Simple, Effective Cross Promotion – Folk Artists Cover Each Other’s Singles, Tour U.S. Together
Love a fellow musician's song? Do they love your music too? Perfect. Cover each other's singles and take off on a tour of the U.S. That's the strategy being employed. Continue reading
Another Industry First: Music Royalties Fall 1%
For the first time, PRS for Music reported a 1% annual fall in total royalties. Why the decline? PRS suspects that digital piracy and a fall in high street sales. Continue reading
10 Key Insights into the Next Decade in Music
Music Supported Here, an online UK music initiative, has released a new study that gauges perception of what the music industry will be like in ten years. Over 1,500 respondents. Continue reading
The Day the Antisocial Music Experience Died
It seems normal for each of us to occupy a personal music bubble, but is it? We walk down the street and everyone has their earbuds in – the same goes. Continue reading
Bob Lefsetz: 6 Lessons from Rebecca Black
Last week, viral star Rebecca Black appeared on Ryan Seacrest's show and hooked her up with Debra Baum, a manager with DB Entertainment. Black has since signed with DB reports. Continue reading
Even Without A U.S. Launch Date, Spotify Is Hiring
Spotify hasn't completed its deals with U.S. record labels, but that hasn't stopped the music streamer from ramping up its hiring here. "Spotify is looking for rock star engineers and. Continue reading
Shazam Socializes with Facebook Friends
This post is by Alison McCarthy (@aliiimac). She's an intern at Hypebot. Every day it seems like music is becoming more and more integrated with our online social networks. For the last. Continue reading
7Digital Scores Radiohead FLAC Exclusive, Shifts Towards 24-Bit ‘FLAC HD’
Digital retailer 7Digital scored a 32 territory exclusive on Radiohead’s new album "The King of Limbs" in the FLAC lossless 24-bit codec. According to 7 Digital, this is the first. Continue reading
AM News Brief: BitTorrent Judge Conflicts, Amazon Locker, GroupMe+MTV, Thumbplay Sells & More
Hypebot.com publishes a 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. BitTorrent Case Judge. Continue reading
Rewind – The Music Industry’s Week In Review: Apple, Twitter, YouTube, Spotify, Google & More
Hypebot publishes a weekly roundup of music business news each Saturday. For breaking news also follow @hypebot on Twitter. Apple is pushing to launch their cloud service in April. Twitter turned 5. Here's 5. Continue reading
