Twitter Study: Just .05% Generate 50% Of Action
A new Yahoo Research study confirms that Twitter is more of a hierarchical broadcast network than a social network. A striking concentration of attention on Twitter – roughly 50% of. Continue reading
Essential Content For Your Band’s Website
On Music Think Tank, Hillary Brown lists 10 important things that are essential to your band’s website. Your website represents you and needs to include information that helps fans, bloggers,. Continue reading
Another Study Predicts Cloud Music To Boom
Earlier this month, ABI Research predicted that cloud music to boom in the next five years, reaching a subscriber of 161 million by 2016. They believed that smartphone penetration, a. Continue reading
A Psychological Analysis of Record Industry Decline
Everyone has their own theory on why the record industry is in decline. In part, they all hold a grain of truth. Hundreds of things helped exacerbate the process –. Continue reading
Another Nail In Coffin: MySpace Ad Revenue Tanks [CHART]
The Wall Street Journal put another nail in the MySpace coffin this week with a report that advertisers are running away from the site in droves. Silicon Alley Insider took. Continue reading
Streaming May Topple Music Industry Iceberg
The IFPI reports that digital sale grew a meager 5.1% last year and that in the U.S., growth was almost flat at 1.2%. These numbers and chart that accompanies them. Continue reading
Social Media As An Instrument Of Creation [Video]
From Imogen Heap to OK Go, social media is becoming part of the creative process for some musicians rather than just a channel to promote their finished work In this. Continue reading
Amazon Beats Apple, Google With Launch Of Unlicensed Cloud Music Locker & Player
(UPDATED) Overnight Amazon beat both Google and Apple to market with the launch of a freemium cloud based digital media locker and robust integrated music player that accesses stored tracks. Continue reading
AM News Brief: Amazon Cloud, MySpace + VEVO, Real CEO Out, Bluebeat Pays Beatles $1M & More
Hypebot publishes this roundup of music business news each weekday morning, and when warranted we add an update late in the afternoon. For breaking news also follow @hypebot on Twitter. As Amazon launches. Continue reading
Phil Ramone, Larry Rosen, Larry Miller Form ROBA To Create iPad & Android Tablet Music Apps
Music industry veterans, Larry Rosen (GRP Records), Phil Ramone (producer for Streisand, Dylan, Elton John), Larry Miller (AT&T's a2b music, Or Records) and entertainment attorney Leslie José Zigel have formed. Continue reading
