More New Music Industry News: France Delays 3 Strikes, Dangerbird, Google Phone, Rhapsody Droid & More
France three strikes law delayed by govt's own data watchdog. - The French government department that examines the data privacy implications of new legislation is refusing to sign off on. Continue reading
Indies Artists Asked To Pay $250 To Sell At Best Buy
Independent artists who want their CD's stocked in their local Best Buy stores are being told to pay a $250 non-refundable upfront fee and to use a preferred vendor, the. Continue reading
Collecta – Tracking MySpace Activity
Want to know what's being said about a particular artist or topic on MySpace – not just on the artist's page but on fan pages and across the massive social. Continue reading
A Riff Between Google & Lala? Maybe Not…
On Monday, Digital Music News lead with an investigative piece, "Suddenly, Google Focusing Music Results On MySpace". DMN content partner paidContent also featured the post. A sample of Google music. Continue reading
A Framework For Music Marketing In 2010
Most know Bruce Warila as the glue that holds the Music Think Tank blog together. But he's also an entrepreneur who has been involved in many tech startups over the. Continue reading
Manager Emily White On Art, Social Networking & Family Of The Year
"I've always believed that if you make great art, people will pay attention." "The music has to be amazing. Focus on that first and foremost. But when you feel like. Continue reading
Registration Ends Monday Jan. 11th For Berklee Online Courses
Registration for the popular online classes offered by the Berklee College Of Music ends on Monday January 11th. Judging from the number of Hypebot readers that are taking it, there. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: HMV + Mama, Rhapsody Mobile?, Spotify, Imeem Fined $1.7M & More
HMV is closer to buying Mama after rival suitor abandons bid. – £38.4m offer for Mama group from SMS Finance has lapsed. HMV can count on support of 33% of. Continue reading
MySpace Has Started Putting Ads Where Imeem Playlists Used To Be
WIRED blogger Eliot Van Buskirk was more than a bit surprised to learn that an imeem playlist that he'd created on his sadly defunct Listening Post blog had become a. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Only Prediction For 2010
Those that serve the fan will thrive. Those that do not will whither. Simplistic? Perhaps. Essential? Absolutely. I made this prediction on the MidemNet blog and write a bit more. Continue reading
