More New Music Industry News: Vinyl Pricing, Lala Updates, Pirate Bay, LA Record & More
A look at the resurgence of vinyl. The owner of NYC's Other Music argues that the labels could sell even more if the lowered the price a bit. (Village Voice). Continue reading
Imeem To Be Integrated Within MySpace Music
(UPDATED) Beginning today, imeem will quickly cease to exist; with only select remnants finding a new home within MySpace Music. As part of an announcement making it's acquisition of imeem. Continue reading
VEVO Launches Tonight. What To Expect.
WHO: Universal, Sony and You Tube put it together. The Abu Dhabi Media Company invested $300 million. WHAT: Videos and other music related content, some of it exclusive, from Universal,. Continue reading
Video: A First Look @ Georgia Wonder’s Free Recording Experiment
Last week I introduced you to Georgia Wonder's experiment recording an album for free inside a UK music store. Now the band's Julian Moore shares a bit more info and. Continue reading
$5 Buck Music Truck Circles LA For Charity
I've wondered why the music industry wasn't doing more with the pop up store phenomenon like setting up a short term retail outlet just for Christmas or across the street. Continue reading
Creating Better YouTube Videos
I've been researching adding some original video to Hypebot or perhaps creating a This Week In Digital Music that's more consumer oriented and syndicating it via one of the music. Continue reading
Overheard @ SF MusicTech
Celia Hirshman: "iTunes market share is down from 90% to 69%." Is there an opening for more niche stores? Updates on MySpace are now fed directly to Google search. "If. Continue reading
Official: VEVO Signs EMI
With an early morning Tweet, VEVO confirmed rumors that it has signed EMI just one day before the launch of its music video service. Sony, Universal and Google's You Tube. Continue reading
Ian Rogers Is Excited Apple Bought Lala, But I’m Not
One of music tech's most innovative players has slipped behind Steve Jobs' iron curtain. Apple confirmed on Sunday that it had bought Lala. Sources close to the deal suggest a. Continue reading
Cory Doctorow: Why Music Streaming Will Fail
Author and Boing Boing co-editor Cory Doctorow does not believe that streaming is the future of music. In addition to technical issues (i.e. "will it work on a plane?", "wireless. Continue reading
