All Posts: record business

While the RIAA cries lost profits from downloading music as they enlist the government to create a cabinet level "copyright czar" to protect their music, Vivendi's first half report decries the poverty line.  Vivendi announced that the first half revenue for the overall company was up 10.2% over last year to $16.43 billion. The Universal Music Group was up 17.7% to $378 million.  While comparing the profit picture with 2007 the numbers for Viven...

Only one traditional record industry person was named to Blender magazine's Top 10 most influential people in web music list released yesterday.  The online music magazine will publish its Powergeek 25 list in the upcoming issue...Steve Jobs is the obvious peek for #1 on the list "compiled to show the behind-scenes-players reshaping the way people listen to, buy and watch music.  Only 68 year old Doug Morris, who has been a leader in moving musi...