Global Entrepreneurship Week in Nashville
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 1:49 pmNashville loves its entrepreneurs. For Global Entrepreneurship Week, the new Nashville Entrepreneur Center is releasing a new I Am Music City video every day on its site, starting today with Mark Montgomery. For a full listing of GEW events this week, check out the Entrepreneur Center’s calendar.
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Live from its MySpace pace, the Grand Ole Opry
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 8:14 am
This weekend’s Grand Ole Opry performance will be broadcast live on the show’s MySpace page for the first time.
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Twitter’s value has quadrupled in less than a year
Posted on September 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm
The Journal reports that the Internet messaging sensation is set to snag $100 million from various investors, including mutual fund house T. Rowe Price. The deal values Twitter at about $1 billion, some four time the number insiders say it was deemed to be worth earlier this year.
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Southwestern blog wins award
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 11:41 pmThe Nashville institution’s blog on ethics direct sales practices was recently recognized by the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators. Check out the blog here.
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The problem with country fans and the Web
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 7:49 am…is that half of them don’t have Internet access at home. Amid the positive national buzz of the CMA Festival, The Washington Post takes a closer look at a recent survey that is sending shivers down the backs of many record label execs.
As traditional retailers continue to disappear and even Wal-Mart, by far the largest seller of country music, devotes less floor space to CDs, Capitol Records Nashville President and CEO Mike Dungan says that what worries him is, “if a sizable [portion] of our audience has no access online, then we’re out of business.”
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Hannah, Taylor tower over other Twitterers
Posted on June 9, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Our brethren at MusicRow have launched a chart that tracks country artists’ Twitter followers. Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift combine for more than 1.3 million people while the next 10 stars – a group that includes Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts and Willie Nelson – have a total of about 240,000 followers.
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Hey celebrity, call me!
Posted on June 2, 2009 at 10:58 amOur brethren at BusinessTN check in with a look at BugleMe, a Nashville-based start-up that is bringing the Twitter model to your phone.
A unique revenue sharing model grants celebrity users 20% of gross revenue, following a $150 startup fee. As a result, clients gain a new revenue stream, while expanding their fan base, controlling their own image and communicating through a more intimate medium. In addition, BugleMe provides each client with a Web-based community for users to respond, via a platform of discussion boards, polls and other postings.
Social media tool responsible for economic downturn?
Posted on March 19, 2009 at 9:15 amWell, you gotta blame something, I suppose.
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