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A Techdirt vs. Choruss Smackdown?
VS.. TechDirt's Mike Masnick has been very critical of the major label backed Choruss ISP level music service and yesterday Choruss founder Jim Griffin fired back. Now the scrappy. Continue reading
SXSW Surprise: Jane’s Addiction @ C3 Bash
From The Mark & Pat Show: Attendance is said to be down about 10% or more. But the usual parade of VIPs and platinum badges seems to have been replaced. Continue reading
Gamecues Offers Indies Path To Gaming $’s
INgrooves First To Use New Platform Money from music in games is moving from something that indie labels and artists could usually only read about to a possible revenue source. Continue reading
SpiralFrog Shuts Down
Ad supported music service SpiralFrog went dark yesterday. The company's limited assets have been surrendered to creditors. SpiralFrog, like other ad supported music services, began life stunted by major label. Continue reading
Buzznet Grabs $12.5M And A New Name
So much for a venture capital drought. Culture blog network Buzznet which includes popular music sites Stereogum, Idolator and Absolute Punk has received $12.5 million in new funding from Palo. Continue reading
Daily DIY: To Tour Or Not To Tour?
In our third of five excerpts from the new book Reality Check – A Common Sense Guide to Breaking into the Music Industry, author Matthew Walt, a booking agent who. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Brief: SpiralFrog, SXSW, Ticketmaster Losses, Spotify, Prince & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: SpiralFrog Shuts Down A Techdirt vs. Choruss Smackdown? SXSW Surprise: Jane's Addiction @ C3 Bash Gamecues Offers Indies Path To Gaming $'s Buzznet Grabs $12.5M And A New. Continue reading
YouTube Insight Analytics: Who Likes My Video?
Dominant Video Site Improves Analytics Whether you spent $100,000 or just $100 on that new video, you want people to like it, But aside from a raw number of plays. Continue reading
Shore Fire Media Promotes Nick Loss-Eaton
Nick Loss-Eaton has been promoted to Senior Account Executive at Shore Fire Media. Some of us remember Nick from his days as a product manager at Tuff City Records. But. Continue reading
The Mark & Pat Show Continues @ SXSW
Created with flickr slideshow. PHOTOS: Mark Lourie & Patrick May @ SXSW 2009, lots of BBQ, Pat with Nikki Rowling and Alissa McCain of the Austin Music Foundation, great music. Continue reading
