The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class Parts I-III
Our series on the on a new Middle Class of musicians who never ride in limos but who make a decent living has been getting a lot of attention and. Continue reading
MySpace Launches HyperTargeting And SelfServe
Want to target only fans of like minded music on MySpace? The day got a lot closer with two programs that the social networking giant launched yesterday. HyperTargeting allows advertisers. Continue reading
Rise Of The Musical Middle Class Part III – A Global Perspective
Last week’s start to Hypebot’s series, The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class (Part I & II) pointed to a growing group of artists that may never ride in limos,. Continue reading
MySpace, Others Join Google’s OpenSocial
Just a day after Google launched OpenSocial, MySpace has joined the effort to make widgets and other applications usable across multiple social networking platforms. With 110 million users worldwide, top. Continue reading
Join “The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class” Debate
My post of Monday, "The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class" and the follow up piece yesterday has started a very informed and heated discussion. Many seem skeptical that my. Continue reading
Googles Launches OpenSocial To Tame The Widget Beast
The mighty Google has decided that the widget playground that Facebook created needs to be open to all and is launching OpenSocial to make it happen. The offering provides a . Continue reading
Facebook Music May Launch Next Week
Co-ed Magazine claims to have label sources stating that Facebook is set to announce phase 1 of a major expansion into music at next week’s ad:tech conference in NYC. The. Continue reading
The Emerging Musical Middle Class Part 2
I wrote on Monday about the emerging Musical Middle Class – a world populated by more artists selling 20-100,00 copies and making a living through direct sales, touring, merch and. Continue reading
Rise Of The Musical Middle Class
THE NEW PARADIGM PART I – The digital music revolution has fractured media consumption into niches, shifted creation and distribution from the few to the many and nearly leveled the. Continue reading