Last.FM Adds SonyBMG. Are Major Labels Trying To Shut Out Indies?
CBS owned social music network Last.FM has signed a deal with SonyBMG to bypass SoundExchange and other middle men and direct license music from SonyBMG. (press release) That leaves Universal. Continue reading
All Is Fair In Sales And Press Releases. Is Victory’s Tony Brummel At It Again?
Commentary from guest blogger Dale Dixon of PoisenedPens.com “Words cannot describe how excited I am to have the opportunity to work with Thursday again. Thursday is a band that people. Continue reading
Sonific Songspot Widget Adds 125K Songs To Library
Sonific has added 125,000 new songs to its library so that SongSpot widget users can choose from 200.000 licensed tracks to easily generate the code for a music player and. Continue reading
Majors Steal Indie Moneymaker And Get It Wrong Again
Forbes online takes a interesting look at how several major labels are creating new imprints to release new CD’s by classic artists. (Forbes) Indies like Koch have been making money. Continue reading
iTunes Has Surpassed Amazon As #3 Music Retailer In U.S.
Click on image to enlarge. Reaching #3 is quite a milestone for iTunes particularly since a year ago the download store was #5 behind target. And fr many indie labels. Continue reading
Universal’s Sanctuary Bid Details And Motives Emerge
It turns out that Universal’s reported $88 million bid for Sanctuary was really a $205 million bid when assumption of debt is factored in. But that didn’t keep Universal Music. Continue reading
Music Widget Creator Sonific Adds Indie & D.I.Y.
Sonific, the cool widget creator that enables fans to easily post song streams that link back to sales sites on blogs, web sites, etc has added a syndication program. The. Continue reading
Gnarls Barkley’s Label & Engadget’s Founder Launch Label 2.0
Downtown Records and internet entrepreneur Peter Rojas are launching an online-only record label that will offer free music and generate revenue only via ads and sponsorships, according to the NY. Continue reading
A Mid-Year Look Back At Hypebot’s Music Industry Predictions For 2007
So far in 2007 our predictions haven’t been that far off…and we’ve still got 6 months left… >>> This will be the year that the mp3 format will gain much. Continue reading
Hypebot Job Posting: New Media Coordinator @ Metropolitan/Hybrid
In the last week we’ve posted a tech position at Warner Brothers Records and A&R internships at Mercury. Now comes a new job opening from Metropolitan concert and management company. Continue reading
Amazon Announces MP3 Download Store With EMI Catalog And 12,000 Labels
Amazon today officially announced that it will launch an MP3 only digital music store later this year with tracks from more than 12,000 record labels including EMI’s entire catalog. Every. Continue reading
