Winner Of The Appetite For Destruction Contest
Last week Kyle published a great two part interview with Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone reporter and author of Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance A Look At The New $5 Napster Video: Spotify's Amazing Android App WMG To Pay 9.5% On $1.1 Billion In New Notes More Trouble. Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at twitter.com/hypebot. 1704 1958 people are following Hypebot there. In addition to our regular posts, I also tweet to poll readers, get tips,. Continue reading
WMG To Pay 9.5% On $1.1 Billion In New Notes
PLUS HOW EDGAR & LYOR CAN HELP SAVE WMG $230 MILLION AND STILL KEEP THEIR JOBS Last week the Warner Music Group surprised analysts by selling twice the number of. Continue reading
More Trouble At EMI? Terra Firma Dumps In Another $45 Million
Financial statements released earlier this month by EMI pointed to a turnaround for the major label group. The company admitted to being hit by an industry-wide 10% sales downturn, but. Continue reading
Band Rewards Fans For Burning Their CD And Giving It Away
It's no secret that there is promotional power in giving away music, but just slapping a FREE banner on a web site doesn't cut it anymore. Free is everywhere. But. Continue reading
Video: Two News Corp Execs Admit MySpace Must Innovate Or Die
You might not know it from looking at the newly minted and badly designed MySpace Music Feed, but music is still thought of as the killer app on MySpace. News. Continue reading
Audiolife Adds Warehousing To On-Demand Indie Artist Services
Keeping costs down as you're growing a business is crucial whether your a tech start up or a rock band; and in recent months, Audiolife has been building an infrastructure. Continue reading
A Quick Look At The New $5 Napster
What Do You Think Of The New Napster? I've spent some time on the new Napster service over the last few days, and aside from a less than intuitive interface,. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Brief
It was a busy week. The summer slow down certainly hasn't hit yet; at least on the music and digital news front. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of recording a. Continue reading
