Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday April 24 ,2006
London’s Sunday Times reports that EMI/Warner Music Group merger talks are on again with financial advisers on both sides being briefed now preparation for merger talks. “This deal’s going to. Continue reading
Indie Label Trustkill Tries To Give Fans More
Rock indie label Trustkill (Real Bands. Real Music. Real Life.) is bringing back old fashioned baseball-style trading card in a promotion that has kids buzzing about the label’s bands. Label. Continue reading
Hit Product Dominates Download Sales
Wired Editor Chris Anderson took a look on his blog at NARM figures showing that much like CD’s a small percentage of available tracks account for a large percentage of. Continue reading
Judge Believes Major Labels Attempted To Fix Download Prices To Protect CD Sales
A San Francisco judge appears to believe that major US record labels lied to the courts during a 2001 anti-trust case on download price fixing according to an investigative piece. Continue reading
Is It Time To Bring Back The DJ ?
We’re living in the age of consolidated radio groups, computerized song selection, voice tracking and random-play Jack formats. And people are tuning out in droves… "Is it time to bring. Continue reading
The Hot LG 550 MusicPhone
Just in case you’re not convinced that there a convergence of cell phones and portable music players going on check out this photo of the LG 550 musicphone complete with. Continue reading
INDUSTRY SHOCKER: VIVENDI DROPS “UNIVERSAL”!
At the annual meeting held yesterday in Paris, the shareholders of Vivendi Universal approved the company’s name change, to just Vivendi. "A new chapter in the history of the company. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music Industry QuickNews For Friday April 21, 2006
A variety of sources are reporting that the major labels seem ready to temporarily give up on their fight for variable download track pricing at iTunes. Its a big reversal. Continue reading
Worthy Clicks – What’s Happening Online
Indie Download music site FreshTracksMusic is offering unlimited un-protected downloads for as little as $4.95 a month. Coke has also tapped the outlet for a special promotion. During a quick. Continue reading
FCC Launches The Largest Payola Probe Since The 1960’s
Talks between the FCC and major broadcasters appear to have broken down as The LA Times reports that the government agency has formerly opened the largest payola investigation since the. Continue reading
