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Are Free-To-User Ad-Supported Music Services Ultimately Doomed?

Authored by Jay Baage on March 20, 2009 - 10:53am.
tags: Music | Pandora | SpiralFrog | Bob Lefsetz | Business Models | Spotify |

Buzz Watch: Gene Simmons and Bob Lefsetz Battle at CMW

Authored by Jay Baage on March 20, 2009 - 6:55am.

The highlight of Canadian Music Week 2009 (March 11-14) was appearantly the debate about the future of the music industry between Gene Simmons and Bob Lefsetz (clip embedded above, there is much more on YouTube). The news about the battle of the minds spread quickly all over the world, I was tipped off about the YouTube videos by Anders Hjelmtorp of Export Music Sweden. Well worth watching.
tags: Deals | Video | Marketing | Music | KiSS | Gene Simmons | Bob Lefsetz | Business Models |

Bob Lefsetz: Hannah Montana Ain’t That Big

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 8, 2007 - 11:17am.
Hannah Montana is Currently Playing a Sold Out 54-Show TourIn a post from The Lefsetz Letter today, Bob discusses the artificial hype surrounding Hannah Montana and the Miley Cyrus 54-show concert tour.  He argues that the ticket brokers have changed the game, now creating a fake shortage of tickets that raises the value of available seats on broker sites. Remember, online brokers like StubHub make money on the price of the sale, so the more a ticket goes for, the more they get paid; and hence, it would make sense for them to create artificially inflated prices.
tags: Music | Disney | Concerts | Hannah Montana | Miley Cyrus | Bob Lefsetz |

The Quotable Bob Lefsetz

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 4, 2007 - 10:32am.
Bob Lefsetz and the Digital Music Forum WestFrom Digital Music Forum West 2007 - Doing his best imitation of Wallace Shawn in The Princess Bride, Bob Lefsetz (author of The Lefsetz Letter) offered 30 minutes of his time to the Digital Music Forum West this afternoon in a keynote interview with Ken Rutkowski of KenRadio.com.  Needless to say the packed room would’ve gladly sat through another hour of his wisdom.  Here’s a taste, and the list of other memorable quotes follows below: “MySpace isn’t about music, it’s about getting laid.” Watch a video clip of his thoughts on the direction of the music business here.
tags: Social Networking | Music | MySpace | Events | DMFW | Bob Lefsetz | Ken Rutkowski |