Survey: Music Streaming Decreases Filesharing, Increases Music Discovery
A survey conducted in Norway this June for Aspiro Music concluded that streaming services lead to more music listening as well as and increased and more diverse music discovery. Of. Continue reading
Apple Pulls Grooveshark iPhone App Following Universal Music Complaint
Following a complaint form Universal Music Group UK, Apple pulled down the recently approved Grooveshark iPhone app. The app had been receiving rave reviews, but Grooveshark only has licencing deals. Continue reading
FlowSongs: Why Paying Royalties Is “Complicated”
A Graphic Illustration of Music Industry Madness. The concept behind the new Pure owned, cloud-based music service FlowSongs is pretty straightforward. You hear a song on the radio and want. Continue reading
Peter Sunde: The History Of The Pirate Bay
This is a fascinating presentation by Peter Sunde, one of the original founders of The Pirate Bay. In the talk, Sunde gives a great overview of the website's eventful history,. Continue reading
Google, YouTube Top Video Site, Facebook Grabs #3
Google Sites, driven primarily by YouTube ranked as the top online video destination with 143.2 million unique viewers, followed by Yahoo! sites with 55.1 million viewers according to Comscore. Facebook.com. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: UMG & MTV Call Truce, FM Coming To Cell Phones, Facebook To Add Locations, uTorrent, Lennon & More
Universal Music and MTV call a truce duting the VMAs (FMQB) Radio and RIAA are demanding mandatory FM radio in cell phones as part of their negotiations on performance royalties.. Continue reading
Rolling Stone Issues “A Big Fat Thanks” To Record Execs: “Because of you, millions of kids will stop wasting time listening to new music…”
UPDATE: I've now learned that this open letter was issued in 2002, but that doesn't stop Hypebot readers call out Rolling Stone for its hipocracy then and now below. Hypebot. Continue reading
Warner Bros Records Sued For Tracking Web Users
Last week, a lawsuit filed in federal court contended that Warner Bros Records website, among other well-known media properties, including Disney and their music site Playlist.com, have been secretly tracking. Continue reading
1/5th Of American Adults Don’t Use The Internet
Likely, they don't file-share songs either. Has their music consumption decreased? According to survey results released by Pew research center, documenting broadband adoption in America, one-fifth of adults don’t use. Continue reading
Indaba Music: New Site, Expanded Services
Music collaboration site Indaba Music is expanding the services that it offers to artists, as well, today they are launching a newly redesigned site. They hope to guide musicians through. Continue reading
