MTV unveils Artists.MTV music platformAugust 15, 2012 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - MTV on Wednesday, August 15 officially launched Artists.MTV, a new music initiative created by the network to showcase a rage of artists both signed and unsigned, old and new, on a unique, more advanced web platform. The artist will be in complete control of their own Artists.MTV page and can use it to connect with fans in whatever way they want, according to Hollywood Reporter. The new platform offers up opportunities for acts of all levels to get paid. Fans can donate directly to their favorite artists without a middleman, and through a partnership with Topspin, the site will offer musicians the opportunity to sell digital and physical products directly to their fan base at competitive pricing. Additionally, artists are given 50 percent of all ad revenue from their page. Based on Google and Yahoo searches of artists throughout the web, MTV has noticed that their artists' web pages received a substantial amount of attention but those pages were too bland to see real results. “We noticed that they have been around forever and the pages really sucked, we hadn’t updated in 10 years,” says Shannon Connolly, senior vp of digital music strategy for MTV. “We decided to re-vamp the pages and open them up directly to the artists, to empower them and really connect with their audience.” Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |