2 Quick Music Biz Movie Reviews: 20 Feet From Stardom and Welcome To The Machine
Two new music industry documentaries grace us this summer. One, "20 Feet From Stardom," focuses on background singers for major performing acts. The other, "Welcome To The Machine," takes a. Continue reading
Rdio Partners With Live Nation
Music streamer Rdio has signed on as an official sponsor on LiveNation.com and will serve as the streaming music sponsor at Live Nation's 2013 country music festivals. Under the deal, Rdio. Continue reading
Adele, U2, Yoko Ono, 100+ Musicians Sign Amnesty Int’l Letter Urging Pussy Riot Release
Amnesty International has organized more than 100 top musicians to call for the release of the two jailed members of Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot ahead of their parole appeal. Continue reading
Redefining ‘Live’ Concerts, KPop Stars To Tour Globally Via Holograms [VIDEO]
Move over Tupac (or at least that 3D image of you…). Two of South Korea's top agencies, Success Museum Entertainment and Yang Goon Entertainment, are hoping to globalize KPop and Korean. Continue reading
Grooveshark Added To Google Search Blacklist
Controversial music streaming service Grooveshark has been added to Google Search's autocomplete blacklist. This dubious distinction has previously been reserved for high profile copyright offenders like The Pirate Bay. As you. Continue reading
Universal’s Vinyl Project Crowdfunding Announcement Met With Confusion And Webrage
Last week Universal announced The Vinyl Project that will apparently be hosted or headquartered at their Uvinyl online vinyl store. Dubbed a "crowdfunding" approach, negative response came in two forms.. Continue reading
Universal Music Names Matt Voss EVP Int’l Marketing
Matt Voss has been named Executive Vice President Marketing Strategy and Planning at Universal Music. Voss is currently based in New York as EVP of International, East Coast Labels, but. Continue reading
Get Involved With The Hypebot and MusicThinkTank Communities
Hypebot works best as a two way conversation, and we try to make getting involved easy. Many readers connect with us on Twitter (@hypebot) where 34,000+ follow. We tweet posts, breaking. Continue reading