MySpace Finally Activates Imeem Playlists
2010/1/16

After MySpace bought imeem at fire sale prices in early December, tens of thousands of users found their imeem accounts unusable. Now, at least their playlist functions are back...on MySpace.

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VEVO在09年12月成為全美音樂類第一服務
01/16/2010— terry
新聞來源: PR NewsWire
依據ComScore資料，Vevo音樂視頻網路自12月8日運行以來，當月即躍升為美國互聯網音樂娛樂類訪問量最高的， 獨立訪問用戶數高達3539.5萬。Vevo音樂視頻網路主要通過Vevo.com、Youtube和它的嵌入式播放機分發內容。Vevo首席執行官表示他們正在積極收集使用者的回饋資訊，以進一步改進Vevo的服務。像Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Drake, Lady Gaga, Jay Sean, Shakira, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift 和Young Money的音樂視頻都是近來在Vevo網路中最受歡迎的內容。

除Vevo外，在2009年12月美國音樂娛樂類訪問量排名前五的還包括Myspace Music、Aol Music、Warner Music和MTV網路。



華納地區主管認為eMule（電騾）非法
01/15/2010  — Tony
華納公司的一位元數位內容女主管Nerea Igualador，最近參加了一個唱片工業的圓桌會議，討論了網際網路給唱片工業帶來的商業模式的改變。在她的講演中提到：“用戶可以很便捷的合法下載便宜的數位音樂，而不是非得去使用非法的軟體，比如eMule（電騾）。”

在介紹時，主持人指出西班牙的盜版率遠遠高於其它國家，並且因此在早些時候華納開始針對西班牙的檔共用網路進行干預。

女主管稱“電騾是非法的，並且嚴重的傷害了唱片工業。然而已經有很多服務比如Pixbox，Spotify可以提供廉價的音樂下載”“在唱片工支援下已經有了合法的內容提供服務可以讓使用者使用。”

對於華納來說問題依然是盜版。“80%的人通過非法途徑下載音樂，唱片公司做不到去降低盜版率，我們提供了多種的音樂下載服務模式，儘管我們感到很無助。”Nerea同時認為，“如果像瑞典那樣的反P2P非法共用法案能夠在西班牙通過，將大大促進數位音樂在互聯網包括唱片形式的銷售。”

根據Spotify的資料，Spotify的經理Luis Emmerich表示經過調查，80%的用戶在使用了他們的服務之後不再使用P2P檔共用程式。

原文：Nerea Igualador, responsable de Warner afirma que el eMule es ilegal



eMusic獲得華納授權,並計畫增加點播服務
01/13/2010— terry
新聞來源: Reuters
全球最大的線上獨立音樂商店eMusic在1月12日宣佈與華納音樂集團建立許可合作，將向它的美國用戶提供華納唱片旗下藝人的部分內容。許可範圍包括像REM、Depeche Mode和Aretha Franklin等樂隊的近1萬張專輯，但不包括新唱片。此許可合約也是eMusic擴展他40萬訂閱用戶基數的第一步。這也是eMusic與第二家主流唱片公司簽訂許可合約，去年他們已與索尼音樂娛樂達成了合作。

eMusic的首席執行官Danny Stein稱他們也一直在與環球音樂集團和EMI談音樂採購，並且現在在與唱片公司談新的許可合約時，增加了允許訂閱用戶線上點播的權利。eMusic的投資方也表示他們非常看好2010和2011年。

簡評: 近年來全球音樂市場的資料顯示數位音樂對唱片公司的歷史目錄銷售有明顯的促進作用，也就是幾年以前的老歌曲銷售。eMusic的定位是小眾音樂內容的高性價比包月下載服務，主流唱片公司的老歌某種意義來說也已經屬於小眾內容，選擇性的增加這些內容對eMusic曲庫競爭力還是有相當意義。至於eMusic增加點播服務，應該說是線上點播即將成了音樂商店的標配服務，7digital、Amazon都有了，iTunes收購了LaLa也將有了，eMusic自然不能少這項。


2009年全美音樂銷售資料概況
01/08/2010— terry

表1.1                   2009         2008       2007
數字曲目           11.6億     10.7億      8.44億
專輯                 3.739億    4.284億   5.005億
專輯（TEA） 4.898億   5.354億      5.85億

音樂類型銷售情況：專輯總銷量跌幅最小的音樂類型為爵士和鄉村，其中爵士僅下跌了0.1%。隨後依次是福音、R&B、搖滾。但上述音樂類型的跌幅均低於2009年專輯總銷量跌幅12.7%。超過總量跌幅的音樂類型依次是拉丁、Rap和New Age，拉丁音樂的跌幅高達34.3%。

黑膠趨勢：黑膠唱片繼續以驚人的速度增長，相比2008年增長了36%，但基數還是比較小，總量僅有250萬張專輯。

銷量：依據Soundscan資料2009年美國數位曲目交易量達到近11.6億個單位，與2008年的26.7%增長率相比已經大幅減小。專輯銷量也從2008年的4.284億個單位下跌到3.739億個單位，跌幅高達12.7%。如果數字單曲以TEA計算的話，2009年專輯總銷量為4.898億個單位，與08年相比下跌了8.5%。按銷售量來統計的話，2009年美國數位音樂約佔據20.4%的市場，2008年為15.4%。

數據詳見上表1.1。注：TEA以10個單位的數位曲目等同於1個單位的專輯量。
內容市場佔有率：按專輯總銷量計算（含TEA），環球音樂集團和索尼音樂娛樂兩巨頭仍佔據著半數以上的市場，但均有較明顯的下跌，獨立唱片公司的市場佔有率有所提升。在子唱片公司裡Interscope/Geffen/A&M佔據專輯總銷量首位（7.6%），在傳統專輯銷量Atlantic Records位居首位（8.2%），數位銷量則是Columbia位居榜首（10.5%）。唱片公司市場佔有比例詳見下圖：



音樂類型銷售情況：專輯總銷量跌幅最小的音樂類型為爵士和鄉村，其中爵士僅下跌了0.1%。隨後依次是福音、R&B、搖滾。但上述音樂類型的跌幅均低於2009年專輯總銷量跌幅12.7%。超過總量跌幅的音樂類型依次是拉丁、Rap和New Age，拉丁音樂的跌幅高達34.3%。

黑膠趨勢：黑膠唱片繼續以驚人的速度增長，相比2008年增長了36%，但基數還是比較小，總量僅有250萬張專輯。




Think About These 2009 Music Sales Figures...
2010/1/12

  • 2009 U.S. music purchases up 2.1% over 2008image from blogs.journalism.cuny.edu
  • Music sales exceeded 1.5 billion for the second consecutive year
  • Overall music sales, digital track sales, vinyl LP sales all hit new highs
  • Digital accounts for 40% of total U.S. music purchases
  • More than 10 Billion music purchases in the U.S. for the decade
The full Nielson 2009 report shows a continuing drop in CD sales and full album sales along with slowing growth for digital sales. But when looking at the numbers its hard not to believe that here are the building block for a viable new music industry...even if it looks a lot different than the old one.

尼爾森2009年音樂資料統計排行
01/05/2010 — terry

表1.1
排名 專輯名 藝人
1 Fearless Taylor Swift
2 I Am...Sasha Fierce Beyonce
3 Dark Horse Nickelback
4 Twilight 電影原聲
5 Hannah Montana: The Movie 電影原聲
6 Circus Britney Spears
7 808s & Heartbreak Kanye West
8 The Fame Lady Gaga
9 Relapse Eminem
10 The E.N.D. the Black Eyed Peas


表1.2
排名 歌曲名 藝人 聽眾總印象數
1 Love Story Taylor Swift 24.43億
2 You Belong With Me Taylor Swift 23.37億
3 I'm Yours Jason Mraz 23.15億
4 Knock You Down Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo 22.94億
5 Boom Boom Pow the Black Eyed Peas 22.26億
6 Just Dance Lady Gaga featuring Colby O‘Donis 21.70億
7 Blame It Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain 21.68億
8 I Gotta Feeling the Black Eyed Peas 20.62億
9 Poker Face Lady Gaga 20.60億
10 Live Your Life TI Featuring Rihanna 20.25億


表2.1
排名 歌曲名 藝人
1 Boom Boom Pow the Black Eyed Peas
2 Poker Face Lady Gaga
3 Just Dance Lady Gaga featuring Colby O‘Donis
4 Right Round Flo Rida
5 I Gotta Feeling the Black Eyed Peas
6 Single Ladies(Put a Ring On It) Beyonce
7 Give You Hell The All American Rejects
8 Love Story Taylor Swift
9 Heartless Kanye West
10 I'm Yours Jason Mraz


表2.2
排名 歌曲名 藝人
1 Kiss Me Thru the Phone Soulja Boy Tell 'em Featuring Sammie
2 Blame It Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain
3 Dead and Gone T.I Featuring Justin Timberlake
4 Heartless Kanye West
5 Boom Boom Pow the Black Eyed Peas
6 Day 'N' Nite Kid Cudi
7 All Summer Long Kid Rock
8 Birthday Sex Jeremih
9 Whatever You Like T.I.
10 Right Round Flo Rida

該資料是尼爾森公司旗下Billboard的統計資料，資料從2008年11月到2009年12月。
其中表1.1為2009年十大暢銷專輯；表1.2為電臺收聽率最高的十首歌曲；表2.1為數字下載量最高的10首歌曲；表2.2為十大暢銷手機鈴聲



What Is Indie? Soundscan Reclassifies 217 Retailers
2010/1/12
image from www.buzzine.com Since its inception Sounsdscan, the dominant retail music sales measurement service in the U.S. has classified a number of small to mid-size independent music retailers along with the larger chains like Best Buy and Fye. That changed January 1st with the classification of 21 smaller chain retailer and their 213 locations. Sales from these stores will now be counted alongside other indie retailers, rather then with the larger chains. Included in the shift are:

  • Big Oomp Records (7) - GA
  • Bull Moose (10) - NH, ME
  • Cats CD's/Music City (3) - TN, SC
  • DiscoCentro (2) - PR
  • Exclusive Company (4) - WI
  • Gallery of Sound (7) - PA
  • Gray Whale (7) - UT
  • Homers Music/Twisters (3) - NE





  • Independent Records (6) - CO
  • J & R Music World - NY
  • La Curacao (9) - CA
  • La Gran Discoteca (13) - PR
  • Maximum Capacity (7) - MD
  • Newbury Comics (28) - MA, RI, ME, NH
  • Plan 9 Music (4) - VA
  • Rasputin Records (7) - CA
  • Record Exchange (21) - OH, PA, MI
  • Rincon Musical (5) - NY
  • Slackers CD (5) - MO
  • Value Music Concepts (39) - AL, CA, DE, Fl, GA, IN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NV, PA, SC, TN, VA 
  • Zia Records (9) - AZ
    Says NARM President Jim Donio, "We know that independent retailers have been hoping to make this change for quite some time. In fact, NARM invited Nielsen SoundScan to meet with our Board of Directors in late-2008, and this was a key point of discussion. We are pleased that this has now come to fruition."

    Adds Mike Fratt, GM of Homers and member of the NARM Board Of Directors, "I am thrilled to see a reclassification of Soundscan accounts to better reflect what is truly considered the 'indie' sector. This change is a win-win for indie stores and their trading partners."






    Universal Music Cuts 50 Staffers
    2010/1/15

    image from images.google.comAbout 50 staffers were let go yesterday from across the Universal Music Group.  Most effected appear to be the Interscope and Verve labels as well as Universal Music Group Distribution. The cuts have not reached the more massive scale darting across Twitter on Thursday; and so far represent less than 1% of the total company's global workforce.
    UMG remains the top selling label group in the world; but in this climate, no one is immune. "Universal Music Group is continuing to transform our organization to better serve our artists and business partners," the company said in a statement. "Given the current economic climate, we have to be as agile and efficient as possible. Unfortunately, these ongoing efforts have resulted in some redundancy. However, UMG will now be even better positioned to compete in the growing global, digital marketplace."

    Universal Music Group Sues Grooveshark
    2010/1/11
     image from pcworld.com.phUniversal Music Group is suing streaming music site Grooveshark for mass copyright violations.  Last year EMI also sued Grooveshark, but later dropped the filing and began working with the site.image from www.mylegaladvance.com
    In the filing against parent company Escape Media, the world's largest label group claims that Grooveshark "uses the lure of free access" to draw web traffic which leads to money from advertising. UMG says that the site stores "copyrighted sound recordings on its own servers ... and then distribute(s) copies of those recordings to the users." Grooveshark allegedly also "boasted" about targeting "the very segment of users that are bringing the labels to their knees with illegal downloading".
    All the recordings named in the suit are pre-1972 and include Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Cat Stevens, the Jackson Five and the Who.


    WMG's Bronfmen & Cohen Paid $14 Million In 2009
    2010/1/11

    Two Top Warner Music Execs Collect Twice Their 2007 Payouts
    According to a new SEC filing, Warner Music Group's two top executives, Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Lyor Cohen, earned a combined $14 million in salary, bonuses, stock and stock options in 2009. That's down $2 million from their combined 2008 compensation, but twice what they earned in 2007.  This chart via paidContent details for WMG's four top execs:
    image from paidcontent.orgclick on image to enlarge
    The millions of dollars in compensation to the company's leader comes at a time of widening losses and shrinking revenue at WMG. 
    WMG Paid $9M In Apple Lala Deal, 2.8M From Thumbplay -

    According to the filing WMG recieved at least $9 million of the $20 million it invested in Lala.com, after the  site's sale to Apple  Warners wrote down $11 million of its $20 million investment earlier last year.
    From the filing -  “In Dec 2009, the Company sold its equity interest in la la and entered into an agreement to terminate a memorandum of terms relating to the formation of an international joint venture for total cash consideration of approximately $9.0 million as part of a sale of la la to Apple Inc. The warrants had an exercise price that was in excess of the total merger consideration paid in respect of the shares for which it could be exercised and, therefore, expired at the time of the closing of the sale of la la to Apple Inc.”
    A deal with Thumbplay for ringtones and mobile downloads netted WMG $2.8 in 2009 according to the filing.
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    EMI Passes Citigroup Test
    2010/1/11

    EMI has passed an annual financial review by major investor Citigroup according to UK financial web site This Is Money.
    image from sanctumla.com "EMI is understood to have passed the year-end test set by its lender Citigroup to meet the terms of its £2.5bn loan. The troubled music company...had to prove that it was sufficiently profitable to pay its debts.

    ...While the music publishing arm is understood to have passed the test with ease, the recorded music arm is thought to have struggled, but succeeded on the back of strong sales of The Beatles' digitally remastered albums, as well as contemporary artists, including Lily Allen and Katy Perry."
    But stay tuned: Owner Terra Firma is suing Citi over the original deal and a major payment by EMI is due the bank in March.
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