Vevo, the YouTube channel with a 15million strong set of viewers, is going to be launching its LIFT new artist platform with Labrinth, the UK artist who last year had two top three singles on Sony subsidiary Syco. altsounds.com...
We have a special feature for you this mailk out: let us introduce you to Radar Music Videos, one of the most useful resources for new musicians and aspiring film makers in the UK. In a world where YouTube is regularly said to be one of the...
In what’s been a massive week for Sky’s television activities, they’ve also launched the Sky Go streaming service for current customers onto the Android market, starting off the HTC handsets. mobile-ent.biz...
Megaupload can’t pay its bills, mainly because its assets have been frozen while the company gets sued for $500million – because of this, it’s looking as though the hosts will start automatically deleting all information of Megaupload’s users over the next month. mashable.com...
After nearly a century of prohibition, Absinthe is once again legal in France. And to celebrate, the drink is putting out a new campaign celebrating its cultural influence. Up next: How heroin helped write ‘The VU & Nico’. brandrepublic.com...
Snag Films distributes indie flicks across computers, tablets and now the likes of Netflix. They’ve just come into $7million worth of financial aid, which should mean there’s plenty more small time gems for you to find on the web any minute now. allthingsd.com...
Respected US author Jonathan Franzen has claimed that e-books aren’t permanent enough for the serious writer, claiming that only printed books can hold the true essence of the writers meaning. Does the internet kill the magic or the written word and music? telegraph.co.uk...
Twitter is now a major force in politics, the sites CEO has claimed. With the ability for opinions to be uneducated or offensive, is it a good thing that politicians are taking its influence so seriously? allthingsd.com...
The Angry Birds creators have described seeing their app users as ‘fans’, and not ‘consumers’ – also stating that they’ve learn how not to battle piracy by looking at the music industries techniques. musicweek.com...
At the Midem discussion panel, head of global digital business at Universal Music Group Rob Wells said that streaming services don’t cannibalize actual sales… but does make physical product more rare and collectible (presumably because less people are buying it). Hmm....