REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
The music industry officially shuts down between Christmas and New Year's, bu that didn't stop music industry news from happening.
New music discovery site Muziic and its 16 year old founder David Nelson got into a nasty dispute with new label backed video site VEVO over use of a public API. Hypebot has the teenager's exclusive response.
- Exclusive: Pre-beta invites to Rank 'em.
- Pandora hit a holiday traffic high thanks to mobile apps.
- How Not To Sell More Music: Interscope & Best Buy Give Away Something That Was Already Free
- The Artist As An Entrepreneur And Vice Versa.
- Qtrax abruptly cancels a press conference, but still promises January launch.
- Indie artist Christopher Bryant is working to gain new fans by opening for himself.
- Sonicbids teamed with SoundExchange to deliver $4 million in royalties due its members.
- EMI launched an iTunes only greatest hits album campaign.