Mobile Social Net MocoSpace Wants MySpace

Amid all the rumors of who might or might not be buying MySpace from parent News Corp., the one that has had the most legs has now been confirmed. MocoSpace,. Continue reading

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2011 – The Year US Automakers Kill Tape Players

Well, it happened. In 2011, there will be no automakers selling cars with tape players. It's hard to imagine that it took this long to happen – for me anyways. But it. Continue reading

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Why I Hope MP3 Rocket Never Takes Off

Today on Music Think Tank, Alan Lastufka wrote a fantastic op-ed on the new developments at MP3 Rocket. Rather than download MP3s, users now get videos from YouTube and the. Continue reading

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Music Biz News: Pandora Nears IPO, Live Nation Buys Into Front Line, Record Store Day & More

Pandora is getting closer to an IPO. (Barron's) Live Nation has bought the remaining equity stake in Irving Azoff's mega-management firm Front Line. (press release pdf)  EMI: Is the music company going. Continue reading

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Twitter Follow Hypebot & MTT, RSS Subscribe Too

Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at (@hypebot), where 9,597 11,270 people are following us. In addition to regular posts, we also tweet to poll readers, get tips, quotes. Continue reading

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This Week On MTT: 4 Steps to a New Music Business

Several great essays appeared on MTT this week: Kyle Bylin: How Does Effort Impact Music Value? Alan Lastufka: Why I Think Video LPs Are A Good Idea. Michael Brandvold: Are. Continue reading

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Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Spotify, Hyperlocal Blogs, Music Websites & More

What are the most popular music websites in 2010? See here. .Music answered the piracy concerns brought up by the RIAA. This is a two part interview about hyperlocal music. Continue reading

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The Most Popular Music Websites In 2010

Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv, has created a fascinating music website heat map; it depicts estimated web-based music consumption in the U.S. in 2010. The visualization is based. Continue reading

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Talib Kweli: “It’s Over… We ‘re At The Wake” Of The Music Industry [VIDEO]

Talib Kweli relased his latest, Gutter Rainbows, as digital-only. "The CD is dead," Keli tells MTV News. "The music industry doesn’t exist….when you have records that are being played 3,000. Continue reading

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Piracy Havens? – .Music Answers RIAA Concerns, Requires Accounts To Be Verified Like Twitter

Mid-January, the RIAA screamed "Flame On!" and decried the .music initiative – one that hasn't even officially launched – as potential piracy havens, or the enemy. The trade group challenged. Continue reading

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