Archive for April, 2008

Musician ‘duped’ into anti-piracy video (Sydney Morning Herald)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
An artist featured in a new campaign pushed by the Australian music industry to discourage illegal file sharing and change the public's perception that musicians live like royalty says he was duped into joining an anti-piracy witch-hunt.

Features of Smartphone Without Smartphone Costs (New York Times)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
The Motorola Moto Z9 smartphone makes digital photos, shoots video, has G.P.S. navigation, plays music and can have access to the Internet.

Triple J host ‘duped’ by anti-piracy vid (The Age)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Musician and radio identity says he was tricked into joining anti-downloads campaign.

Bold ideas that reshaped some businesses (Express India)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Finding business examples of Big Think is not difficult. Every recent iconic business success belongs to visionaries who used big thinking to transform not just their company but the marketplace. You know them well.

Africa: Why Continent May Never Produce a Facebook (AllAfrica.com)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Randall Pinkett is a nice guy. You've probably heard of him.

Hawks have Smith, Williams, Johnson for every season (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
It's been a long time since the Hawks were in the playoffs.

6 Months After Radiohead Says Pay as You Can, Radical Music Marketing the Norm (HispanicBusiness.com)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
TORONTO --- Six months after Radiohead shook the music industry by letting fans determine how much their music was worth, and a year after Prince gave away his album as an insert in a Brit newspaper, such radical ways of distribution are now verging on the norm.

You say you want a (musical) revolution… (The Western Courier)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Record labels have always been viewed as a necessary evil - until now. The history behind the music industry's breakdown starts roughly eight years ago. The now-popular U.K. band Radiohead had yet to have an album crack the Top 20 on the Billboard charts. As the group was set to release its latest album, "Kid A," things weren't looking up for the band.

You say you want a (musical) revolution… (The Western Courier)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Record labels have always been viewed as a necessary evil - until now. The history behind the music industry's breakdown starts roughly eight years ago. The now-popular U.K. band Radiohead had yet to have an album crack the Top 20 on the Billboard charts. As the group was set to release its latest album, "Kid A," things weren't looking up for the band.

Music’s online options (The Globe and Mail)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Six months after Radiohead says pay as you can, radical music marketing is becoming the norm