Tag: artists

This is an intriguing idea: if you're running forums for an artist or music service, why not integrate them with Twitter?

Video firm Kyte has had great success in signing labels up for its platform, which lets artists shoot video with their mobile phones and upload it to channels, which fans can then access via web, WAP or mobile apps.The company...

Brand strategist Ko Kawashima is the latest to compare music to water in terms of its increasingly ubiquitous access.

Sony Music has revsony_gracenoteealed that it will pump up its artist websites by adding audio streaming and song lyrics to sites for acts including Britney Spears, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Michael Jackson.

The European Parliament has voted 377 to 178 in favour of extending the copyright term for new sound recordings from 50 to 70 years, with royalties to be divided between artists and rights-owners.

So, Yahoo Music has launched its new Artist Pages feature, aggregating content from a host of other music sites, including Pandora, Last.fm, YouTube, iTunes and Amazon.

Swedish firm Mubito, which runs D2C sites for artists and labels, has gone into administration.

We reported on the doubts being expressed around US scheme Choruss last week - and specifically over whether it'll squeeze publishers, songwriters and artists out of the money paid by universities to sign up to it.

Want your own iPhone application? It can be an expensive business, but Mobile Roadie is aiming to help. It offers a self-service platform for creating such apps, aimed at independent labels and artists.

Digital distributor WaTunes has announced that it's making its service completely free for artists who want to get their music onto digital stores.

Bandcamp is one of the startups offering artists a way to sell music direct to fans, and it's just exited its beta stage with a bunch of new features.

Creative Commons has launched a new website to help artists and content creators publish material under its CC0 licence