Mar
14
Youtube and the PRS
Submitted by agirvan on Sat, 03/14/2009 - 22:43
Having sat and watched the debacle between PRS and Google unfold this week I have found myself amazed at the reaction both in the press and media and around the blogosphere.
An interesting part of all of this has been the lack of explanation around the over riding issues. The news of music videos being pulled by YouTube was widely reported in the mainstream media this week and I have a sneaking suspicion catapulted PRS for Music from an organisation that few people outside the music and entertainment industries had ever heard of to the universal known party pooper of the digital content world. I personally think there are far more important issues highlighted by this fiasco about how artists in a digital age get paid for their work by new media companies.
Mar
9
New Media vs The Music Industry
Submitted by agirvan on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 02:03
So this evening's blog post seeks to answer one very important question, a question which to date no one has actually asked me but which I feel I should answer: why doesn't Re:place Radio play Britney Spears? I know, now that I pose the question you are intrigued.
Well there are the overarching reasons such as I wouldn't play Britney Spears on my podcast if you paid me and I think Re:place Radio's tame A&R Man Mark McNeill would have something to say about it as well.
Feb
25
RBS Draw the Purse Strings on Sports Sponsorship but what about the Arts?
Submitted by agirvan on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 19:45
The BBC are reporting this evening that the troubled Royal Bank of Scotland, getting ready to sell a fifth of their business, are also going to be drawing their purse strings when it comes to sports and corporate sponsorship.
The original article is linked here
Some of the numbers are pretty staggering, and although they are not listed in the BBC article this evening's 6 o'clock news gave viewers an idea of some of the figures involved.
Feb
10
Capital of Culture to The Land That Cultural Forgot?
Submitted by agirvan on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 21:24
So the Arts Council England has unleashed its plan to save theatre for the under 26's! Its called A Night Less Ordinary and is the the scheme, as proposed in the McMaster report, to give under 26’s free tickets to the theatre. You can find out information at www.anightlessordinary.org.uk
The first thing which strikes me, and I have to say I went to it pretty quickly once I found out that the site was launched, was that there are no Liverpool theatres included in the scheme!
