broadway musical show tunes and standards up for bid ... Economy," the new book by Columbia University Law School professor Michael Heller, discusses ... . The price is in the $150 million to $200 million range. In addition to major music companies [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 14:37:13
Blog: Coolfer: Music And The ...
The 10 most annoying programs on the Internet
The Internet has brought us many joys. It’s rewritten the rules of business and pleasure. And pain ... we humans have been spoiled by books, where the gap between wanting to read something and reading ... and distilled it into an art form. Now look at you. iTunes is a music player the size of a fat-bottomed whale [more...]
Date: 2008-05-30 16:29:16
Blog: 10 Things | TechRepubl...
Comic Book Ban Shows That Apple Needs An Appeals Court (AAPL)
Apple's iPhone app store is Apple's iPhone app store -- which means Apple can block whatever app it wants for whatever reason it ... ) has been in the content business since it launched the iTunes store in 2003, when it began selling music via iTunes. But the music and movies it sells and rents are pretty much pre-vetted by middlemen [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 17:45:00
Blog: Silicon Alley Insider...
A Browser of Zac’s Own
This would be ZacBrowser, which John LeSieur, who owns a software business, created for his 6-year-old autistic grandson, Zachary ... on educational games, music, videos and visually entertaining images, like a virtual aquarium ... activities by clicking on bigger-than-normal icons, like a soccer ball for games and a stack of books [more...]
Date: 2008-06-03 20:30:06
Blog: Autism Vox ...
Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers
New York Times: Sunday Book Review cover: Liesl Schillinger on Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen: " ... deepen and resonate, until Silber’s quiet music has turned symphonic." 081185924x01_mzzzzzzz ... can have on the party’s conduct of day-to-day business.... He interviewed artists, workers, peasants, journalists [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 07:51:35
Blog: OMNIVORACIOUS: An Amazo...
