Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: MySpace Updates, Hein To Live Nation, $13M To OurStage & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Walmart pulls downloads from SonyBMG and WMG An in depth look at the launch of MySpace Music MySpace Music – 5 Winner & 5 Losers eMusic has added. Continue reading
MySpace Music – 5 Winners & 5 Losers
The devil is in the unrevealed and perhaps even un-negotiated details of the just announced MySpace Music joint venture with the major labels. But already some clear winners and looers. Continue reading
MySpace Music Launches Without EMI – An In Depth Look
MySpace and the three major labels, SonyBMG, Universal, and WMG today announced the formation of a joint venture, MySpace Music. EMI is not yet part of the deal and financial. Continue reading
Ricall Appoints Former Sony ATV Exec
Ricall, the online music licensing marketplace, has appointed Ben Walter as Business Development Executive. Based in London, Walter will be responsible for helping strengthen this international profile. Prior to joining. Continue reading
eMusic Adds Rolling Stones ABKCO Catalog
In a coup for eMusic, the DRM-free download service has the entire 28 album Rolling Stones ABKCO catalog available to its subscribers. The bulk of the material was first released. Continue reading
RockBand Music Sales vs. Early iTunes
This guest post comes from Nabeel Hyatt of Conduit Labs who blogs at brinking. If you care about music, and therefore whether that business will survive, there was some pretty. Continue reading
Ian Rogers Leaving Yahoo Music
"After four years and three months, I’m leaving Yahoo! for another opportunity. I’ll be joining founders Peter Gotcher and Shamal Ranasinghe as the CEO at a still-mostly-stealth company called Topspin. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Jay-Z To Live Nation, Apple Passes Wal-Mart, MySpace Music Nears & More
It’s a big Music 2.0 news day – > Jay-Z is joining the Live Nation family with an expansive $150 million deal that includes tours and financing the performer and. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Charts 4/2/08
Here are the latest CIMS Top 25 Debuts, Top 50 Vinyl and Top 200 via StreetPulse CIMS Top 25 Debuts for April 1, 20081 R.E.M. ACCELERATE2 BLACK KEYS ATTACK &. Continue reading
A 20 Million Song iPod Is Coming
Can you imagine carrying virtually every song ever recorded around in your pocket? It’s possible thanks to a new compression technology being developed at the University of Rochester that digitally. Continue reading