Friday’s Music Brief: $99 Music Videos, Pirate Bay, Montage, U2, Gracenote & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
The Challenge: Band + $99 + 24 Hours = Great Video- Pirate Bay Fans Hack IFPI Site During Trial
- Video: New Music Business Models
- Daily D.I.Y. – What Business Are You In?
- 30 Second History Of Internet Marketing
- Indie Band Responds To $1 Promo Controversy
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
Country music indie label Montage Music Group (Road Hammers, Little Texas) is undergoing a major downsizing. (Music Row)- Josh Freese, journeyman drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Devo, A Perfect Circle, Sting, and the Vandals is launching a Reznor like promo plan for his new solo album with price points from $7 to $75,000. (East Bay Express)
- Gracenote has launched MusicID 2, an advanced multi-modal music exploration application for mobile that combines music identification, advanced search and content. AT&T is the first to utilize it.
- U2 Album Leaks... Despite Ridiculous Attempts To Block It. (TechDirt)
- Digital distributor IODA has announced the details of its Annual Opening Day Bash at the upcoming SXSW.
- YouTube Selling More Ads To Larger Advertisers – But Only On A Fraction Of Videos. (paidContent)
- Broadcast radio fights back, kind of…CBS Radio/LA will be flipping Talk KLSX to Amp Radio with 10,000 songs in a row with limited commercial interruption and artists such as Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, T.I., Kanye West, Usher, Britney Spears, Pink, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry. (FMQB)
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