Hypebot Music Indsutry Fast Facts & Figures
UK’s Guardian reports that the British music industry lost £414m ($726 million US) to illegal file-sharing on the internet. Recently 2,000 new anit-P2P lawsuits were launched across 10 countries. This. Continue reading
Three Niche Sites Swim Upstream Against The iTunes Tsunami
Three online stores that are fighting the iTunes tsunami and hoping for long lives by finding their own niches and serving them well, according to an article in the Village. Continue reading
This Week’s Coalition Of Indie Music Stores Chart
Label Pos. ARTIST | TITLE INT 1 YEAH YEAH YEAHS|SHOW YOUR BONE ATLG 2 T.I.|KING DEF 3 GHOSTFACE KILLA|FISHSCALE VRGN 4 HARPER*BEN|BOTH SIDES OF THE G. Continue reading
Indie Labels Warming To Podcasting But Majors Still Wary
From cNet News via RAIN "…to date, the major labels have been reluctant to license full-track songs to the podcasting community because podcasts are downloaded files free of digital rights. Continue reading
UK’s Sandi Thom Uses Net To Sign With RCA
A month ago we wrote about UK musician Sandi Thom broadcasting live performances for 21 straight nights from her tiny apartment. More than 100,000 people tuned in and now she’s. Continue reading
Google, MTV’s Urge, Amazon and Mobile Companies Line Up To Challenge iTunes
Watch out iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!, and Rhapsody. Here comes the competition! The tech and music worlds are increasingly convinced that Google is getting into the music download business This comes. Continue reading
5 Hypebot Questions For FanMail’s David DeVore
Good communication with your fans is a cornerstone of the post-net music industry. But in an era of spam and email overload is email marketing still effective? Web based application. Continue reading
Broadcast Radio Suffering From Slow Adoption Of New Technologies
According to online technology magazine Red Herring, broadcast radio "…which initially steered clear of the Internet and viewed it as a dangerous competitor, has embraced digital technologies such as podcasting,. Continue reading
WMG Gets Kudos For Digital Strategy
Business 2.0 magazine has strong praise for Warner Music’s digital music strategy in its new issue. We’ve praised WMG previously for innovative campaigns like the recent Madonna release which used. Continue reading
eMusic Sponsors Ultimate Music Geek Awards
Is your record collection alphabetized by artist and sequenced by release date? Do you empty your wallet buying import-only releases? Can you sing the lyrics to your favorite songs without. Continue reading
