10 Things Musicians Need To Do Now to Prepare for the Holiday Season
By Chris Mooney, Senior Director of Artist Promotions and Strategic Relationships at TuneCore. The holidays represent a lot of things: time with family, a break from work or school, food,. Continue reading
SEO For Musicians: “Don’t Chase The Algorithm”
There are a number of technical things one can still do to have a higher presence in Google and other search engines. But, unless you’re really into playing search engine. Continue reading
Radio Search Engine Lets You Find Which Station Is Playing Your Song Right Now
DAR.fm founder Michael Robertson has added a new search engine for music playing on the radio to his portfolio of radio-related sites and services. Radio Search Engine provides search by. Continue reading
CHANGES: New VP @ BMG Chrysalis, Royalty Exchange To Nashville & More
Chris Oglesby has been appointed VP, Creative for the BMG Chrysalis Nashville office. Royalty Exchange has opened an office in Nashville to be led by Preston Sullivan. The Nashville office joins offices in. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: reKiosk Social eCommerce For Music
The fine folks the Music Business Association are continuing their series of informative music industry webinars, and generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. Next up is reKiosk – Social eCommerce. Continue reading
Pitchfork Launching Weekly Magazine As Mobile App
Pitchfork continues to expand its media portfolio with the coming launch of Pitchfork Weekly, an iOS app that will combine content from Pitchfork and Pitchfork.TV. In addition, Pitchfork staff will. Continue reading
Live Nation Profits Down Despite Rising Q3 Revenues
Despite handily beating analyst expectations for revenue growth, Live Nation's third quarter profits were down by 24% over the same period in 2012. The company attributed the red ink to. Continue reading
Watch Out Spotify, Deezer Passes 5 Million Paid Subscribers, Adds New Mac and Discovery Apps
Deezer narrowed the important paid subscriber gap with Spotify passing the 5 million mark. That's up from 2 million paid users in October of 2012. Spotify claimed 6 million paid. Continue reading
Budget Music Streamer Bloom.fm Hits 500K Users
UK based Bloom.fm, the £1 $1.61 USD) per month 22 million track mobile music service, says that registered users hit 500,000 mark during October, as the London-based startup continues its. Continue reading