Direct-To-Fan Holds Much Promise, Many Problems

By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. The notion of artists selling music directly to their fans holds a powerful allure. Why pay to distribute. Continue reading

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Watch Steve Jobs Introduce iTunes Music In 2003 [VIDEO]

iTunes changed the music industry forever. As Apple celebrates iTunes 10th Anniversary, take a look back at Steve Jobs launching the iTunes music store with just 200,000 tracks in April. Continue reading

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Teen Jennie Lamere Wins Hackathon, Demonstrates What We Lose Shutting Women Out Of Tech

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. At this past weekend’s TVnext Hack event, a loose consortium of geeks, hackers, and businessmen from the television and technology industries gathered in a. Continue reading

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Fake Twitter Followers? 50 Cent And Diddy Included On Researchers’ List [Updated]

Fake social media followers have been getting a new wave of media attention due to the research of Andrea Stroppa and Carlo De Micheli as reported by the NY Times.. Continue reading

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BitTorrent’s New Startup Acceleration Program Targets Music Discovery And Usage

BitTorrent continues its legitimacy offensive by debuting an acceleration program for startups in such areas as music/video discovery and usage as well as live streaming. It's not an accelerator where. Continue reading

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6 Key Tactics For Organic Success On Youtube From Hip-Hop Artist Rob Scott

YouTube can be a powerful tool that musicians use for promotion and exposure if it’s used well. However, for independent artists, it can be hard to garner a following and. Continue reading

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Marketers Look Forward To Twitter #Music Data Trove

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Twitter is a data goldmine, one reason its awesomely-designed new music app has a fighting chance even though it doesn’t see the whole internet.. Continue reading

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As iTunes Turns 10, Former CEO Jeff Price Remembers The Day That TuneCore Launched [VIDEO]

On the 10th Anniversary of the lunch of iTunes, TuneCore founder and ousted CEO Jeff Price sent this email:  As documented by ABC news, Jan 25th, 2006 We were up. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Launching Discover Tab, Nettwerk Raises $10M, Emeli Sandé Breaks Beatles Record & More

April 4.29.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Why Modern Musicians Should Care About Metadata Chirpify Adds $2 Million In Funding, Signs Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg & Puma For In-Stream Social Commerce Think A Big Festival Play Can. Continue reading

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