Kid Rock Thanks Fans With $20 Ticket Tour

Kid Rock is not known as a progressive, either politically or when it comes to digital music. It took until November 2012 before he allowed new releases to be sold. Continue reading

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Facebook Phone To Feature Easier Music Sharing And In-App Chat

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The Facebook phone is here, sort of. Mark Zuckerberg announced in a livestreamed event last week that the HTC First ($100, AT&T) will be. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Jay & B Cuba Trip Had OK, WindUp + Clear Channel, Global Sales, TuneSat + $1.2M & More

TUESDAY 4.9.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  Click Here Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab

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BandsInTown Releases iOS & Android App Upgrades

Over the weekend concert tracker BandsINTown launched major upgrades to both its Android and iPhone apps. Key new features include:

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Do You Have Your Fan’s Attention? The Rise Of Social Media Multitasking

Is what you're about to tweet really worth reading?  It better be, because increasingly the attention of your fan is split between multiple devices.. Social network multitaskers on both Facebook. Continue reading

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VEVO Working To Bring New Music Video Channel To Cable, Satellite [VIDEO]

The promise and potential of on demand music video gave birth to VEVO. Now, just weeks after launching it's first linear MTV-like online channel, VEVO.tv , the company is also. Continue reading

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IFPI Global Recording Industry Report: Miniscule Growth Driven By Digital & Licensing

The rise of music subscription services and the growth of emerging markets contributed to create just .2% global music industry growth in 2012, according to the IFPI's Recording Industry in. Continue reading

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Top 10 Ways Musicians Are Using Vine

Vine, the iOS app that allows you to take short shaky videos and loop them incessantly, has been a big hit. I've been a bit of a skeptic but it's. Continue reading

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Music Ad Spotting: Beyonce’ Launches New Single With Pepsi Commercial

  Beyonce' is using a Pepsi ad to launch her new single, the Timbaland-produced “Grown Woman”. In the spot , she dances with younger verisons of herself, stopping for the. Continue reading

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Creating A Timeline To Promote A Single Release

This repost from Caroline Bottomley of Radar Music Videos looks at the  timeline for releasing a single.  While her example is from the UK, most ot the concepts are universal. . Continue reading

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