MySpace vs. YouTube
YouTube may be getting all of the hype but MySpace is winning the race. According to Hitwise for the week ending July 29 MySpace got a 4.73% market share of. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 7-30-06
Pos. ARTIST |TITLE 1 ALL TIME LOW|PUT UP OR SHUT UP 2 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 4 JURASSIC 5|FEEDBACK 5 PHARRELL|IN MY MIND 6 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 7 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V:. Continue reading
Google + XM = Opportunity For Music Marketers
Google has moved offline with a deal to sell ads on XM’s non-new channels via it’s recently purchased dMark internet based ad system according to Media Daily News. Two thoughts:. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 2nd, 2006
– RoyaltyShare aims to help labels and artists collect royalties over the dizzying array of digital platforms and takes only 1.5%. – USA-Today will publish a weekly page of Mediabase. Continue reading
New Revenue Source: Background Music While You Talk On Your Cell
If ring tones, ring tunes and ring backs aren’t enough for you, here comes background tones. It’s music playing in the background while you talk on your cell. Sounds annoying? . Continue reading
EMI Appoints Universal’s Billy Wragg To Head Digital
Barney Wragg has been appointed head of digital for EMI Music worldwide. Wragg was formerly senior vice president for Universal Music Group’s digital division, eLabs. In his five years at. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 1st, 2006
– Barney Wragg has left Universal to head EMI’s digital efforts in the post recently vacated by Ted Cohen. (See above for full story) – The Allman Brothers and Cheap. Continue reading
Free MP3: “God Save The Internet” by The Broadband
"God Save The Internet" by The Broadband,an amusing take on the serious issue of net neutrality, is available as a free download. The Broadband is Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and. Continue reading
Live Nation Buys Musictoday
Live Nation has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Musictoday for an undisclosed sum, a leader in connecting artists directly to their fans through online fan clubs, artist e-commerce. Continue reading
Is Bebo The MySpace Music Killer?
Social networking site Bebo has added music community features and the initial response has been impressive with more that 25,000 bands and tens of thousands of fans jumping on the. Continue reading
