HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Is There An iLike Effect?
- New Column: You Can Always Go Back To School with Virgil Dickerson
- More Fallout: Mubito Enters Administration
- "Free" Thinker: A2IM's Jim Mahoney
- "Free" Thinker: Susan Ferris Of Indie Long Live Crime Records
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- As Sweden's internet anonymity fades, traffic plunges. (ars)
- Ticketmaster to launch paperless ticket technology in Canada with upcoming Metallica concert. (press release) The move is being promoted as both another way to thwart secondary ticketing and add convenience.
EMI will outsource its physical distribution to Sony DADC beginning later this summer. EMI
will still maintain a retail customer service department
there. EMI Christian Music Group
will continue to operate its own physical distribution. EMI says it is now dedicating itself to its digital supply chain. (HITS)- ARTISTdirect announces acquisition of MediaSentry (press release)
- So Much For MySpace Music Revolutionizing The Business (TechDirt)
- Ian Rogers writes about the direct to fan marketing efforts of two artists that he saw perform live recently. (Topspin)
- Not a single album was certified platinum in the first quarter of 2009. (US News)
- Thanks to Steve Finch and Crenk for naming Hypebot one of its Top 5 Digital Music Blogs That You Should Read On A Daily Basis
