Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Internet and the Music Business

This is a continuously-in-progress article about the internet and the music business. It's a fast-moving field, so I'm trying to keep the posts up to date.

The Sydney Morning Herald has a story on the chaos at EMI - Rebellion at rock'n'roll headquarters - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au. According to the story, artists such as Madonna and Paul McCartney are leaving traditional record labels and signing with non-traditional firms that offer new forms of promotion and distribution. McCartney's deal offers distribution through Starbucks. That's not such a bad idea. Starbucks now offers the ability to buy digitial downloads wirelessly while in the store - see Starbucks to give away free iTunes music - Wireless- msnbc.com.