Why I Secretly Hope For An Epidemic Of Book Piracy
In his column in The Telegraph, writer Adrian Hon makes a few assertions about book piracy that relate to the record industry. First, he talks about the rather honest journey. Continue reading
Thumbplay Could Prove To Be A Contender, If We Knew Their Real Numbers
Earlier this week, Thumbplay announced that it had reached an impressive 500,000 downloads of it's music application which has been available on Android, Apple and BlackBerry platforms since June. With 8. Continue reading
“My Goal Is To Never Be Left Behind,” Says Ethan Kaplan, SVP of Emerging Technology at WMG. Pt. 1
(UPDATED) Recently, I spoke with Ethan Kaplan, who describes himself as a former academic, a former newspaper web-master and a present day technological evangelist and innovator. He's also author of. Continue reading
Google Willing To Help Record Labels Combat Music Piracy, But It’ll Cost Them
If the record labels want Google to help them find links to infringing content; it'll cost them. As much as $5 per thousand queries, say new reports. It costs money. Continue reading
T Bone Burnett Responds: “Musicians Deserve Better. The Audience Deserves Better.”
Yesterday, T Bone Burnett was stuck on a plane for five hours and took a moment to respond to just about every single Hypebot reader that mocked him for the. Continue reading
Music Industry News: Virgin To Add Spotify, EU Downloads Subsidies, Bing Links Facebook & More
How can we impove Hypebot? We've been asking ourselves that question a lot lately. Our numbers our soaring which means lots of new visitors. (Welcome! And be sure to sign. Continue reading
Neurotic Media Deploys New B2B Marketing Tools
Neurotic Media, a tech-enabled distribution service, has expanded its platform features with the addition of marketing services for its record label clients. They can now use features like “album pre-order. Continue reading
MTT: Is Your Music Lost in Translation?
In his recent post, Max Willens explores the difficulty of translating and bringing ideas into the real world. He references a New York Times editorial, Found in Translation, which describes. Continue reading
Decade Of NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’ Is Now Online, Streamable, And Just Plain Awesome
NPR has launched the All Songs 24/7 Music Channel. It features a decade of the songs featured on All Songs Considered. Bob Boilen, one of the show’s hosts, kept a. Continue reading
“Our Spend Per Fan Regularly Eclipses The $100 Mark,” Says Benji Rogers Of PledgeMusic. Pt. 2
This is part two of my interview segment with Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding platform for music and creativity. In the next segment, Rogers talks about the role of. Continue reading
