I feel (almost) like Peres Hilton minus a few bruises. How often does Hypebot get to spout off about Beyonce, Jessica Simpson and Twitter all in the same day? Oh yeah, and I also wrote about an innovative venture capitalist that's still interested in the music industry.
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- The Kind Of Music Startups One Venture Capitalist Would Like To Fund
- More Cuts At MTV But There's Room For Jessica
- How The Record Industry Committed Suicide
- Study: Twitter Users Want To Discover And Will (Gasp!) Actually Pay For Music
- Is Beyonce Really Helping The Hungry Or Herself?
- Four Major Label VP's On The State Of The Industry
MORE MUSIC NEWS:
Virgin Mobile “FreeFest” - Forgot discounted tickets or discounted merch – this summer’s unbeatable deal comes courtesy of the Virgin Mobile Festival as tickets to this year’s event are absolutely free. Free. That’s right. It will cost you zip, zero, nada, nothing to get in. (Pollstar)
- UK's PRS For Music Tour Income Up 30% (Billboard)
- France's Sarkozy Talks About 3 Strikes As Defending Freedom, But Only Freedom For The Industry. (TechDirt)
- Free downloads damage Britain's musical diversity and creativity. "We want to work with music fans - but have them use legal, licensed services". writes Feargal Sharkey
- Court rules against German file-sharing site RapidShare. Fines the $34 million. (Hollywood Reporter)
