Archive For October, 2009
Are conferences for the birds?
A cynic might suggest that the only growth area in the music industry these days is the music-conference business.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009Read more
MySpace Japan, Tsutaya team up to support new acts
MySpace Japan and major Japanese music retail/rental chain Tsutaya have launched PC- and mobile-based websites to support next-generation artists.
Monday, October 26, 2009Read more
RIAJ data shows Japanese market's continuing decline
The Recording Industry Association of Japan has just released physical-music shipments data for the first nine months of 2009, and to absolutely no one’s surprise, the state of the world's No. 2 music market is as bleak as ever.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009Read more
Carey makes Korea move
Mariah Carey has teamed up with Seoul-based digital-hardware maker iriver, which is launching a limited-edition mp3 player named after the American chanteuse.
Friday, October 9, 2009Read more
Who breaks Madame Butterfly on a wheel?
Poor Noriko Sakai. The pop idol has been raked over the coals by the media, the police and society at large ever since her Aug. 7 arrest for suspected possession of 0.008 grams of “stimulant drugs” (about enough to make a cockroach mildly excited).
Thursday, October 1, 2009Read more
