Facebook Hires YouTube and Google Play’s Tamara Hrivnak To Head New Global Music Strategy
Facebook has been without a real music strategy, much to the dismay of both the industry and unpaid musicians. That may finally be about to change with the hiring of. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
In our music commentary section this week, industry experts voice their opinions how music must compete in the 'attention economy', the scarceness of artificial scarcity, and why not all art. Continue reading
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: More Money, More Problems • Stay Safe/Sober • Selling Your Music Online • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we took a look at how more money leads to more problems, how you can stay safe and sober at your next show, a complete guide. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this re-visitation of full week of music industry news, we take another look at the impending death of net neutrality, whether cassettes are becoming the next vinyl, YouTube's launch. Continue reading
YouTube Led Google’s 22% Growth, $26 Billion Q4. Maybe They Can Share More Of It With The Music Industry?
The music industry has recently its ire recently on YouTube and its payments to rightsholder. In a quarterly earnings call this week, the CFO of parent company Alphabet (aka Google). Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most popular and frequently read posts from the world of music business this week included an explanation of why Spotify can't turn a profit while Netflix can,. Continue reading
Lupe Fiasco Announces New Release, Launches Indie Label with Nashville’s Thirty Tigers
When Lupe Fiasco left Atlantic for 2014, it was the assumed that the Grammy winning rapper would land at another major. But for his first release since, Fiasco has chosen. Continue reading
Why Do Streams Count As Sales On Billboard Charts? “There is no consumption,” says Digital Music Veteran
This week Billboard and Nielsen added streaming to their genre charts, and digital music veteran Jim Griffin is asking why. He's held top digital posts at Warner Music, Cherry Lane. Continue reading