Moby Continues “Innocents” Community Remixing At Blend.io After BitTorrent Success
Moby's release of an "Innocents" BitTorrent Bundle, featuring selected audio, stems for remixing and related content, was a hugely successful project for BitTorrent and resulted in lots and lots of. Continue reading
Spotify Trolls Beats Music On Twitter To Steal Unhappy Users
Last week Spotify appeared to be trolling Twitter to find and reach out to users complaining about early glitches om the just launched Beat Music service. Using the official @spotify. Continue reading
Digital Music Content Farmer Matt Farley Rises Above Spam Label
When I first read about Matt Farley, who writes huge numbers of off-the-cuff songs organized around such themes as birthday greetings to a long list of names, it seemed like. Continue reading
New On Our Music Industry Jobs Board: AdRev, Fulbright-mtvU & More
A new opening on the Hypebot Jobs Board is for a copyright manager at AdRev, the YouTube administration and monetization platform. There's also an amazing opportunity from a component of the Fulbright U.S. Student. Continue reading
Will Major Music Publishers Allow Last.fm To Go YouTube Only?
Last.fm, owned by CBS Interactive, is not looking like it's going to be a big winner in the streaming music space. It's been in geographic retreat. It's losing money. It's. Continue reading
8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music Business In Japan
By Lee Parsons, Founder of Ditto Music. As founder of Ditto Music, an online music distribution service. I was recently asked to undertake a learning expedition to Japan and present. Continue reading
Prince Sues Fans For $22 Million For Posting Links To Concert Videos
Last week Prince continued his career long litigious streak with a new attack on some of his biggest fans. A lawsuit filed in San Francisco court seeks to punish fans. Continue reading
Independent Music Wins 50% Of 2014 Grammys
Independent music took home 50 % of the awards at last nights 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the highest percentage of wins since indie label trade group A2IM began tracking the. Continue reading
Grammy Winners 2014: The Full List
Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" won record of the year and the duo's "Get Lucky" won the year's top album, at last night's 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Rising stars were rewarded as. Continue reading
SoundCloud Adds $60 Million New Funding, In Talks With Major Labels
Audio platform SoundCloud has closed a series D funding, raising $60 million ot a total valuation of $700 million. The round was led by led by Institutional Venture Partners along with the Chernin Group. In. Continue reading