Tuesday’s Music Briefing: McBride, SXSW, SpiralFrog, G ‘n R & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Terry McBride Interview with Rollo & Grady Why The Labels Love Play Anywhere How To Pretend You're At SXSW Trent Reznor On Scalping And The Live Nation Ticketmaster. Continue reading
Topspin Upgrades Direct To Fan Platform
Topspin is finally exiting beta this week at SXSW with the commercial release of its direct to fan music marketing software. The Topspin platform helps artists generate direct-to-fan demand using. Continue reading
Prince Goes Direct To Fans
Prince will once again be selling direct to his fans with a new subscription site lotusflow3r. The current placeholder site is scheduled to go live March 24th according to Newsweek.. Continue reading
Op-Ed: Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good To Be True
David Balto is an antitrust attorney who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger. Previously, he was the Policy Director for the Bureau of Competition of. Continue reading
YouTube Finally Realizes That Some Bands Game Their View Counts
From YouTube: An Update On Our View Counts Video view counts reflect the YouTube community's interests and the grassroots popularity of videos. We periodically make changes that allow us to. Continue reading
Join Hypebot’s SXSW Tipster Brigade
The music industry action is now shifting to Austin and SXSW. The digital end of the conference is already underway and musicians are starting to arrive. Conflicting early reports point. Continue reading
Poll: Bob “The Bruiser” Lefsetz vs. Gene “Kiss My Ass” Simmons
Music pundit Bob Lefsetz and Kiss' Gene Simmons have been going at each other lately online and in person (full video). Personally I'm siding with Bob. Both are smart men. Continue reading
Merlin Completes Indie Deal With Catch Media’s Play Anywhere
Indie Global rights agency Merlin has completed a deal with Catch Media's Play Anywhere portable music service. Catch also has deals with Universal and WMG and is in talks with. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Brief: Topspin, Merlin, Amazon, SXSW, Death Row & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Topspin Upgrades Direct To Fan Platform Merlin Completes Indie Deal With Catch Media's Play Anywhere Prince Goes Direct To Fans Op-Ed: Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good. Continue reading
