MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: How much of your business model is habitual? If you could start from scratch, what would you keep – and what would you throw away?
When the digital label X5 Music Group started in 2003, its founders had the chance to rewrite every bad old rule of the Read more...
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, MANHATTAN: When SonicScoop first heard that the 2011 Audio Branding Congress (ABC) was going to take place in New York City, we were intrigued. Held the two previous years in Hamburg, Germany, the annual consortium sees experts converging on music, sound design, branding, marketing, and cognitive research – Read more...
Avid confirmed today in its quarterly earnings call that it has undergone a restructuring, laying off approximately 10% of its workforce in the process. With a headcount of 1,944 employees as of today, the move affects about 200 Avid employees. The cuts were across “all areas of the business”, excluding Read more...
WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: What made you come to AES? Or why did you think about visiting the just-concluded annual convention this year, even if you couldn’t? Or how come you were glad to skip it entirely?
No matter what you decided to do, there are great reasons to back up Read more...
Was Steve Jobs good for music?
The Web doesn’t need another tribute, career retrospective, huzzah or think piece on his impact on the Local Group of Galaxies. His contributions to humanity and technology, and his genius for innovation aren’t in question here.
But this is the right forum to ask: Read more...
