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My Favorite Links for 03/23/08

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Presentation on the Future of Public Relations

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Bebo Sale Spotlights Online Music Licensing Controversy

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Licensing, News and Songwriting

Two years ago, as Billy Bragg tells it, the founder of British social networking site Bebo came to him for advice about avoiding the same music licensing pitfalls that Bragg had railed about during the evolution of MySpace. As I wrote previously, Bragg’s lobbying resulted in MySpace clarifying its terms of service so artists could [...]



My Favorite Links for 03/21/08

Mar 21st, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Borders says it may put itself up for sale

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Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-19

Mar 19th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Holy @#$%! Barack Obama’s gonna be on my street tomorrow! #

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My Favorite Links for 03/19/08

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

AMERICAN IDOL: Top 11
How to Have a Conversation, or Tell Me About Me
Forget the Movie, Go To A Concert
Good comment: Pipenta, on artists and drugs
Idol Banter: Guitars Gently Weep
‘Idol’ Tracker: Archuleta de Triumph
Protect Yourself Against Energy Vampires

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SXSW in the Wall Street Journal

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Jim Fusilli offers a great write-up of his experience last week in Austin, where Daniel Auerbach from the Black Keys tells him that SXSW “has morphed into something else.”

Twenty-one years after the first festival, it’s now an overstuffed parade of big names who don’t need the gig, successful touring bands that are compelled to play [...]



Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-18

Mar 18th, 2008 | By | Category: General

I just saw an ad for the C&C Mattress Factory and wondered if their products are gonna make me sweat. #
@andymatic That is awesome news! Did you guys grab one of those neat, new townhomes over by the CalTrain station? Yer in a wicked cool hood. #

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Joe’s Tweets for 2008-03-17

Mar 17th, 2008 | By | Category: General

Looking for some dashboard widgets to make Twitter posting faster. #

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My Favorite Links for 03/17/08

Mar 17th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: General

Ashley Dupre makes $204,000 from Web music sales [Jackpot]
A word to the press: fight for the public’s right to know
Would You Pay a Fee for Legal Music File Sharing? - Washington Post

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Music at SXSW is just the afterparty for tech bloggers on their way out of Austin.

Mar 16th, 2008 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Concerts and Events

It’s tough enough to be a record executive these days. Your budget’s shrinking, your staff keep leaving to join tech startups, and you keep having to figure out which one of your interns is the one who’s leaking your biggest acts rough mixes to BitTorrent.
At least you always had SXSW to look forward to, right?
Apparently, [...]