Research completed by the Hitwise Research Team reveals that 72 percent of searches on YouTube are music-related. On the top of the list is rapper ...
Archives for January, 2009
It’s hard to find any good news in today’s economy, especially in the battered recording industry. The last couple days are no exception. Warner Music Group ...
On January 23rd, the Austin team of ArtistForce held a special event - An Evening with ArtistForce | Austin – for the talent buyers and ...
This week, the ArtistForce team is in Los Angeles for the 2009 Concert Industry Consortium and 20th Annual Pollstar Awards. The CIC is an invaluable ...
We hear about it everyday, but just how bad is the recording industry doing? Apparently, very bad is an understatement. Since 2000, U.S. album sales ...
It’s hard to read the news these days. Doom and gloom dominate with disappointing reports about the state of the economy, but at least one ...
According to information leaked Friday by Silicon Alley Insider, Interscope Geffen A&M, part of the world’s largest record label Universal Music Group, is now responding ...
On Friday January 23, ArtistForce hosted a private invitation-only event for Entertainment Buyers at the tallest building in Austin, Texas overlooking Town Lake. Thanks to ...
More and more these days, you hear of artists signing 360-degree deals with major labels in lieu of the traditional recording contract. Some managers and ...
On January 1, 2009, ArtistForce.com implemented enhanced editorial guidelines, a pre-screening application and account approval process for new talent, and updated Terms of Service. If ...
Have you ever read an article riddled with spelling and grammatical errors? Chances are that you have, and that it affected your perception of the ...
Country group Little Big Town is now searching the Internet to join them on the road. For their forthcoming tour called “A Place to Land,” ...
Yesterday, Clear Channel Communications announced it is shedding 1,850 employees across the U.S. According to the official statement, the layoff accounts for about 9 percent ...
Earlier in January, we reported on analysts’ predictions of reduced ticket sales in 2009, due to the continued U.S. economic conditions. Consumers must save these ...
MIDEM kicked off this week with a keynote from Brian Message, co-manager of Radiohead, Faithless, and Kate Nash and partner in U.K. management company Courtyard. ...
The IFPI released its annual Digital Report Friday morning, and it provides some grim news. It now estimates that 95 percent of all music downloads ...
Country music fans – shine your belt buckles and dust off your hats! The 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, airing April 5th, is ...
Can you imagine the music industry without the Internet? The two are so integrated at this point, it would be nearly impossible for an artist ...
U.K. music retailer HMV announced today that it is partnering with venue operator the Mama Group on a joint venture in which the two companies ...
If you are a fan of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” you may have caught this interesting interview with Lawrence Lessig a few days ago. ...
President-elect Barack Obama has made his appointment of Julius Genachowski as chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, The Wall Street Journal reported. A former classmate ...
Presidential Inauguration festivities will take place next week all over the country, but the kick-off in D.C. is truly start-studded. Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Bono, and ...
On December 17th, ArtistForce announced the addition of public Talent profiles to our growing list of features. The beta program allows ArtistForce.com subscribers the ability ...
Now that LiveNation’s 10-year contract with Ticketmaster is just about over, the mega-promoter has officially opened its own in-house ticketing company. The launch was “pretty ...
For months, Wal-Mart has been the one bright spot among retailers struggling through this recession. Today, the mega-retailer known for deep discounts joined the others ...