Sony BMG Lost $42M Last Quarter
Sales at Sony BMG decreased 6% over the previous year "due to the continue decline in the physical music market worldwide not being fully offset by growth in digital product. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Sirius XM, Pandora, Live Nation & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: UPDATE: Our prank on ColumbiaRecords.com gathers steam Sony BMG lost $42M last quarter Universal UK opens LostTunes deep catalog site Dell to re-enter the mp3 player market A. Continue reading
Warner Music Group SVP Leaves For uPlayMe
Senior VP of Global Consumer Marketing at Warner Music Group Dan Pelson has left to become CEO of uPlayMe which bills itself as "a new way to connect with people. Continue reading
Hypebot Infiltrates Columbia Records Site With Anti-Label Ad
There are many reasons why corporate and artist sites should not carry advertising. But the most obvious one is that outside ads change the conversation. In one of the few. Continue reading
RoyaltyShare Adds 7 Download Stores
RoyaltyShare has added to seven new digital services to its Content Management system: AmieStreet, Hot Topic/ ShockHound, PassAlong Networks, Puretracks and SpiralFrog. Record label customers and distributors using RoyaltyShare’s Content. Continue reading
trueAnthem Raises $2M For New Widget
The widget wars continue. trueAnthem has completed its angel round of funding, raising $2 million. Their trueWidget delivers a combination of song streams and both ad supported and paid downloads.. Continue reading
Walkmen Tap AmieSt For $5 Pre-Release
Creative pre-release strategies seem almost a requirement lately and The Walkmen’s new album launch follows the pattern. Offered for $5 exclusively by variable price download leader AmieStreet, the album is. Continue reading
Atlantic Partners With imeem, YouTube, BrightCove & Meebo
Atlantic Records has launched an interactive desktop application powered by Adobe Air designed to connect artists and fans. Fanbase pulls content about bands from multiple sources into one central location.. Continue reading
Katz & ClearChannel Form Online Radio Net
Clear Channel Radio and Katz Media Group have launched an online radio advertising network that outpaces its nearest competitor by 300%. It is also perhaps the first network to incorporate. Continue reading
Tuesday Music Briefing: Yahoo!, Rock Games, MicroPay & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Hypebot Infiltrates Columbia Records Site With Anti-Label Ad Katz & ClearChannel Form Online Radio Net Atlantic Partners With imeem, YouTube, BrightCove & Meebo Walkmen Tap AimeSt For $5. Continue reading
