Newspapers’ Digital Apostle We are not going back to the past. Both artists and rights holders are guilty of reminiscing about the days of yore and doing their best to put the brakes on the future to maintain their old business paradigm. Let me put it simply. Was it better for the labels to sue […]

So it all comes down to a pissing match. If you think this sale has anything to do with music, you probably believe Milli Vanilli sang on their record. Doug Morris is pissed he got squeezed out. I’m with him on this. He was doing a great job at Universal. The business hoi polloi bitched […]

"What happened when a hotel armed social media-loving clubbers with RFID wristbands?" Technology is your friend. It’s not only Vail Resorts that has seen the power of RFID, now a hotel/club on Ibiza has gone from 4,000 Facebook fans to 70,000 over the summer, just by outfitting its guests with RFID-embedded wristbands. RFID stands for […]

He played "Billie Jean". Chris Martin has been so abused that he’s reluctant to appear arrogant, he evidences confidence at best, he tries not to reveal too much, he doesn’t want any "gotcha" moments. And Howard was trying hard. Just to get him to open up, to play along, to say anything. If this was […]