Music & the Entertainment Economy

Some months ago, Nielsen released a study in which they asked music ‘industry experts’ their opinions on what the most influential media outlets are. To arrive at their findings, they regressed the ‘influence’ score given by industry experts for various TV shows and websites against the average audience size for the given media outlet, and [...]

Wired Magazine had a very interesting article about more bad news for the record companies.  A copyright ticking time bomb is set to explode on them in 2013. Basically, the 1975 Copyright Act states that all copyrights granted after 1978 revert back to their original owners after 35 years, with some marginal cases excepted.  This [...]

One of our preoccupations here concerns the relations between music and the ambiance of a place.  Also, the constellations of people, businesses, networks, and practices that make a scene.  You couldn’t find a better window into those topics than a recent documentary about Toronto’s worlds of music, City Sonic. City Sonic is an online collection [...]