On a new episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers host’s a MIDEM Visionary Monday talk with Wendy Clark from The Coca-Cola Company and Grammy award-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson. The trio discuss Coca-Cola’s new music initiative and partnering

That's according to Topspin CEO Ian Rogers, who disclosed the ratio at SF MusicTech Summit on Monday. "75 percent of our business is physical," Rogers relayed as part of a broader discussion on physical sales. But what is 'business,' exactly? In a follow

I noticed an interesting trend at the MusicTech Summit in San Francisco this week: A lot of the talk over lunch and during hallway conversations wasn’t about the next big thing, about fancy Spotify apps or sexy mashups. Instead, people were busy talking

Judges for music tech finals at SXSW range from musicians Michael Franti and Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, co-founder CashMusic) to music tech xecs Jed Carlson of ReverbNation and Ian Rogers of Topspin. (Full list of judges after the nominees below.) Th

3 February 2012 Last updated at 08:29 ET By David Dulin BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. In its heyday, Barry Island used to attract huge numbers of visitors each year "Barry Island! Oh, where you going to have the w

Guest post by Ian Rogers of Topspin Media. Last week's Internet-wide SOPA/PIPA protests divided the Internet between content owners looking for stronger anti-piracy tools and technologists who believed the proposed legislation was an overreach. Those opp

But I found myself on the side of the technologists in this debate; based on my read the legislation didn't solve the problems it aimed to and created a number of unintended problems instead. I voiced my opposition to SOPA/PIPA in a letter on Topspin's h

On a new episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers inteviews Jeff Jampol, Manager and President of Jampol Artist Management. He's the manager of legendary, iconic long since left us artists like the estates of The Doors, Janis Joplin, Rick James and Pet

THE 8lb 2oz rainbow that fell for a Diawl Bach fly cast by Chris Thomas, from Pontypool, was fish of the week while his brother Geoff caught the second best fish weighing 6.25lb. Cardiff fly-fisherman John Thomas netted a rainbow an ounce over 6lb and Ia

Ian Rogers just interviewed Jon Irwin the Rhapsody President. In the interview he seemed to spend a lot of time talking about Rhapsody competitors and how their products were really limited.. and not talking about why Rhapsody actually stands out from th

Topspin CEO Ian Rogers is starting 2012 off with a new haircut. At the risk of sounding like there's some kind of man crush going on, Rogers has long been known for long hair (before photo to left) that made him look like a skateboarder (which he also is

Topspin CEO Ian Rogers is starting 2012 off with a new haircut. At the risk of sounding like there's some kind of man crush going on, Rogers has long been known for long hair (before photo to left) that made him look like a skateboarder (which he also is

By day he is a mild-mannered webmaster and communications assistant for the City of Kawartha Lakes. But on weeknights and weekends, Peterborough's Ian Rogers enters a much darker world. Rogers recently sold his book Every House Is Haunted to Toronto-base

Ian Rogers sits down with Steve Jang: co-founder of SoundTracking and was also a co-founder of Imeem. You can be the first one to leave a comment. Im just your average music fan. I really just like any type of music that is fun and has a decent beat!

So what happens if Spotify refuses to change its pricing and payout model? The very real danger is that the Coldplays, Black Keys, and Mac Miller situations start to multiply, leaving Spotify without first-run material - or, without a huge chunk of the

In a new episode of This Week in Music, Topspin's Ian Rogers talks with Richard Jones, the manager of the Pixies. Their wide ranging discussion includes why and how he uses direct-to-fan tools with the Pixies and the other artists that he manages. Trac

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive today announced the first round of judges and event emcees for the 2012 SXSW Accelerator, the marquee event of SXSW Interactive's Startup Village. Heading into its fourth

On the 21st episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers interviews Robb McDaniels, founder and CEO of INgrooves at his offices in San Francisco. They discuss digital distribution, marketing and the unique challenges of monetizing streaming music. McDaniels

Former CMT, Yahoo Music executive and FutrueHitDNA author Jay Frank has just launched DigSin, a new model independent record label. Frank, interviewed here by Ian Rogers on This Week In Music, is a music loving data geek who sees patterns in fan reaction