Paste Raises $148K, Continues Campaign
Last week Paste sent out a call for donations. Ad revenue had fallen and debts had risen to the point where a complete shutdown was near if funds were nit. Continue reading
Call Katy Perry Now At 805-754-2138
Give Katy Parry a call. She's got numbers in the US, UK Spain, France, Italy and Australia. You'll hear Katy Perry's voice answer and ask you to leave a message. . Continue reading
Pandora Launches Paid Premium Service
After attracting 27 million registered users with its free ad supported custom music streaming service, Pandora has launched its first major push for paid subscriptions with Pandora One. For $36. Continue reading
Troubles With Hypebot’s RSS & Twitter Feed?
Help! Something seems a bit off with Hypebot's stats in the last 24 hours. Is anyone seeing troubles they can share? Maybe you can't read the RRS feed or aren't. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Brief: Perry, Pandora, Paste, YouTube Gives ASCAP $1.6M, eMusic $’s, Semantic Web & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Call Katy Perry Now At 805-754-2138 Pandora Launches Paid Premium Service Paste Raises $148K, Continues Campaign Poll: Would You Donate To Save A Music Magazine? Reason #3536 Why. Continue reading
Warner Music Grabs $1.1 Billion. Will $’s Finance Another Bid For EMI?
Investors scooped up a whopping $1.1 billion in new debt securities issued by the Warner Music Group (WMG). This more than doubles the expected $500 million haul that the WMG. Continue reading
SpiralFrog Hops To New Domain: MyMojo
MyMojo, a distributor of free mobile and online media has acquired the SpiralFrog.com domain for an undisclosed sum. Run by the founder of Advertising.com, MyMojo says they will avoid Spiral. Continue reading
Frustrated With EMI, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Release A Blank CD-R
Dark Night Of The Soul with Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch (Updated) Upset by a lack of support from label EMI for his new "Dark Side Of The Soul". Continue reading
Pandora Claims Profits Close, Adds Lyrics
Pandora will reach profitability in 2010 according to founder Tim Westergren. Revenue is expected to double this year to $40 million thanks to targeted ads delivered to 27 million registered. Continue reading
Deals Pump New Life Into Project Playlist (UPDATED)
TotalMusic Acquired and Sony ATV And EMI Publishing Sign On (UPDATED) Project Playlist has yet to complete the required quartet of major label deals, just lost its CEO to MySpace,. Continue reading