Mp3Tunes Founder Michael Robertson Hit With $41 Million Copyright Verdict
Mp3Tunes Founder Michael Robertson was ordered to pay an estimated $41 million on Wednesday arter being found liable for infringing on copyrights owned by Capital Records and other companies once. Continue reading
Last.fm Shuts Streaming Music Service
Last.fm announced today that it would shutter it's subscription streaming music service as of April 28th. "This means that traditional subscriber radio will no longer work on any platform or. Continue reading
Highlights From MIA Music Summit 2014
I just returned from the MIA Music Summit and I'm struggling to find a way of encompassing what I saw and experienced as it relates to Hypebot readers. In one. Continue reading
CD Baby Sync Licensing Paid $400K To Indie Artists In Last 3 Months Of 2013
It's no secret that to survive musicians need to cultivate multiple income sources. But revenue from synch licensing has usually been unobtainable for d.i.y. artists. Today's announcement today that CD Baby. Continue reading
Now You Can Shazam Vinyl-Only Dance Tracks Just In Time For WMC and Ultra
Yesterday, at Winter Music Conference, Shazam announced an exclusive partnership with Juno Records to add their 4 million deep catalog of dance music tracks to Shazam's id system. A special. Continue reading
10 Steps To Building A Career As a Full-Time DIY Musician
Like many of the artists who've leveraged the web to build a DIY career, Kellee Maize has created her own lane in the industry. And, like others, she and her. Continue reading
De La Soul Offers Free Full Length Mixtape Download On BitTorrent
Last month, De La Soul released their entire discography free online. Today, the hip hop pioneers, released a new mixtape download "Smell the D.A.I.S.Y." free in partnership with BitTorrent. The new record. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music Industry Jobs Board: Digital Director @mtheory, Content Manager @XPN and More
Management services powerhouse mtheory, LLC is looking for both a Digital Director to oversee digital strategies and an Assistant Controller/Financial Analyst. WXPN is seeking a Digital Content Manager for XPN.org,. Continue reading
What To Do When Your Album Leaks
By James Shotwell, Social Media Coordinator of the media distribution service Haulix. At Haulix, we dedicate the majority of our daily lives to making sure the music stored and distributed. Continue reading
