Disruption: David Pakman's Blog

In my first few months at Venrock, I have seen many music deals. I’m happy that entrepreneurs and existing digital music companies have sought me out to look at their companies. The unfortunate truth, however, is that we are unlikely to invest in many music companies in 2009. Here’s why. The digital music business is [...]

The blogosphere is enraged at the shut-down of a popular site called Muxtape. I am not one to defend the overly litigious nature of the fading music industry (will the lawyers be the only employees be left standing at the four majors?), but this site was unlicensed and was offering interactive (i.e., on demand) streaming [...]