Archive for July, 2007
Administaff is awesome!
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, Networking, Social Networking, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Sunday, 22 July 2007 by techmatrix
I found out some wonderful information about Admnistaff services today, my employer (Accton) uses them, and today at the offssite training session I was informed of all the great certification courses they have online for clients. You can take everything from Project Management Institute...
New music start up Tuncore hits milestone
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, Music, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
Public Enemy recently tapped Tunecore to distribute its latest album, according to a New York Times report. The lengthily-titled release, How Do You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul, will be distributed by Tunecore across a number of online music outlets. That includes the...
Snocap strikes back with FREEDOM from DRM
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, DRM, Music, Networking, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
EMI Music has now finalized a DRM-free licensing deal with Snocap, a move that allows the label to spin paid downloads on MySpace. Snocap carries a critical partnership with MySpace that enables artists to position downloads on their profile pages, and share resulting revenues. The...
Intels re-aligns it branding machine, “Music Inside”
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, Developers, Music, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
Intel is now preparing a major, music-related advertising campaign, according to several major label sources. The executives, who hail from one of the larger majors, spoke on the condition of anonymity.  The sources pointed Digital Music News to a campaign that will feature "several prominent...
Where has the money gone in music?
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, Music, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
The recording industry downturn is now an across-the-board, global phenomenon, according to information recently released by the IFPI. The report, released this week, reaffirmed recent declines in the UK and Australia, previously resilient markets. The IFPI, which tracks global sales of...
Baidu.com pumps up the volume!!!!
Posted under Business, CheeseTrail, Mash Ups, Music, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
Baidu, a leading internet search provider in China, recently roped a major Taiwanese label into its ad-supported music initiative. The label, Rock Music Group, is a dominant player in the Chinese pop music arena and also carries significant influence in other Asian countries. The partnership...
Has the valley really changed?
Posted under Ballin, Business, CheeseTrail, Politics, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Friday, 6 July 2007 by techmatrix
In a study done by Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push/Silicon Valley shows Cisco Systems increased its number of minority managers by 50% over the past year by closely measuring hires and basing part of its executives' compensation on diversity hiring. "Not only is it ethically right, it's just...
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