Childish Gambino’s Explosive ‘This Is America’ Scores 16M Views Overnight [WATCH]

Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, topped a huge weekend with the release of the explosive video "This Is America" after the show aired late Saturday. By Monday morning the Vevo/YouTube. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: YouTube Music Service Leaks • Alt-Ticketmaster Raises $30M • ASCAP Expo Begins • More

MONDAY 5.7.18 Music Business News From Around The Web  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Passes Historic $1B In 11 Days

Marvel and Disney’s “Avengers: Infinity War” dominated the box office worldwide over the last few days, adding $275.1 million in its second weekend and shouldering past $1 billion in gross. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Before moving on to what will doubtless be another full week of music industry news, we're revisiting several major stories from the past week including the #1 iPhone app you've. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week we heard commentary from country punk Sarah Shook on her creative process, the lead singer of CAKE on how Big Tech abuses outdated laws to the detriment of. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week on Hypebot, our most popular posts covered changes at DistroKid, how Spotify's claim that streaming habits mirror purchasing habits is false, how artists can avoid being boring, and. Continue reading

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Label Execs, Big Media Launch Digital Future Council

Executives from Sony Music, Warners Music and Universal Music have teamed with leading media and ad firms to launch a think tank about the integration of media and emerging technology.

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Playlists Allow Artists To Focus On Music Over Image

While an artists visual presentation has always factored into their success (or lack their of) the rise of playlist culture may finally be shifting consumers focus away from image and. Continue reading

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CHANGE TWITTER PASSWORDS NOW! 330M Accounts Compromised

The passwords of all 330 million Twitter accounts have been compromised, the social network announced. "We recently found a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log," wrote the. Continue reading

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Music Stocks: Pandora, Live Nation Soar, Spotify Down

Most major music stocks are generally having a great day on Wall Street, with the exception of Spotify. As of mid-day Friday, most major indexes were up 1-2%. But Pandora. Continue reading

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