Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday November 7th, 2006

CMJ REPORTS: Radio And Internet News takes an in depth look on the new media and technology panels and offerings at last week’s CMJ convention in NYC. (RAIN)  Newsday looks. Continue reading

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Hypebot Will Report From This Week’s Talent & Touring Conference In NYC

I will be in NYC reporting from Billboard’s Talent & Touring Conference this Wednesday and Thursday. Email me if you’re attending and want to touch base – Bruce Houghton

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A Music Critic Takes An Honest Look At His Own Profession

"If column inches translated into commercial success, the many young darlings of Canada’s contemporary indie-rock scene would be living like kings and queens." As the gap between what’s popular and. Continue reading

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Another Manager Speaks Out On The Death Of Major Labels & The DRM Devil

Nettwerk Management’s Terry McBride is no longer a lone wolf howling against what he sees as the uselessness of major labels and the devil called DRM. The UK’s Peter Jenner. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday November 6th, 2006

– Strong rumors are circulating again about Amazon readying a new download service. Stay tuned… – Taking a chapter from The Tipping Point, early adopters the indie rock crowd are. Continue reading

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Victory Sues EMI & Virgin Over Hawthorne Heights

Victory Records has sued Virgin Records and EMI claiming they attempted to poach Victory’s biggest act Hawthorne Heights.  Hawthorne had filed suit in August to end their contract with Victory.. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday November 3rd, 2006

– Prince is extending his brand to Las Vegas with the opening of 3121 Jazz Cuisine (named after his latest album) inside The Rio where he will perform every Friday. Continue reading

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Zuzula Offers Artist Download Stores With No Upfront Costs

Newly redesigned Zuzula offers online tools that allows musicians to set up an mp3 download storefront without any upfront costs. From now until December 31st artists earn $.81 per song. . Continue reading

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iTunes Expands. eMusic Contracts.

ITunes has added Latino a major new section with "hundreds of thousands of Latin and international music tracks" plus videos, podcasts and more. Current iTunes stats: 3.5 million songs 65,000. Continue reading

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Cingular Teams With XM, Yahoo!, Napster and eMusic.

Instead of starting their own competing music service Cingular is smartly teaming with XM for 25 commercial free channels (XM press release) plus downloads from Yahoo! Music, eMusic and Napster. Continue reading

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