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Music and Tech Recap – April 2010 Edition

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

 
There certainly was a lot of news and announcements in April even though it seemed to me that things got off to a slow start. Ultimately it turned into a Spring awakening as the month rolled on that it became a challenge to keep up with the avalanche of news, stories and announcements.
Some of the [...]

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Mother of All Music Tech Recaps – October Edition

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by refe.

This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast.

What a month of news and announcements coming from the digital music and tech world. The big Internet guns (Google, MySpace, Facebook) and a pack of known and new startups were battling for the top digital music business headlines. Funding, new [...]

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Connect with Creative Deconstruction

Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by refe.

I just wanted to take a moment to say how much I appreciate you, the readers of Creative Deconstruction. It’s encouraging to see so many artists, fans and music pros recognizing the unprecedented opportunities we have in the music business today.
When I started this site a few months ago it was my goal to create a place [...]

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MySpace Lays of 30% of Employees

Posted on 16. Jun, 2009 by refe.

There have been rumors floating around the web for several days now that MySpace was about to cut hundreds of jobs. Today it looks like those rumors were very accurate – about 480 employees are expected to be out of work by the end of the day. The news comes only a couple of weeks [...]

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