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The Intricacies Of Label Tax Beware The Label Tax – Forbes.com (tags: musicbusiness)

No Money in the Middle …and the exact same thing is true for making albums for today’s marketplace… (tags: musicbusiness)

Government subsidized rock (tags: musicbusiness) Now This Is Different For a Major Label (tags: musicbusiness) Zune Marketplace’s Absurd Pricing Scheme (tags: musicbusiness zune ipod) I’m Not Buying a Zune!!! (tags: musicbusiness)

Microsoft, Zune & The Music Mafia (tags: musicbusiness zune Microsoft RIAA) Daring Fireball: I’d Buy That for a Dollar (tags: Microsoft zune musicbusiness) Techcrunch » On Universal Music Group’s Zune Tax (tags: zune Microsoft musicbusiness) NYT : David Pogue takes…

When the Fox television network wanted to promote the TV series Bones online, it turned to its corporate sibling, MySpace, for help. Obligingly, they offered up the screen name “Bones,” which would be pretty easy to remember. Except, that screen…

Are Rappers Ashamed of College? (tags: musicbusiness) Zuzula enters artist-to-consumer market (tags: musicbusiness) Radio still big, but no longer needed for hits John Legend’s appearing on Oprah and in the Wall Street Journal — where his perfect audience is hanging…

Everyone was friendly when we played follow the loss leader. If the business of music is motivated by fear of looking bad more than fear of losing money, what happens if everybody runs out of money? (tags: musicbusiness)

HOWTO: Make your audio play in IE7 with one click. (tags: flash IE7 javascript howto music business)

Correspondent Scott Andrew penned this little tutorial a few months ago to help musicians and non-techies get flash music players and other “embedded” widgets working properly inside Internet Explorer 7. Just a quick bump, since lots of folks seem to…

Details from AllofMp3 press conference Sure, they’re on the run. But the folks behind AllOfMP3 have tapped in to an interesting audience — folks that view music as a utility, like water or electric. They’re willing to pay, but not…

Major Music Deals for Google and YouTube (tags: musicbusiness) Study: Smoking Ban Improves Bar Workers’ Health (tags: musicbusiness)

La La aquires WOXY, streaming radio gets kick in the pants (tags: musicbusiness)