Self-Service Ticketer Eventbrite Passes 50M Sold
Self-service ticketing platform Eventbrite has just passed the 50 million ticket sale mark since launching in 2006. Eventbrite's open, low-cost platform is often used for self-promoted shows and fan ticketing.. Continue reading
HYPEBOT NEWS BRIEF: Danes Block Grooveshark, Rdio + Spain, Orchard, Mastered For iTunes & More
(UPDATED) BLOCKED: A court has ordered that a Danish ISP block Grooveshark (Music Ally), and the Pirate Bay may soon be blocked in the UK. (Guardian) Rdio has launched in. Continue reading
The Trouble With Tribler: Unstoppable BitTorrent Client Available Via Harvard
It's difficult to sort out signal from noise in the uproar surrounding filesharing technologies. Even as a number of BitTorrent-related sites have begun to shut down voluntarily, a 5 year. Continue reading
Advertising Indie: Earbits Helps Bands Find Fans
Bess Rogers on Earbits Guest post by former Hypebot editor and Billboard chart manager Kyle Bylin, now content manager at LiveNation.com. It’s easy for bands to distribute their music,. Continue reading
New Music Marketing Tools From Pinwheel, Cinemagram, YouTube & Facebook
As new social sites and services keep appearing, older ones keep updating. Though none of these four are music-specific, all have great potential for music marketing: Pinwheel is a new. Continue reading
Topspsin CEO Ian Rogers: “Direct To Fan is NOT a Rich Band’s Game”
Guest post by Ian Rogers of Topspin. On a panel at SF MusicTech on last week, I made reference to a fact we first published back in 2010: while the. Continue reading
BACK TO BASICS: COPYRIGHT(S)
Many DIY artists deal with the challenge of understanding the various aspects of the music industry. One of the more complex parts of the music industry is understanding contracts and. Continue reading
DigiTour 2012 Brings YouTube Music Stars To Stage
DigiTour is getting set for its second season, a five week tour of musical acts made popular on YouTube. DigiTour has been described by one of its cofounders, Meridith Valiando,. Continue reading
Fanzy Adds $500,000 Funding For Facebook Fan App
Paris and San Francisco based startup Fanzy, a Facebook app that rewards fans for spreading the word and helps brands to attract social influencers, has raised $500,000 in additional seed. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: iTunes Overhaul, Shazam Revenues Soar, NARM + Spotify, Lefsetz, OK Go $’s & More
Apple looking to launch major iTunes Store, App Store overhauls later this year. Details from 9-5 Mac. Shazam revenues up 47% as its mobile discovery apps find new users. (Music. Continue reading
BandApp CEO & Bloodhound Gang Drummer Adam Perry On Why Bands Need Apps
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. A few weeks ago at a MidemLab lunch, I sat next to Adam Perry, drummer for The Bloodhound Gang and CEO of. Continue reading
