People Not PC’s Pick Playlists On Play.fm
On the recently relaunched Play.fm website users can select from more than 12,000 DJ mixes, radio shows and live recordings sorted by style, popularity and other criteria. Unlike Pandora or. Continue reading
Free Book Contest and Knopper Interview Round-Up
"Well, selling music isn't the same as selling soap. You can't just roll out a product when the timing suits you and you need a hit." "Frankly I'm not sure. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Brief: Zune, Mobile $’s, Pirate Bay, All EU iTunes? & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Zune Adds HD Radio& Video, Xbox Compatibility Mobile Music $'s To Hit $5.5B By 2013, But Ad-Supported Could See Shortfalls FileTwt Brings Filesharing To Twitter People Not PC's. Continue reading
Farkie Turns Any Stream Into A Download
From The "It's Futile To Resist" Department: Website Farkie bills itself as "the ultimate online application" for downloading YouTube videos, MySpace playlists, movies, audio, images, javascript, ajax, objects, applications, flash,. Continue reading
Yahoo Music Changes Boost Traffic
Last month Yahoo Music opened up its artist pages to third-party music services like Pandora, Last.fm and iTunes; and early results are impressive. According to Yahoo Music chief Michael Spiegelman. Continue reading
Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance Amidst The Upheaval
With upheaval comes opportunity; and ongoing problems within the recorded music industry has also led to a revival within independent label sector. While not without their own challenges, indie record. Continue reading
RoyaltyShare Pulls Out Of Digital Music Distribution
Music royalty and sales services provider RoyaltyShare is pulling out of the digital distribution business. Just a year after adding low cost digital distribution, the company is no longer soliciting. Continue reading
Interview: Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone and Appetite for Self-Destruction (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (Read Part 1) In Chapter Two: How Big Spenders Got Rich in the Post-CD Boom, you commented, “The business was evolving from small-time guys who packed. Continue reading
The New Art Of Collaboration
Files flying across the net to be mixed in a studio on the other side of world. Mashups. Fan re-mixes. Collaboration in all its forms is almost as much part. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Brief: Indies, Yahoo, UK Streaming Rates, Pirate Bay Bias, Colplay & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance Yahoo Music Changes Boost Traffic Farkie Turns Any Stream Into A Download RoyaltyShare Pulls Out Of Digital Music Distribution Interview: Steve Knopper. Continue reading
