Future of Recorded Music Business

Posted on September 29, 2008

 
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Gregg Schoo, CEO of The OrchardIf you would like to learn how the recorded music business will be generating revenue growth in the future, this interview is for you. 

Our guest today is Greg Scholl who is the CEO of The Orchard which is a publicly-owned distributor of music for independent record labels, including one that it owns named TVT. The company also distributes over 3,000 hours of video and TV shows for clients who are the rights holders. Most of the files are distributed digitally to stores like iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. Read more…

Implications of DRM-Free Distribution by Major Labels

Posted on February 2, 2008

 
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David PakmanSummary: If you would like to get an industry executive’s perspective about the decision by all four major record labels to abandon DRMs, this interview is for you.
  
Our guest today is David Pakman who is the CEO of eMusic. His company is the largest seller of online music in the DRM-free MP3 format. However, the eMusic catalogue historically was limited to independent record labels. Now that the majors have decided to sell DRM-free tracks it looks like a good time to catch-up with David to see what the implications are for eMusic and the industry at large.  Read more…

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Advertising-Supported Internet Music Distribution

Posted on November 27, 2007

 
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If you would like to learn about an advertising-supported website with free legal MP3 downloads, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Peter Rojas who is the Founder of Rcrd Lbl which is a website where you can legally get MP3 music downloads of sponsored artists at no charge. Peter is the founder of other successful Internet businesses including Engadget and WebLogs.    Read more…

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Doubling Recorded Music Sales Every Year

Posted on June 5, 2007

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Summary: If you would like to learn about an online seller of recorded music that has been doubling its sales annually, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is David Pakman who is the CEO of eMusic. His company is second only to Apple’s iTunes in terms of revenues generated by digital download sales. His secret is that eMusic does not use DRMs and they offer an attractive price. Read more…

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