NARM And RIAA Announce “Give The Gift Of Music” Design Contest

15 March, 2010, 11:30 am

NARM and RIAA today announce a design contest to renew and refresh the “Give The Gift Of Music” logo and slogan. The music industry has long encouraged the sale of music via the “Give the Gift of Music” promotional program, symbolized by a logo and slogan that communicated the simple, yet effective message to consumers that music is a particular means of personal expression, thoughtfulness and consideration when given as a gift to a friend or a loved one. Now, NARM and the RIAA are inviting companies and individuals are invited to participate in the process of giving the music-gifting promotional program a fresh look and feel by submitting designs for a new logo.

NARM Welcome New Member: MediaNet

11 March, 2010, 11:00 am

NARM welcomes to the music business community, MediaNet, a leading B2B service provider that supplies premium digital content to a network of customers through its advanced MN Open platform.

Donio Preps Local Music Scene For NARM’s Return To Chicago

8 March, 2010, 10:01 am

NARM President Jim Donio had the chance to speak with the Chicago Music Commission about NARM and, specifically, the NARM/A2IM Music Business Crash Course that will take place on May 14-15 at the Hilton Chicago. Take a listen ...

The Demise Of The Music Industry Is Visible Everywhere But In The Facts

15 March, 2010, 7:52 am

Evidence of the demise of purchased music is everywhere to be seen, except for one place: the statistics. In fact it is easier to make the case that the music industry, far from imploding, is one of the great success stories of the recession. The most dramatic example of this is in what kids are supposed not to be buying any more: single tracks. Last year sales of singles soared to an all-time record of 152.7m units, an astonishing 33% rise in a year when the whole economy (GDP) contracted by 3.3%.

February Online Video Usage Up More Than 10% Over Last Year

15 March, 2010, 7:46 am

he number of unique viewers of online video increased 10.5% year-over-year, according to The Nielsen Company, from 127.6 million unique viewers in February 2009 to 141 million in February 2010.