New Music Business Briefing: WMG Stok Tumbles, YouTube Rewrites History, Universal Extends Sanctuary Bid & Much More
>>> WMG stock continued its downward slide to a 52 week low of $12.76 on Friday. Could one reason be the looming deal that would bring Madonna from the label. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Week In Review
>>> The LA Times killed a column that advocated free music giveaways as Prince did recently in the UK. (Read the full text of the banned article here.) and late. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 07-22-07
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 SPOON|GA GA GA GA GA 2 INTERPOL|OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE 3 WHITE STRIPES|ICKY THUMP 4 WINEHOUSE*AMY|BACK TO BLACK 5 ADAMS*RYAN|EASY TIGER 6 SMASHING PUMPKI|ZEITGEIST 7. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: XM, Sony & Universal Report, Live Nation Close With Madonna & Much More
>>> XM narrows losses and posts 21.5% revenue gain in 2Q but the broadcaster is still far from profitable. (PaidContent) >>> The National Association Of Broadcasters has come out in. Continue reading
Live365 Study Underscores Importance of Net Radio To Indie Music
A new Live365 study of music played on the massive net broadcasting network showed that 56% came from indie artists and labels. When compared with the 10-15% that indie music. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Coolfer Interview Part II
Part II of our interview with fellow music industry blogger Glenn Peoples of Coolfer.com. Read Part 1 here. HYPEBOT – You dropped advertising on Coolfer. Why? What has the response. Continue reading
Update: Banned LA Times “Free Music” Columinst Responds
"Obviously no columnist is ever very happy about having their column killed. But I’m much more disappointed that the column that was killed was full of ideas about how to. Continue reading
EMI Shares Fall As Sunday Deadline Looms
EMI shares fell more than 5% amid new doubts that Terra Firma could secure financing to buy the major label group only four days before a self-imposed Sunday deadline. Terra. Continue reading
EFF Sues Universal Over YouTube Toddler Take Down
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit against Universal Music Publishing Group asking a federal court to protect the "fair use and free speech rights" of a mother who posted. Continue reading
The Full Text Of Banned LA Times “Free Music” Column
A few days ago The LA Times killed a column by Patrick Goldstein advocating more free music giveaways like Prince’s recent UK newspaper deal. The move was apparently to avoid. Continue reading
