Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders
Future of Recorded Music Business
Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on September 29, 2008
If 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…
Categories: Podcast Audio
Tags: Amazon.com, Apple, digital media, digital music, Internet video, iPod, iTunes, MySpace, record labels, Recorded Music, The Orchard
Getting Paid for Music
Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on August 25, 2008
Sales of recorded music in the United States are nowabout 30% lower than when Shawn Fanning introduced Napster in 1999. Sales in the physical form (e.g. CDs) are down by nearly half. There is little doubt that the Internet has been a “game changer” for the record label business.
In this audio program we explore a couple of ways that the Internet can add revenues. One is already generating more money for the industry and promoting new artists. The second appears to be an idea whose time has come. Read more…
Categories: Podcast Audio
Tags: Apple, Chris Wallace, digital media, Internet video, iPhone, iPod, music, Pandora, Recorded Music, The Super Group, The Weather Channel
