NY Issues Scathing Report As UMG Settles Payola Probe For $12M.
Universal Music has settled it’s portion of a payola probe by NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for $12 million which will distributed to charities. This leaves only Sony BMG the. Continue reading
New Music Base Social Netowrking Site MOG To Launch In June
A potentially hot new music based social networking site called MOG is scheduled to launch in June. Some hints about the site’s focus from their web site: Why MOG? Share. Continue reading
New Head Automaica Site Encourages Fan Content & Tagging With Prizes
Warner Music tech guy Ethan Kaplan launched an updated web site for new artist Head Automatica’s yesterday. It’s somewhat unique because of it’s extensive use of tagging and fan created. Continue reading
AOL Music Now Offering Free Content To Web Sites & Blogs
AOL Music is joining the growing list of net companies offering free customizable content to bloggers, web sites and even fans with common RSS readers like MyYahoO! AOL Music Now. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday May 11, 2006
– Music is an essential part of people’s lives….apparently even when they are pumping gas. A pump that can fuel your car while loading up your portable player with music. Continue reading
WMG Steps Out In Front In Asia
During a keynote at the Asia Pacific Music Forum, WMG head Edgar Bronfman extolled the virtues of the new partnership with S. Korea’s SK Telecom which is designed to explore. Continue reading
No Good Songs Released Last Week? 28 Frozen Playlists @ Modern Rock Radio.
Hits reports that 28 Alternative/Modern Rock radio stations added no new songs last week and 24 others added only a single song. Hoobastank and Taking Back Sunday tied for "Most. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday May 10, 2006
– Piracy in the mobile market – grabbing free ringtones and other mobile content – costs the industry $4.5 Billion in Europe alone according to a study. As much as. Continue reading
Webby Awards For Best Of The Net Announced
The Webby’s – the awards for the best of the web – have been announced and in the music industry the winners include: Aritst of The Year – Gorillaz Breakout. Continue reading
Hollywood Learns To Love File Sharing. Why Can’t The Labels?
"The problem of piracy is getting worse, not better," says Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group who has made a deal to make feature films available for. Continue reading
