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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Why Modern Musicians Should Care About Metadata Chirpify Adds $2 Million In Funding, Signs Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg & Puma For In-Stream Social Commerce Think A Big Festival Play Can. Continue reading

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The Week’s Top Music Commentary

Jon Maples Offers Sage Advice To Rhapsody's Rival Upstarts Matt Urmy Maintains The Times Are Changing For Artist Investors Tyler Hayes Identifies Real Band Names That Sound Totally Fake Seth. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Get More Fans Is A Mindblowingly Complete DIY Guide To The New Music Business Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost A2IM Announces Indie Artist & Label 2013 LIBBY Awards. Continue reading

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AOL Music & Spinner Shut Down, All Staff Laid Off

(UPDATED) AOL Music, Spinner and related properties are being closed and all EMployees in the division immediately laid off.  While no official announcement has been made yet, Spinner editor Dan. Continue reading

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Record Store Day Drives Impressive Sales Boost

"Record Store Day is a great way to shine the spotlight on the amazing experience that independent record stores bring to music consumers," David Bakula,SVP at Nielsen Entertainment,said in a. Continue reading

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The iTunes Decade As Celebrated By Apple, Mike Doughty & Industry Analysts Alike

Over the last 10 years iTunes has become the dominant force in digital music sales and has gradually moved from being a loss leader to drive hardware sales to become. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Lady Gaga As Economic Indicator, Twitter To Go Local?, Phoney Followers & More

Friday 4.26.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web    CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab

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Lauryn Hill Takes To Tumblr To Explain $1 Million Tax Troubles, New Sony Deal

In an open letter to fans on her Tumblr blog, Lauryn Hill addressed her tax problems and the Sony deal that will solve then. Last year, Hill pleaded guilty to. Continue reading

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Vibe Sold To SpinMedia, Transition To Online-Only Likely

Print journalism takes another hit, as top urban music magazine VIBE and its related online properties, are sold to SpinMedia, a conglomerate of almost 50 music and entertainment sites. A. Continue reading

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Music Ad Watch: Beyonce’ “Standing In The Sun” For H&M [VIDEO]

Beyonce’ appears to be be rolling out her new album one song at a time via commercial tie-ins.  A couple of week’s ago it was a Pepsi ad using the. Continue reading

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