Also: City-Wide Ticket Hunt In Chicago Today. For the first time, a new music album is being released with a game. The first one million Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Continue reading

CD Baby announced Wednesday that it has passed $150 million in payments to independent artists and will pay out $40 million more this year. The site added 18,000 new titles during. Continue reading

Mind-blowing. Thought-provoking. Why things are, the way they are. Author and social thinker Jeremy Rifkin delves much insight into the empathic civilization:

I got an email from a regular Hypebot reader sharing his frustrations over the long time its been taking recently for the site to load. I did some tests and. Continue reading

This guest post is by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve); he is an artist manager, producer, curator, and the founder of Family Records.   Man, I remember what the music industry was like. Continue reading

Songza provides a free and simple way for people to create their own station. The site gives users the ability to collaborate with friends, family, co-workers or even strangers to. Continue reading

PRS report says UK music industry was up 5% in 2009. (Billboard.biz) Why E-Commerce Is Flourishing. (Forbes) Barnes and Noble bookstore chain put up for sale. (Guardian) Social Media Use. Continue reading

(UPDATED) eMusic has appointed vetern media industry and strategy expert Adam Klein as President and CEO. Klein will succeed current President and CEO Daniel Stein on August 23. In this. Continue reading

(UPDATED) This guest post is by Jay Frank, author of Futurehit.DNA and SVP Strategy at CMT. A few weeks ago, I presented at New Music Seminar a list of the. Continue reading