Monday’s Music Brief: Topspin, Merlin, Amazon, SXSW, Death Row & More
- Topspin Upgrades Direct To Fan Platform
- Merlin Completes Indie Deal With Catch Media's Play Anywhere
- Prince Goes Direct To Fans
- Op-Ed: Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good To Be True
- Vote: Bob "The Bruiser" Lefsetz vs. Gene "Kiss My Ass" Simmons
- Full Video Of Bob Lezetz vs. Gene Simmons
- YouTube Finally Realizes That Some Bands Game Their View Counts
- Join Hypebot's SXSW Tipster Brigade
- REWIND: The Music Industry's Week In Review
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
Amazon Accidentally Gave Away Hundreds Of Free MP3s For Christmas (paidContent)- A Canadian music startup gives Death Row Records a second life. (Reuters)
- How To Blog, Party, Learn, Promote & Network Like A Rockstar At SXSW 2009 (DMW)
- NY State drops the idea of a so-called iPod tax. (Daily News)
- EFF Alert: Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle
- How to win Twitter followers and influence people. (ars)
- The Downside Of Streaming Services. (Coolfer)
- Watch a video archive of an online discussion between Hypebot's Bruce Houghton, TAG's Ted Cohen and Denzyl Feigelson of Artists Without A Label. We all operate in a bit of a void, trying to do business and having one way conversations via our blogs and interviews. Despite some buggy tech, it was a worthy discussion. Thanks to Jakomi Mathews of The Music Void for making it happen. (video)
- Stay tuned for Hypeot coverage as the action shifts to SXSW….