Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday November 1st, 2006
– The Department Of Justice has approved concert giant Live Nation’s purchase of House Of Blues (Pollstar) – With the EU unlikely to agree to a merger with WMG or. Continue reading
MySpace & YouTube Content Take Down Continues
MySpace has announced a deal to use Gracenote’s filtering technology to block unauthorized music from the site. (press release) Exactly how Gracenote filters and allows copy written material that may. Continue reading
Universal Drops Euro Catalog Download Prices
Universal is dropping the European pricing on 1500 classic albums including titles from The Who, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and others. These titles will now sell for about 6.99 euros. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday October 31st, 2006
– First Robbie Williams, then Korn, now dead people. In a deal that actually makes sense EMI has entered into a partnership with the Dean Martin Trust to act as. Continue reading
9 Nominees Top Weak 2007 Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame List
This year’s 2007 nominees to the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame are Van Halen, R.E.M., the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Patti Smith, the Dave Clark Five,. Continue reading
9 Nominees Top Weak 2007 Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame List
This year’s 2007 nominees to the Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame are Van Halen, R.E.M., the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Patti Smith, the Dave Clark Five,. Continue reading
How Often Do We Over Hype? Marketer Seth Godin On The Dylan Broadway Failure
How often does the industry over-hype or just bring too much attention to an artist in a way that actually alienates audience and diminishes the "brand"? Marketing guru Seth Godin. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday October 30th, 2006
– Don’t miss our exclusive interview with Gary Chen the CEO of Chinese download leader Top100.cn who recently cut a landmark deal with digital distributor The Orchard to bring their. Continue reading
Part II Of Q&A With CEO Of Chinese Download Leader Top100
As CEO of Top100.CN Gary Chen recently cut a groundbreaking deal with digital distributor The Orchard to make their massive catalog available in the emerging Chinese market. HYPEBOT: Because The. Continue reading
eMusic Snags Victory Downloads
Indie label Victory has long been know for it’s aggressive and creative promotion including MySpace, digital street teams and more. But they’ve been slow to embrace digital downloads only recently. Continue reading
