UPDATED: Beats Buys Back HTC Shares For $265M, As Carlyle Group Invests $500M
UPDATE: The new Carlyle Group investment totals $500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. No announcement was made of the stake the investment group gets in return, but it's. Continue reading
Rdio Turns To The Echo Nest For Recommendations
Music streamer Rdio has partnered with The Echo Nest to power a new Recommendations feature that provides a stream of new music recommendations including albums, stations and playlists based on what. Continue reading
BandPage Expands Fan VIP Experiences With Rhapsody Partnership
BandPage today announced a partnership with Rhapsody that expands the reach of it's fan VIP Bandpage Experiences offering. Rhapsody will now send targeted notifications,with links to purchase BandPage Experiences directly. Continue reading
Music Publishing Company TweelX Creates Music Stock Exchange
TweelX, a combined publishing company and "music stock exchange," is using the JOBS Act's loosened marketing restrictions to offer the opportunity to invest in songs based on royalties. Investors receive. Continue reading
Fantrotter: Ticketing and Travel Search Limited By Reliance On Secondary Ticketing Sites
Fantrotter, billing itself as a "travel website for fans," allows you to identify an event, from music to sports, and then do an automated search for tickets, travel and lodging.. Continue reading
Grooveshark Is Adding 200K Users A Month, CEO Says Future Depends On Live Music Fans
After 2 years filled with lawsuits and banishment from Google and Apple's app stores, Grooveshark may be turning things around. CEO Sam Tarantino likens the experience to "getting punched in. Continue reading
Edjing Raises $2.5M For DJ App
Edjing, the cross platform DJ app, has raised $2.5 million in a round led by Entrepreneur Ventures with participation from Deezer founder, Daniel Marhely, who joins the company's Advisory Board.. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: Your Music At Public Libraries via Hoopla
The folks at NARM have announced a series of informative music industry webinars, and are generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. Next up is hoopla – Learn How Consumers Can. Continue reading
Disconnect Your Music Service From Facebook NOW, Says Beats Music Exec’ Ian Rogers
Former Topsin CEO Ian Rogers wants everyone to disconnect their music service from Facebook right now. "If your music service is currently barfing every track you play to Facebook, turn. Continue reading
Topspin SVP Moz Moves To Twitter To Head Music [OFFICIAL]
UPDATE: Moz's move to Tiwtter was confirmed in an email to Topspin stakeholders. Bob Moczydlowsky, until recently the popular senior vice president of product and marketing at Topspin Media, has. Continue reading
