Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday February 6th, 2007
>>> Yahoo! Music grabs the official online Grammy coverage featuring Justin Timberlake. But that doesn’t stop AOL from jumping in on the action. And Amp’d Mobile grabs Jack Black for their coverage.
>>> The Chicago Sun Times asks the question. "Are The Grammy’s obsolete?" Hypebot answers, "Duh!".
>>> Despite a huge chunk of cash from an Apple lawsuit portable player maker Creative just can’t seem to gain traction against the iPod. (AFP)
>>> The Live Music Blog has their own take on Live Nation’s move into the digital space and how Web 2.0 could effect and enhance ticket buying and the live music business. (more). Hypebot will have our own updates all this week live from Pollstar’s CIC where a Live Nation announcement is expected.
>>> R.I.P. – Motown Funk Brother and three time Grammy winner pianist Ivory Joe Hunter id dead at 79. (more)
Bruce, thanks for the link!
I’m definitely looking forward to your CIC coverage. I’m interested to hear the reaction to the keynote from Sean Moriarty of Ticketmaster and what kind announcements we get from Live Nation.
But what I really want to know is what are the up-and-coming more Internet-based companies doing? What are we hearing about Ontour.net or from PassAlong Networks? This will be a big year in live music and I’m curious about the potential of some more innovative biz models.
cheers, WHITperson