A survey completed by market research firm NPD Group indicates that teens are buying less music. CD purchases are down 26 percent while downloads have ...
Archives for March, 2009
It is now common-place for albums from major artists to leak before the official release date. The latest to slip is Depeche Mode’s new album, ...
New details have emerged from Internet service providers concerning their participation in the RIAA’s anti-piracy plan. Earlier in the week, Billboard and C|Net reported that ...
The secondary ticketing market has been a major source of criticism lately, especially with the recent issues of Ticketmaster and its secondary site TicketsNow. While ...
Internet service providers AT&T and Comcast have confirmed their participation in a program designed to curb music piracy by sending warning letters to subscribers suspected ...
ArtistForce had a crazy, jam-packed week of shows, parties, and panels at SXSW 2009. Now that we have had a chance to sleep and let ...
It seemed the storm over secondary ticketing for Ticketmaster could not get any worse, but the clouds continue to roll in. After the very public ...
If you did not attend the ASCAP New York Sessions this year, you missed some incredibly informative and beneficial panels, workshops, interviews, and more for ...
Like too many others in this all too common tale of these hard times, music site Spiralfrog quietly went dark this weekend. The service offered ...
ArtistForce.com Selects VerticalResponse, Inc. to Provide Email Marketing to Music Professionals – Announces at SXSW – AUSTIN, TEXAS – March 19, 2009 – VerticalResponse Inc. (www.verticalresponse.com ...
Apparently, the public outrage over executive bonuses does not stop with just the financial industry. Reports by the Wall Street Journal show that Warner Music ...
It is day two of South By Southwest 2009, and ArtistForce is making good on all those plans we made. The Trade Show is seeing a steady ...
According to a study released this week, revenue from the live industry has now surpassed recorded music revenue in the U.K. Using figures based on ...
The reselling of tickets on the secondary market has always been a contentious topic, but news revealed yesterday really heats up the discussion. The news? ...
Figures released today by Nielsen show that the U2’s new album “No Line on the Horizon” sold 484,000 copies in its first week in the ...
TechCrunch provided an interesting article this week about the state of the music industry now and in the future. The details come from a candid ...
Today, YouTube is working to pull down numerous music videos in the UK after negotiations reached an impasse with the Performing Right Society for Music. ...
ArtistForce Founder and CEO Jonathan Romley will be moderating a panel at the ASCAP New York Sessions on March 10th. Called Marketing from the Driver’s ...
Another round of issues has popped up for Ticketmaster concerning its secondary ticketing site TicketsNow – this time from the Canadian government. It is asking ...
Numbers released for February show cumulative album sales are now down 11.7 percent compared to the same time in 2008, according to Nielsen Soundscan. The ...
ArtistForce Founder and CEO Jonathan Romley will be moderating a panel at the ASCAP New York Sessions on March 10th. Called "Marketing from the Driver’s ...
ArtistForce’s plans for South by Southwest are coming together nicely, and there is news to share. We are co-sponsors of Village Voice Media’s Day Party ...
At ArtistForce, we listen to any comments and suggestions that our subscribers make to improve the overall site, features, and tools provided at ArtistForce.com. Recently, ...
Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America, the lobbying group for the music industry’s big four, announced that it was laying off 20 percent ...
I personally love watching the theater that is the music industry. While they fight the losing battle against piracy and forever fear the technology that ...