Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Twitter's New Music Strategy Is Amazon Announcing A Free Streaming Service? $5.2B Apple, CD Baby Suit Record Store Day Exclusives Last.fm Stops Streaming How The Chainsmokers Took #SELFIE To #1. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
10 Secrets Of Social Media For Musicians What To Do When Your Album Leaks 10 Steps To Building A Career As a Full-Time DIY Musician CD Baby Sync Licensing Paid. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Is Amazon Announcing A Free Streaming Service Next Week? Musician Seeks $5.2 Billion In Damages From Apple, Amazon and CD Baby Twitter's New Music Strategy: Vevo Music Videos, Beats Music. Continue reading
Wu-Tang’s One Copy Album: Can Art Hype and Collectors’ Items Teach Music’s Value?
"The Wu – Once Upon A Time In Shaolin…" is the first piece of a larger experiment (yes, bigger than Wu-Tang) that references high art market practices as an inspiration. Continue reading
Twitter Adds Up To 4 Photos Per Tweet Plus Tags
Yesterday Twitter announced some updates that should be of great interest to those marketing music. You can now add up to 4 photos per tweet and can also tag up. Continue reading
Top 25 Most Influential Music Blogs
The fragmentation of traditional media and demise of print magazines has given rise to hundreds of influential music blogs. Each with their own point of view blog from th well. Continue reading
Streaming Fuels Digital Music Growth [CHART]
Global digital music revenues hit an all-time high of $5.9 billion in 2013. Income from streaming services, both ad-supported (+17.6%) and subscription-based (+51.3%), saw growth that offset a small decline. Continue reading
The Filter Introduces Responsive Radio As Echo Nest Replacements Step Up
With the acquisition of The Echo Nest by Spotify opportunities have opened up for competing services. Lots of talk is going on behind the scenes causing industry panelists to sidestep. Continue reading