Source & Slacker Partner For Hip Hop Channel
Slacker and The Source Magazine are partnering for The Source Digital Radio, a free branded online Hip-Hop station programmed by Source staffers and available on magazine's website as well as. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: iPad Street Date, Stereogum Makeover, YouTube & More
Apple iPad to arrive in stores on April 3rd. Pre-order starts March 12th. (Bits – NY Times) Stereogum got a major makeover that gives the popular music blog more of. Continue reading
Overheard At Billboard’s Music & Money Symposium
#mmbiz2010 Vevo Pres/CEO Rio Caraeff replaced L.A. Reid as the morning keynote. "Vevo creating new programming directly with brands and bands. 30 second music videos for new artists, brought to. Continue reading
RIAA Tells Fans To Stop Nibbling
In a post on the RIAA blog, VP of Reaserach Joshua P. Friedlander titled "Nobody Stole The Pie" argues that the decline in music sales is like the story of. Continue reading
Why Matthew Ebel Is Leaving SellaBand
Last week's bankruptcy and resurrection of fan to artist funding site SellaBand caused many to take a closer look at the model. Indie artist Matthew Ebel, familiar to Hypebot readers. Continue reading
Talks With Film Execs Point To iTunes In The Cloud
Last month there were rumors that Apple was in talks with labels about storing iTunes purchased music in the cloud. It's a logical extension of Apple's Lala.com purchase and their. Continue reading
The State Of The Internet
This video barrage of stats on internet usage and the state of the internet includes some info you may have seen before and quite a few new gems. JESS3 /. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: NPR On Spotify, Music 4.5 Confab, Real Settles, The Music Place & More
Online Music Service Spotify Prepares For U.S. Launch – NPR's sharp technology correspondent Laura Sydell takes a look at what's in store. I was interviewed briefly for the story. (NPR). Continue reading
An Apology To Camper And 2 Questions For Readers
Any one who knows me or reads Hypebot regularly knows that I'm far from being the kind of mean and angry music guy who goes all Lefsetz on people. So. Continue reading
Apple Finally Notices Amazon MP3 & Declares War
(Updated) iTunes has always done things its own way. What its competitors did was not Apple's concern. After all, ITunes controls the vast majority of the download market. But that's. Continue reading
