Tuesday’s Music Briefing: SonyBMG, Napster, CD Singles & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Is Sony BMG hurting the music industry with demands for an agency sales model? A UK white paper suggest that rights societies take equity over cash from music. Continue reading
Music 2.0 Reading List
Just in case you need to get your music 2.0 fix this Memorial Day, here are a few select pieces that should be of interest: The Pew Internet & Life. Continue reading
Music 2.0 Week In Review: Napster, EMI, A Band With A Plan & More
> Napster finally switched to all mp3 with 6 million tracks from all 4 majors and many indies. Hypebot has an exclusive interview with Napster COO Christopher Allen. Later in. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Chrysalis, Touring, Sony BMG’s “Agency” & More
> Chrysalis struggles to get back on track after pulling an offer to sell. (FT) > Touring acts are learning the power of online announcements, blogs, videos and even concerts.. Continue reading
Music Publishing Fast Facts
The Harry Fox Agency represents over 1.9 million songs from almost 35,000 music publishers for mechanical licensing within the U.S. Under American Copyright Law, mechanical licenses are required for music. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Charts for 5-21-08
IMS Top 20 Debuts for Tuesday, May 20, 20081 MUDHONEY LUCKY ONES2 JENNINGS,MASON IN THE EVER3 FLOBOTS FIGHT WITH TOOLS4 ISLANDS ARM’S WAY5 MUDHONEY SUPERFUZZ BIGMUFF6 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY LIE. Continue reading
“Band With A Plan” Ups Fan Driven Ante
NY indie band Telling On Trixie has dubbed itself "A Band With A Plan" and launched abandwithaplan.com to raise $50,000 and involve fans in the decision making process as they. Continue reading
SpiralFrog Spawns FrogClub
SpiralFrog has launched SpiralFrogClub.com as well as started its first North American marketing campaign. SpiralFrog currently has 3.8 million unique monthly visitors and 1.1 million registered users SpiralFrogClub.com is designed. Continue reading
