January 10th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Last year, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor revealed he was working with Beats on a streaming music service called Daisy, to launch in 2013. Now it has a CEO: Ian Rogers. Yes, that Ian Rogers, poached...

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February 20th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Do you have to be an established, well-funded act to make the most of direct-to-consumer platforms like Topspin? Coverage recently has focused on the popularity of more expensive physical products being...

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February 1st, 2012 by Music Ally

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With the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation now on ice in the US, what next? Topspin's Ian Rogers has published a guest post on Hypebot with his own suggestion: "A content registry where copyright holders...

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January 30th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge

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Saddle up. We’re here for Midem’s Visionary Monday strand, for the longest sustained bout of liveblogging in Music Ally’s history. Only laptop battery life can hold us back today…...

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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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July 20th, 2009 by Music Ally

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Topspin CEO Ian Rogers has been a high-profile speaker at numerous music biz conferences in the last year or so, and we've reported on some of the artists the company works with on digital marketing and...

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January 17th, 2009 by Music Ally

Yesterday's rumours were true, it seems. MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson won't be taking part in the scheduled keynote debate this morning at MidemNet against former EMI chairman Eric Nicoli.The...

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January 17th, 2009 by Music Ally

2008 was a good year in terms of the sheer number of digital music startups and services, but Topspin boss Ian Rogers thinks there's some way to go. During a panel debate at MidemNet this morning,...

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January 17th, 2009 by Music Ally

We're here for the opening session at MidemNet, a debate between Topspin's Ian Rogers and former EMI chairman Eric Nicoli. Rogers is stepping in to replace Michael Robertson of MP3tunes, who...

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