Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-27-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 OUTKAST|IDLEWILD 2 LAMB OF GOD|SACRAMENT 3 J DILLA|SHINING 4 CURSIVE|HAPPY HOLLOW 5 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHER 6 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 7 WARD*M.|POST-WAR 8 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION 9 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION. Continue reading
The Fastest Growing Entertainment Marketplace You’ve Never Heard Of: StubHub
You may have never heard of StubHub, but live music fans who aren’t used to getting on the guest list certainly have. Inc. Magazine has just named StubHub the 8th. Continue reading
Generating Buzz With Viral Campaigns
SearchEngineWatch takes techie look at the methods and the effectiveness of link baiting and ("…attracting anyone who can link to your site. The goal is to get the highest level. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 30th, 2006
SpiralFrog has signed a deal to make Universal‘s catalog available as free downloads via an ad supported network before the end of the year and claims other labels will follow. Continue reading
$.99 Too Much? SpiralFrog To Offer Free Legal Downloads
In a move that could shake up the entire download marketplace, SpiralFrog has signed a deal to make Universal’s extensive audio and video catalog available for free downloads in the. Continue reading
AOL Revamps Music Offerings
Starting today AOL has revamped it’s Music Now offering adding 500,000 tracks to its now 2.5 million download library, and subscription services. Unique to the new AOL service is that. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 29th, 2006
– The current issue of WIRED takes a look at the future of the music industry from a number of angles including profiles of Pitchfork, eMusic, Nettwerk and much more.. Continue reading
Coolfer Guest Blogs: Can McBride’s Nettwerk Plan Break New Acts?
Last week under the headline "Terry McBride’s New Music Industry." we quoted enthusiastically from a WIRED article about Nettwerk Management’s plans to bring recording industry functions for established clients like. Continue reading
WMG’s Lyor Cohen Goes On The Record
Today’s LA Times profiles Warner Music chief executive Lyor Cohen; and as the Times often does with entertainment execs the interview gives Cohen the space to paint a bright picture. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday August 28th, 2006
– Joining a growing list of established artists going D.I.Y., former Phish Trey Anastasio moves off Columbia and onto his own label. (Reuters/Billboard) – Toshiba is tapped to produce the. Continue reading
