Disc Makers Launches Elite Artist Services
Attempts To Capitalize On Established DIY Artists Disc Makers has launched Elite Artist Services, a new division geared towards major artists who want to go independent. Elite Artist Services will make it easy for artists with expiring deals to leave their labels and sell CDs and downloads directly. Elite offers major artists virtually all of the manufacturing, distribution, download, marketing and ecommerce infrastructure services...
Sony Buys Out Bertelsmann
Sony has announced that it is buying Bertelsmann AG out of their 50-50 music venture for $900 million, giving it full ownership. It will be remaned, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Sony is looking at music as an on-ramp to its bevy of electronic devices and is hoping that full ownership of the music content will give it an edge of Apple, who has dominated the market ever since the iPod/iTunes ecosystem debuted. In a filing with the...






