This Week In Music Commentary
In this week's music commentary section, we hear from a five-time Grammy winner about the evils of YouTube, what's being done to effect a digital rights management overhaul, and why it. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the more popular posts on Hypebot from the past included a look at how the UK's departure from the EU might impact the music industry, why the Ticketmaster. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music
This week in the tips, tricks, and strategies department, we have advice on how to best sample music, use YouTube's translation tools to boost your audience, why you ought to. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Rhapsody/Napster unveil their first ever virtual reality music app, Rage Against the Machine offer tantalizing hints of a new project in the works, major labels are making more from streaming than we thought, and. Continue reading
Soulja Boy Signs $400 Million Brand Ambassador Deal With World Poker Fund Holdings
What are your social media followers worth? When rapper Soulja Boy tweeted that he has just signed a $400 million "brand ambassador" deal, there were many doubters. Now World Poker Fund. Continue reading
12 Really Bad Ideas Raised At The Copyright Office’s DMCA Roundtable Discussions
With a copyright reform bill anticipated in the near future, the Copyright Office has been holding a series of roundtable talks which it will use to support its alterations to copyright. Continue reading
Why Album Art Is Critical For Success In 2016
Although the commercial decline of the physical album means that fewer listeners are getting the full visual experience when they consume an artist's music, the following article suggests that album art. Continue reading
YouTube Adopting New Tool For Faster, More Accurate Royalty Payments
Good news for artists on YouTube, it looks as though the service will soon be implementing a new data standardization tool which will help artists get clearer information regarding views and. Continue reading
Chance The Rapper’s “Coloring Book” Debuts #8 With No Label And Streaming Only On Apple Music
Do artists need labels anymore? Are exclusives a good thing? Those questions and more are being asked by artists and managers this week after Chance The Rapper became the first. Continue reading
