Tuesday’s Briefing: RockYou Raises $52M, P4P, French 3 Strikes & Much More

Admit it, you’re too hyped up about the election to get much work done today.  But just in case… HYPEBOT FEATURES: 5 Selfish Reasons Every Musician Should Vote For Barack. Continue reading

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5 Selfish Reasons Every Musician Should Vote For Barack Obama

READ A POST VICTORY UPDATE HERE. HE’S MORE LIKELY TO BUY YOUR CD –   Barack Obama has eclectic musical tastes. He already has “everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo. Continue reading

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155 Less Record Stores As Circuit City Downsizes

As part of a fight for survival, Circuit City is closing 155 underperforming stores located in 55 U.S. media markets. The closures means Circuit City will exit 12  media markets. Continue reading

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EMI Ups Angelica Cob-Baehler To SVP Publicity N.A.

EMI Music has promoted Angelica Cob-Baehler to SVP, Publicity and Creative Services for North America.   She will be based in Los Angeles and will report to Howard Handler, who was. Continue reading

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Are MP3 Blogs Under Attack?

Emails from mp3 bloggers received in recent days as well as posts on mp3 blogs point towards renewed attacks from the RIAA and its UK equivalent the IFPI. MP3 blogs. Continue reading

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Can Broadcast Radio Matter Again?

How Barak Obama Helped Make Radio Matter During a recent trip to Charleston, SC  my wife Katy and I spent time listening to WMGL FM – Today’s R&B and Classic. Continue reading

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SpiralFrog Reaches 3 Million Songs

Is the weak economy a good or bad thing for ad-supported music? Free ad-supported music download service SpiralFrog is now offering more than three million songs – four times the. Continue reading

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Monday’s Music Briefing: MySpace & MTV Partner. EMI Dumping Distribution?, MIDEM & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Are MP3 Blogs Under Attack? Can Broadcast Radio Matter Again? Barak Obama can help. SpiralFrog Reaches 3 Million Songs Music’s Week In Review MORE NEWS – News Corp’s. Continue reading

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Music’s Week In Review: AC/DC #1, EMI -$1.2B, Walmart, MTV. Tribes, Datz & Much More

AC/DC Debuted At #1. Here are 3 reasons why. MTV Takes A Shot At YouTube with online video and misses. Walmart.com made big changes to its download store including lower. Continue reading

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