More Music News Thu. 8/27/09: World’s Fair Closes, Kickstart, Target + iTunes, & More
Sources: Apple to unveil new iPod lineup on September 9 (Apple Insider) Label services firm World's Fair closes. (Billboard) The Social History of the MP3 from Pitchfork contributor Eric Harvey.. Continue reading
Sony Music’s Web Efforts Bear Fruit
If its true that the the web rules, then the world's #2 major label group just got closer to the throne. Sony Music Entertainment recently became one of the Web’s. Continue reading
Alice Cooper Goes From Throwing TV’s Out Windows To Selling Them
In the UK spot selling Sony TV’s, Alice Cooper shares his former love of tossing them out hotel room windows, noting it was easier to do in the ’80s because. Continue reading
Hypebot Revisited: Infiltrating Columbia Records Site With An Anti-Label Ad
What a difference a year makes. It seemed appropriate that today's installment revisiting some of our favorite posts during this blog's 5th Anniversary would be last summer's post "Hypebot Infiltrates. Continue reading
More Music News Wed 8/26/09: Spotify $’s, Robertson Interview, Weather Channel Gets Into Music Biz & More
UPDATED: Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music. (paidContent) Just a month before a new Zune launches… Spotify now making universal more money than iTunes, in Sweden: In. Continue reading
Universal Goes Direct To Fan With Echospin
Universal Music Group Distribution has signed with Echospin for direct-to-fan sales and promotions from their artist websites. The two companies say it's the first time that a major music. Continue reading
Bruce Warila: The State Of Music Industry Investing
EXCLUSIVE MUSIC INVESTORS WHITE PAPER "Looking across the spectrum of previous music industry investments…(most) are held hostage to, and will remain a prisoner of, the large label system that has. Continue reading
WMG Forced To Pay $217,000 For Rapper’s Ph.D
Congratulations to recent Cornell graduate Dr. Roxanne Shanté, best known for the hip hop "answer" classic, Roxanne’s Revenge. All $217,000 of Shante's education was paid for by the Warner Music. Continue reading
Hypebot Revisted: The Musical Middle Class
During Hypebot's 5th Anniversary we're revisiting some of my and our reader's favorite articles. This short post represents the beginning of a shift in my thinking and thus many of. Continue reading
More Music News For Tues. 8/25/09: Pirate Bay Sinks, UK Restrictions, Bandwidth Confab, Radio $’s & More
A legal and financial storm of troubles has hit Pirate Bay in recent days (CNet has a series of stories even throwing it offline for awhile. Proving the pointlessness of. Continue reading
