Ultra To Exit eMusic
Ultra will sever relations with eMusic due to modification to their payment schedule to record labels. The departure follows Victory Records, which left recently over the same issue. Several other labels in the eMusic family are rumored to be bailing as well. Further action inside the online retailers reveals that the labels may have something to gripe about. Ray Farrell, part of the original “cuddly” label development...
Peter Gabriel Launches We7 – Ad-Supported Music Downloads
Peter Gabriel has partnered with technology entrepreneur Steve Purdham and financial authority John Taysom to launch We7, a new store that will offer free music downloads “grafted” with advertisements. The new platform gives advertisers a new ad delivery mechanism that embeds the commercials onto the downloads based on a consumer’s demographics such as location, age, gender and could even be extended to musical...






