April 3, 2008

Yahoo Loses Its Musical Soul

Yahoo Music Vice President Ian Rogers has resigned to join a new stealth music startup called Topspin Media as CEO. This is a blow to Yahoo - Rogers is one of the few music industry insiders who have a clear vision for what the future of music should be. In 2007 he and former Yahoo Music GM Dave Goldberg told music insiders they must abandon DRM - a year later it was reality. Last year Rogers shocked the industry again when he told industry execs: I personally don’t have any more time to give and can’t bear to see any more money spent on pathetic attempts for control instead of building consumer value. (TechCrunch)