More News: UMG Direct Licenses Last.fm, Spotify Update, Google+ Expands, Apple Patent Trial, More
Another Big Blow For Collection Societies: Universal Music sets up direct licensing agreement with Last.fm (Music Week) Recently EMI limited ASCAP's digital licensing for part of it's US catalog. Spotify. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Several sources have Spotify launching in the U.S. as early as next week with an aggressive goal of 50 million subscribers in its first year. A top Swedish music exec. Continue reading
MTT Weekly Recap: How to Structure a Company to Succeed in the Current Music Industry
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Taurean Casey: CALL TO INDIE ARTISTS: STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR MUSIC FOR FREE! DG Gutekunst: Odds Are… Frank Woodworth: How to Structure a. Continue reading
Reports: Spotify Hopes To Launch In U.S. Next Week, Predicts 50M 1st Year Subscribers
(Updated) Spotify is telling U.S. record label executives that it is hoping to launch its music streaming service here as early as the middle of next week, sources familiar with. Continue reading
Who Owns Your Facebook Fan Data? Liberate It With Open-Xchange’s Contact Exporter
(UPDATED) As of Monday July 11th Open-Xchange's tool for transferring Facebook contacts to Google+ has had its access to Facebook revoked. Details here. Remember all of those MySpace fans you. Continue reading
Thanks To Hypebot’s Great Sponsors
As much as this is a labor of love, producing Hypebot daily comes at a cost; so we thank these great companies who support our efforts. ReverbNation – New Facebook. Continue reading
Programmer Finds Facebook’s Secret Music Service: VIBES
Just after Facebook's video chat announcement, programmer Jeff Rose was poking around the code behind the new Skype integration when he discovered a piece of code (click on image at left. Continue reading
How to Structure a Company to Succeed in the Current Music Industry
With all the challenges in the music industry, what kind of company structure would best suit this industry? Frank Woodworth has ideas on how to structure a music company on. Continue reading
Music Marketing News: T-Pain, Dead Kennedys, Jill Scott, Kings of Leon, James Brown & More
A weekly roundup of the latest promotions and deals in the world of music branding and marketing. T-Pain threw a launch party in Vegas over the weekend for his new. Continue reading
UPDATED: Turntable.fm Raises $7.5 Million, Offers Look At Monetization Strategy
(UPDATE: This round of funding for Turntable.fm is not be closed yet, thanks to competition among venture capitalists scrambling to jump aboard.) Red hot social music startup Turntable.fm has raised. Continue reading
