Archive | April, 2011

3 questions with…Justin from Songtrust

I met Justin Kalifowitz during SXSW at his booth inside the convention center.  As the President of Downtown Music’s publishing arm, he has both freedom to test the waters, but the responsibility to maintain results.  As a result, he founded Songtrust, which is an open music publishing service for artists to submit their music for  Read more »

Twitter gives love to indie rockers Portugal. The Man

What’s so special about Portugal. The Man?  Twitter gave them some serious love on their blog.

They have 12,819 followers vs Questlove who has 1.5m+ followers.  I will admit that I am a fan, so this it’s not as if I’m just bashing them because I think they’re music sucks.  It’s just that they’re not doing  Read more »

New York Times gets into social media monitoring

Last Friday I stayed late at the office, so my Monday wouldn’t be too overwhelming.  Around 7:30 I took a break to check out some cool articles being passed around on Twitter.  I ended up stumbling on this article through a Harvard University blog that blew my mind.
New York Times is one of the most  Read more »