Xplosive writes a piece on the current and future state of the hip-hop music industry, intelligent and truthful, proposing a hip-hop stimulus plan to reinvigorate the hip-hop consumer public. The plan can easily be applied to many industries, companies and marketing strategies. A good read for all.
The head of the Republican Party states that he wants to “convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings,” with a plan to implement a PR campaign to update the GOP brand that will be “avant garde” and “will surprise everyone – off the hook.” Um. Really?
Does an increase in attention, viewership, and advertising dollars that hip-hop related sites and blogs are receiving, signal the demise for already-struggling print properties like Vibe, XXL and the recently reincarnated Source?
Interesting post taking a look at Warner Music Group’s action to remove YouTube videos of artists on their label. Equally interesting comment response from “N DOT C”.
When you have one of the most talked about record companies, in a not-so-great-for-record-companies business climate, such a change is drastic, and seems largely unexpected. The should have been more coordination to switch over so that at the very least, a visitor to Koch today would see the E1 logos, etc. The quicker you can acclimate your visitors, users, fans, followers to a new branding, especially one so definitive, the better, no?