Protecting Cultural Norms: How We Project the Present onto the Future
Kyle Bylin, Associate EditorLet’s be clear… In our discussions regarding the traditional album and its future, one might come to the conclusion that some of us think that there will. Continue reading
Interview: Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone and Appetite for Self-Destruction (Part 1)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (Read Part 2) Today I spoke with Steve Knopper, who is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone and author of Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
The Newest Napster: $5 Monthly Streaming + 5 free downloads. Unable to deal with his label EMI, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch released a blank CD-R Warner Music Group. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Job Board: Royalty Manager
New on Hypebot's Job Board: Royalty Manager For Harry Fox Job Description: The Primary responsibility of the Royalty Manager is to manage the daily operations of the Distribution department. The. Continue reading
A2IM Elects Three To Board Of Directors
A2IM, the American Association of Independent Music, has announced the results of their 2009 Board of Directors elections as voted by theirlabel membership. New members are: Glen Barros (President, Concord. Continue reading
TuneCore Adds Amazon To D.I.Y. Toolbox
TuneCore has announced a new service that adds physical distribution via Amazon's CreateSpace to it's Amazon digital offering; expands marketing exclusives to TuneCore Artists and creates a TuneCore branded section. Continue reading
Time Magazine Names 10 Top Tech Failures And Music Grabs 3 Of Them
What Are Your Top 10 Music & Music Tech Failures? Time Magazine named it's 10 Biggest Tech Failures Of The Last Decade, and music and music related industries manage to. Continue reading
CD Baby To Add Single Song Downloads
One complaint about CD Baby's popular indie digital download distribution service has been the inability to sell single song downloads. That's about to change alongside a major site redesign schedule. Continue reading
Brian Eno’s Recipe For New Music Business Success
"The pressure is on to develop content that isn’t easily copyable—so now everything other than the recorded music is becoming the valuable part of what artists sell. "Of course they’ll. Continue reading
