Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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David Byrne Journal
Stop making sense David Byrne. Seriously, you make too much sense to us - it's scary. When are you coming by to hang out? -
Creative Commons
If you want to know about IP law - this is the place. CC is defining the cutting edge of music licensing. -
Lefsetz Letter
In his own words - "First in music analysis" -
Wired Listening Post
One of our favorite places to stay on top of what's happening in the music industry. -
Create Digital Music
Fairly relevant to Indaba :) -
Underrated Magazine
Our favorite NYC music-scene blog from our favorite CMJer. -
StereoGum.com
Super-hip music blog. A must for anyone serious about the NYC scene. -
The Daily Swarm
ll the news that fit to print ... about music, that is. -
Idolator
Gawker Media's music blog. Perfect if you like a little snark with your music news. -
That's What Matt Said
Shameless promotion, we know, but this is Matt's (Indaba Co-Founder) non-Indaba blog and he wants people to read it.
Wednesday October 01, 2008 at 05:05 PM |
A summary and link to cutting-edge news from around the music industry by guest bloggers Oresti and Josh
Senate Passes Bill That Could Help Save Internet Radio - Oct 1st
The Senate passed the Webcasters Settlement Act (see our podcast with Pandora founder Tim Westergren) which will allow internet radio services and Sound Exchange to negotiate new royalty agreements retroactive to 2006. This is a big win for online radio sites such as Pandora, but they have a long way to go - they still need to actually negotiate the new rates.
Apple Scoffs at Music Publishers' Plan for Higher Royalties - Sept. 30
The National Music Publishers’ Association plans to increase royalty rates Thursday on tracks purchased through online music stores like iTunes from 9 cents to 15 cents per track. iTunes is adamantly opposed to a rate hike and has previously threated to shut down its store rather than absorb higher royalty costs.
eMusic CEO Leaves for Position at Venture Capital Firm - Sept. 29
After a five year tenure as CEO, a relativley long time for the head of an online music store, David Pakman and eMusic are parting ways. Pakman is leaving to become at an unspecified partner at a venture capital fund, but will be invovled in the selection of his successor.
Bruce Springsteen to Play Superbowl XLIII - Sept. 30
Bruce Springsteen and The E. Street Band have booked the highest-profile gig in music, the infamous half-time performance of the Super Bowl - this year on February 1st 2009.
We7 Signs The Orchard - Sept. 30
We 7, the online music service backed in part by Peter Gabriel has inked a deal with digital distibuter The Orchard, gaining access to more than 14,000 artists and over 1.3 million tracks from independent artists.
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