On his personal blog, Topspin CEO Ian Rogers has revealed that in addition to running the direct to fan tech start-up, he's also co-managing a new artist.

Two New Jersey ticket brokers have settled legal disputes with the state's Attorney General by agrreeing to stop speculative ticket sales and for both to pay $5,000.

RealNetworks has reported a $1.5 million Third Quarter profit or less than 1 cent per share.

Following a slightly profit report to shareholders last week that included a continuing downturn in subscribers to its Rhapsody music service, RealNetworks is laying of 70 or about 4% of its 1700 person workforce according to All Things Digital.

Six months ago Topspin and The Berklee College of Music announced a partnership to offer an online course teaching implementation of the Topspin digital music marketing and sales platform.

Cablevision Systems Corp. said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled as the number of customers using its voice phone service surpassed 2 million.

G.I. Joe and the Transformers came to Viacom Inc.’s rescue in the third quarter, helping boost the company’s earnings 15 percent with strong box office returns.

Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. reported a 38 percent drop in third-quarter profit Wednesday after being hurt by declines at its AOL and publishing segments.