Sirius Ends ’06 Up 82% And Profitable
As merger rumors with XM continue to swirl, Sirius Satellite Radio ended 2006 with approximately 6,024,000 subscribers, an 82% increase over the company’s 2005 ending base of 3,316,560. Based on. Continue reading
Carly Simon On QVC. Smart Marketing Or Career Suicide?
First her ex-husband James Taylor had a Gold selling CD via the Hallmark stores. Now Carly Simon is making her debut on shopping channel QVC this Friday, January 5 at. Continue reading
Days Before MacWorld Study Shows Huge Potential For iPod Phone
The rumors are swirling that Apple will or maybe won’t unveil an iPod/phone hybrid at next week’s MacWorld convention. Whenever the device is unveiled – and it will be soon. Continue reading
More 2007 Music Industry Predictions
In addition to Hypebot’s own 2007 Music Industry predictions, we found some others willing to gaze into their own crystal balls with some interesting results: Bob Lefsetz’s predictions include: EMI. Continue reading
More Jump On MP3 Bandwagon
We declared several weeks ago that 2007 would be the year that labels would finally embrace or at least seriously experiment with unrestricted mp3’s. After all, 2006 was the year. Continue reading
A Post Holiday Compendium Of Recent Top Stories
Just in case you need a little help catching up with industry news as you climb out of your post-holiday stupor… >>> Even with growing digital sales it was a. Continue reading
It Was A Blue Chrsitmas For Music Even With Digital Sales
The IPod, portable music devices, and home entertainment centers we’re among the hottest sellers this holiday season. But that didn’t mean that consumers then rushed to stores or online to. Continue reading
Does New Year’s Eve Still Rock?
What New Year’s Eve 2006 meant…and didn’t mean to performers and revelers around the globe. "In the entertainment industry, there’s a sense that Americans soured on the New Year’s experience. Continue reading
Is It The End For Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing?
We’re considering dropping our daily briefing news round-up in favor of more short news stories. Part of the motivation is to report things as fast as we find out about. Continue reading
Is Somethng Rotten At Apple?
Early last week Apple’s iTunes seemed to be suffering from too much of a good thing. Post holiday shoppers overwhelmed the download store causing slowdowns and error messages. By week’s. Continue reading
