Lots of news and rumors for a summer Monday morning, but also be sure to get involved in helping us improve our database of new music industry success stories. And if you didn't get involved in last weekends online networking party, it's not too late.
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
Moby's Top Selling Track Is Also The One That He's Giving Away For Free
- Spotify Looking For Cash In All Kinds Of Places
- Sony PlayStation Exploring Cloud Music Service
- Help Improve Our List Of Artists Who "Made It" Without Major Label Support
- Video: Berklee's Mike King On Modern Music Marketing
- Live Nation Continues Dropping Ticket Price
- Xeinge Offers Labels Direct Digital Delvery Platform
- The Great LimeWire Pizza Robbery
- REWIND: New Music Industry Week In Review
- Are even more eMusic features being disabled? (Techdirt)
- Judges Given 5 Minutes to Rule On Each Third Strike Case in France (ZeroPaid)
- Two interviews on The Pirate Bay purchase: one with the new owners and the other with the old.
- SEC Filing Outlines A Merged Ticketmaster-Live Nation.(Billboard) Here is the SEC filing.
- Terry McBride's Nettwerk group has a new website.
- A look at several services that clean up track and album metadata. (WSJ)
- Labels are getting more creative and aggressive with box sets. (Guardian)
- Interview with Steve Purdham of ad supported music service We7. (MidemNet)
- Michael Jackson's death marks a turning point for several media players including iTunes, TMZ and Bet. (AdAge)
blueTunes: Music In The Cloud Comes To Your Desktop (TechCrunch)
