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Hollywood 2.0: Why the TV Industry Might Lose 28% of its Audience Forever

[Originally posted on the YouLicense blog]
It’s no big secret that the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike is bound to change the future of television, as we know it. Will it boost internet TV? Will our favorite TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, 24 ever come back? Will the strike ever end? Will there be […]

The Romantics Vs. Guitar Hero

As you all probably know, 80’s rockers The Romantics have decided to sue Activision (makers of Guitar Hero) for its cover of “What I Like About You”. They claim that the cover sounds too much like them and infringes on their rights as a band. Just how identical is the video game version? […]

MySpace To Try New (Free) Music Distribution Methods With Facebook Music Looming

Over the next few months MySpace is said to begin testing a new way for consumers to get music on their site - for free, thanks to advertising.
From AdWeek:
“Next March, fans of punk band Pennywise can go to stores to buy the group’s ninth album. Or they can go to the MySpace profile of Textango, […]

Top 10 Gig Posters 2007

One year ago right after we launched The Plugg I wrote about my favorite hobby of collecting Gig Posters and it turned out to be a very successful post. So, I’ve decided to follow up and see what’s new in the indie art world.
Gig Posters are now one of the most popular art forms of […]

Berlin, Malajube and Breaking the Language Barrier

Me and Charbarred just came back from Berlin while visiting one of Europe’s leading music conferences, Popkomm. We were nominated for a prize there for most innovative music start up for YouLicense. No, we didn’t win, but it was fun, we got to meet tons of interesting people, labels and musicians. An we got the […]

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