meta-roj » music business news http://rojisan.com/blog This site is currently broken Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:23:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 sony uses music business accounting http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/sony-uses-music-business-accounting/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/sony-uses-music-business-accounting/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:34:32 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/sony-uses-music-business-accounting/ old-school music industry accounting meets new-school technology in the courtroom:

Allmans, Cheap Trick sue Sony [mp3.com, 2006.04.27]

The class-action lawsuit claims that the artists’ contracts require Sony to pay its artists about 30 cents out of every 70 cents it gets for digital downloads–out of a total of 99 cents that iTunes charges per song. But the complaint maintains that Sony is only paying artists 4.5 cents for each song.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/sony-uses-music-business-accounting/feed/ 1 canadians create music http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/canadians-create-music/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/canadians-create-music/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:31:31 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/canadians-create-music/ i know… i know… they have musicians in canada? ’tis true, dear reader, ’tis true. and some of them have some thoughts they would like to share with you, their fans…

We are a growing coalition of Canadian music creators who share the common goal of having our voices heard about the laws and policies that affect our livelihoods.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2006/04/canadians-create-music/feed/ 0 don’t blame the band http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/dont-blame-the-band/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/dont-blame-the-band/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:06:54 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/dont-blame-the-band/ that one’s for you, ashlee

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/dont-blame-the-band/feed/ 0 cdbaby pays $10 million http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/cdbaby-pays-10-million/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/cdbaby-pays-10-million/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:19:09 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/cdbaby-pays-10-million/ now carrying 75,000 artists, cd baby has reached a milestone, paying out $10 million to participants.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/10/cdbaby-pays-10-million/feed/ 0 no beatles for msn http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/no-beatles-for-msn/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/no-beatles-for-msn/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2004 05:10:07 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/no-beatles-for-msn/ it seems the rumors of the beatles going online (legitimately) with microsoft were… to be brief… exaggerated.

let it be…. not.

in other msn news, it seems they’re in with walmart.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/no-beatles-for-msn/feed/ 0 bill’s secret weapon: the beatles http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/bills-secret-weapon-the-beatles/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/bills-secret-weapon-the-beatles/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:49:47 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/bills-secret-weapon-the-beatles/ how do you compete as the nth player in the online music store game? you land the beatles.

first reported back in june, the recent msn music store news is now covered with rumors that the beatles are on board.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/bills-secret-weapon-the-beatles/feed/ 0 itunes affiliates http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/itunes-affiliates/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/itunes-affiliates/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2004 02:51:55 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/itunes-affiliates/ …and with the field of online music stores expanding recently, apple’s upped the ante with an affiliate program offering a 5% kickback for dropping itunes links all over your corner of the web.

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don’t forget my own contribution to the field.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/msn-jumps-into-online-music/feed/ 0 uk download charts http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/uk-download-charts/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/uk-download-charts/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2004 02:36:42 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/uk-download-charts/ in case you’re interested in what is hot in the uk, the bbc is doing official download charts now.

]]> http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/09/uk-download-charts/feed/ 0 1m real songs in a week http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/08/1m-real-songs-in-a-week/ http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/08/1m-real-songs-in-a-week/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:09:34 +0000 roj http://rojisan.com/blog/2004/08/1m-real-songs-in-a-week/ or so they say.

49 cent songs move pretty fast, eh?

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