January 17th, 2013 by Music Ally

Bloom.Fm

Bloom.fm discloses its business model.

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February 21st, 2012 by Music Ally

OK Go

If YouTube isn't a business model for OK Go, then what is? They don't sell many records, after all.

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February 15th, 2012 by Music Ally

DavidLowery

Today's best way to blow out the mental cobwebs is a tough-talking opinion piece by musician David Lowery, from Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven.

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April 28th, 2011 by Music Ally

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Billboard's Glenn Peoples has published a thoughtful article about what the recorded music industry can learn from TV/film service Netflix, which reported strong financials earlier this week....

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September 29th, 2009 by Music Ally

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Fan-funded music firm Sellaband is making some significant changes, including dropping the $50,000 minimum that artists need to raise to fund their album recording (and, indeed, dropping the stipulation...

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July 21st, 2009 by Music Ally

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We reported on Topspin's new website earlier this week, and the somewhat negative comments on the company's business model posted on a Hypebot story about the news.

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June 29th, 2009 by Music Ally

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BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor has penned a column for BBC News Online reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the original Napster, admitting that the music industry should have embraced Napster rather...

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June 22nd, 2009 by Music Ally

Twitter

An article in the New York Times claims that Twitter's path to actually making money could be e-commerce.

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March 10th, 2009 by Music Ally

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Don't believe the hype! Oh, except when the hype is about a fan-funded music service, and Chuck D is the man saying it.

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