Archive for February, 2011
Industry Voices Criticizing iTunes; Google Applies Pressure
[Subscriber-only] A few years ago iTunes looked like the music industry's knight in shining armor. Unfortunately, today with the added inventory of apps, books, movies, TV shows and more, plus some new rules, stakeholders are beginning to feel the relationship getting strained.Category: Featured
Television Roundup: Chesney Doc, Judds Series
Chesney Football Documentary Airing Sunday • The Judds Docu-Series To Premiere On OWN Many football luminaries turned out for the orange carpet premiere of the ESPN film The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story in Knoxville last night (2/17). Kenny Chesney served as Executive Producer and narrates the film, which documents the life and career [...]
Community Benefits
Operation Yellow Ribbon Artist Lineup • Jimmy Wayne’s Meet Me Halfway • Todd Cerney Benefit • Jason James
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Friday Cluster: Artists and Benefits
Ronnie Dunn In Dallas • Joe Nichols Media Appearances • Randy Travis Unlocks History • The Blind Boys of Alabama’s Country Gospel Album • Honky Tonk TV Sponsors Ebay Auction
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Tech Bits n’ Bytes
>>Fast Company, a magazine which describes itself as “the world’s leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design” has announced its 2011 Ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. In the publication’s music category the top three companies were Pandora—for bringing its custom-curated [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Weekly Chart Report (2/18/11)
SPIN ZONE You knew this was coming, right? Following a huge night at the Grammys, Lady Antebellum’s anthemic “Hello World” ascends to No. 1 on the CountryBreakout Chart and holds off Taylor Swift’s “Back To December” by a mere 32 spins. Brad Paisley’s “This Is Country Music” is close at No. 3, and Jason Aldean’s [...]
CMA Songwriter Series Invades LA; Music Festival Unveils Photo Contest
The CMA Songwriters Series returned to Los Angeles on Feb. 15 with a stellar performance at Club Nokia • CMA Music Festival photo contest helps celebrate 40th anniversary
Category: Artist, Featured, Organizations
Tennessee’s Incentives For Filmmakers Can’t Compete
Tennessee is missing out on a boost to the economy by not doing more to attract filmmakers. The Nashville Scene’s latest cover story looks at why films don’t come to the Volunteer state, including a lot of missed opportunities for Tennessee stories to be filmed on local soil. Among the toughest blows was when Memphis [...]
Category: Featured
Artist Ink
Luke Bryan earns third No. 1 • Gretchen Wilson performs dramatic new song • Hazel Smith Joins radio cast • JaneDear girls go video crazy
Cumulus In Talks To Buy Citadel
Cumulus Media is in exclusive negotiations to purchase Citadel Broadcasting for about $2.5 billion. The companies released an official statement this afternoon acknowledging the negotiations were taking place. Under terms of the proposed agreement, Cumulus would pay $37 per share in a combination of cash and Cumulus stock. Cumulus is the second largest radio broadcaster [...]
Curious About Qriocity? Sony Debuts Music Service
Sony’s cloud-based Qriocity launched stateside today, offering more than 6 million songs.
Category: Featured
Music Stars Set For Secret TV Taping Today
Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow, Luke Bryan and Gretchen Wilson are among the stars taping a television special today (2/17) in Nashville, and even though fans are invited, there has been no official announcement about who is organizing the event. Many of the artists have been spreading the word about the show through their social media [...]
Artist Action: Gloriana Heads to White House
Plus news from Zac Brown, Randy Montana, Darius Rucker, Miranda Lambert, Craig Morgan, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Lee Brice and Gretchen Wilson.
The Band Perry Debut Certified Gold
The Band Perry’s self-titled debut album has been certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments exceeding 500,000 units. Released in October 2010 by Republic Nashville, the album continues to hold steady at No. 7 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. The sibling trio’s sales were driven by breakthrough hits “Hip To My Heart” and “If [...]
New Smartphone Apps Connect Consumers To Artists
The booming smartphone market is providing new opportunities for fans to connect with artists, and tech-savvy companies are leading the way with cool new apps. Kenny Chesney has partnered with digital syndicator Qello for the release of his 2009 concert film Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D. The Chesney App is Qello’s debut product and gives [...]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Sales Chart—Music Biz’s Fickle Mistress
[Subscriber-only] Valentine’s shoppers shared some love with the music biz, but hold the bubbly—it’s not all champagne and roses in sales land.Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
