ASCAP Revenues Fall 6%
A report just released by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) shows a 6% drop revenue in 2010 to $935 million. Despite the decline ASCAP paid out $845. Continue reading
Topspin CEO Ian Rogers: “Record Industry Encouraged People To Steal For 8 Years.”
Recently, This Week In Start Ups interviewed Topspin CEO Ian Rogers. In the interview, they spend a great deal of time talking about the early days of the web and. Continue reading
Here’s Why Amazon Picked A Fight With The Labels
Some are writing volumes about how the labels are going to force Amazon to license their new Cloud Player and Cloud storage locker. The real story is that Amazon already. Continue reading
2001 Flashback – Experts Believe MP3 Can Be Killed
Pho, an infamous music industry and technology e-mail listserv, unearthed a great WSJ article from 2001 the other day. It documents the uptake in interest in the MP3 several months. Continue reading
Share the Soundtrack to Your Life with SoundTracking
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. In the last few weeks, there have been a number of articles posted on Hypebot about the growing social music. Continue reading
Google +1 – A Powerful New Music Marking Tool
Google Search has become the standard for how we find everything including music and tickets. It's why music marketers care about Wikepedia and MySpace – they rank high in search. Continue reading
Tomahawk: Next Generation Music Player?
This post is by Robbert van Ooijen; it originally appeared at Have You Heard It. Last week a new music player got its first public release: the Tomahawk Player. In an. Continue reading
Best Of The Archives: Kyle Bylin At Next Big Nashville 2009 [VIDEO]
Back in 2009, I caught my first break as Editor of Hypebot. The kind folks at Next Big Nashville invited me to give a keynote at their conference. It was. Continue reading
AM News Brief: EMI Loses ‘Down Under’ Appeal, mSpot Reacts, Digital Music Ad Rules, A2IM & More
We publish a roundup of music business news each weekday morning, and when warranted add an update late in the afternoon. For breaking news also follow @hypebot on Twitter. EMI loses 'Down Under' . Continue reading