2 posts and columns on Avril Lavigne

Record Exec Says Music's Future Is in the Clouds

in News on February 23, 2009 at 1:50 pm PT

Terry McBride thinks the smartphone is going to upend the current version of the record industry as profoundly as the iPod changed the last one. In a speech to college musicians, Mr. McBride said smartphone apps “will radically change the business.”

YouTube’s Music Videos: Popular, Money-Losing. For Now.

in Media on December 19, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

Music videos on YouTube are money-makers for the music labels, and a money pit for Google. That may change next year: Even Google can’t afford to lose money every time someone watches an Avril Lavigne clip.