Yahoo! Offers Another MP3 Download. But Why Not Offer More?
Yahoo!Music chief David Goldberg has been very vocal that downloads should be DRM free mp3’s and he inches that agenda forward with a second major label mp3 offering. Disney’s Hollywood. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday September 20th, 2006
– A first look at Microsoft’s YouTube competitor Soapbox. (cNet) – Sony Ericsson will launch a new service on its cells that would allow full song downloads call M-Buzz that. Continue reading
ReverbNation Builds Community By Empowering The Artist
Last week I had a chance to test drive music community and indie artist empowerment tool ReverbNation and was impressed by what I saw. Still in beta and launching October. Continue reading
Napster’s For Sale. Will Anyone Care?
Does this come as a surprise? With all of the existing and soon to be launched competition from both paid and ad supported services, what could Napster who has been. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday September 19th, 2006
– New surveys show that only 5% of the tunes on most iPods come from iTunes (Inquirer) – USAToday took a good look at how the music industry is changing. Continue reading
WMG And YouTube To Share Content And Revenue
YouTube and Warner Music Group today announced an agreement to distribute WMG’s library of music videos as well as behind-the-scenes footage, artist interviews, original programming and other special content. In. Continue reading
Consumers To Suffer As Real & SanDisk Create Another Closed System.
Portable player maker SanDisk has teamed up with RealNetworks to create a new player designed to work in tandem with Real’s Rhapsody subscription and download service. Ease of use is. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday September 18th, 2006
– Consumer complaints are mounting over glitches in Apple’s "revolutionary" iTunes 7 upgrade. (TechWeb) Some call it "buggy bloatware", but that hasn’t stopped hackers from upgrading software that strips it. Continue reading
Zune Wireless Song Sharing May Not Be All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Wireless song sharing is a big part of what Microsoft is using to differentiate it’s new player from the iPod and others. But this line in last week’s Zune announcement. Continue reading
New Media Changes Rules For Breaking A Band
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) Breaking a band isn’t what it used to be. Once upon a time, a band would form; they’d grind it out on the local club circuit and shop. Continue reading
