UMG Tops Decomposing Major Label Heap In 2005
In a year when music sales fell 7% or more, who is is on top of the rapidly decomposing major label heap? Universal grabbed a dominant market share in 2005. Continue reading
Music Takes Center Stage At CES
If you (like us) are one of those freaks that has to know about stuff before anyone else (particular if it’s cool stuff), then you wish (like we do) that. Continue reading
Rolling Stone, Spin & Blender Beware! PlayMusicMagazine Delivers Online
We’re always writing about how new media is kicking old media’s butt. But let’s face it, reading a long magazine article on the web is just not much fun. No. Continue reading
Indie Music Stores Have Better ’05 Than Bigger Music Retailers
Soundscan figures show that CD sales were down almost 10% in 2005. But innovative indie music retailers seem not be suffering quite as badly as the larger chain music stores.. Continue reading
Profile Of Indie Label Association Head Don Rose
One of our favorite music writers Steve Morse of the Boston Globe has profiled president and original Rykodisc founder Don Rose: ‘There is very little cultural diversity represented any more. Continue reading
iRadio Brings Hundreds Of Music Channels To Your Cell…Just Not Quite Yet
It’s long been predicted that the cell phone could morph into the media player of choice since almost everybody’s got one and because we’d all appreciate one less thing to. Continue reading
The Week Ahead In Digital Music
Sirius Satellite Radio has hit 3 millionth subscribers, an increase driven in part by the arrival of Howard Stern on January 9th. Meanwhile, XM is widely expected to announce this. Continue reading
New Blog Chronicles “The Indie Music Vs. Technology Deathmatch”
Indie label entrepreneur Bill Wilson claims Hypebot was one of his inspiration for starting a blog. Even without the flattery No Revolution – The Indie Music Vs. Technology Deathmatch is. Continue reading
A Look Back At The Music Industry In 2005 And Predictions For 2006
2005 is finally over and it was an eventful one for the music industry. CD sales were down, downloads were up but not by enough. New technologies offered increasing promise. Continue reading
Sony BMG Settles DRM Lawsuits
According to published reports Sony BMG is close to settling one of the consumer class action lawsuits stemming from it’s recent digital rights management/rookit debacle. The New York Times writes. Continue reading
