Independent Study: Sacred Bones Records

Independent Study: Sacred Bones Records

"Independent Study" is a new Billboard.biz column that will profile a different independent label every other Tuesday. For this debut installment, we take a look at Sacred Bones Records, a Brooklyn-based label with a reputation for embracing the dark side via artists like Zola Jesus, the Men, the Holydrug Couple, Pharmakon and others.
Morning Fix: Rolling Stones Promoter on Pissing Off Brokers; YouTube Launching Subscriptions; Pandora Listening Caps Decrease Usage

Morning Fix: Rolling Stones Promoter on Pissing Off Brokers; YouTube Launching Subscriptions; Pandora Listening Caps Decrease Usage

In today's Fix: YouTube launching paid channel subscriptions; Pandora's listening cap decreases streaming; Rolling Stones concert promoter on flex-pricing, pissing off brokers; Lauryn Hill sentenced to prison; Youssou N'Dour wins Polar; Senate passes Internet tax bill; Liberty's financials; Bieber and Usher face infringement suit; Toothbrush Syndrome at NARM's Music Biz 2013; Ten signs with Sony; way more.
Business Matters: How Netflix Reduces Piracy

Business Matters: How Netflix Reduces Piracy

There has long been three opinions about how to beat piracy; through legislation and enforcement, through better legal services, or both. Although piracy continues to exist as numerous new music services have launched, there’s no doubt consumers have far better options (free-of-charge streaming, DRM-free downloads) than they had just a few years ago.
Music Executives Tackle Metadata's 'Toothbrush Syndrome' at Music Biz 2013

Music Executives Tackle Metadata's 'Toothbrush Syndrome' at Music Biz 2013

Metadata is not one of those sexy topics you bring up at a cocktail party -- unless, perhaps, it’s directly tied to your livelihood and how much money you stand to earn. Bottom line: “If [the data’s] no good, people don’t get paid,” said Jonathan Bender, chief operating officer of SoundExchange.
Sean Glass' WIN Re-Examines the Role of the Label for Upcoming Electronic Artists

Sean Glass' WIN Re-Examines the Role of the Label for Upcoming Electronic Artists

As a part-time A&R rep for labels like Epic Records and Universal Republic, Sean Glass often found his hands tied when he was ready to get behind a potential signing. “I was working in film at the time and whenever I would do work to break artists in-market people would say, ‘Why don’t you just put this artist out yourself?’ And I’d say no because I didn’t have a label.”

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