Grooveshark Game Over? Judge Rules For Labels, Against Rogue Music Streamer
New York District Court Judge Judge Thomas Griesa ruled Monday that Grooveshark and its parent company Escape Media Group are liable for copyright infringement by its employees who were encouraged. Continue reading
Spotify Launches In Canada
Spotify finally launched in Canadan this morning with a 20 million track library and an emphasis on local music including Quebecois. “Spotify is launching in Canada with a comprehensive catalogue featuring. Continue reading
New Tango Music Pix App Creates Shareable Slideshows With Music Powered By Rumblefish
Tango is a leading messaging app with over 250 million registered members and over 70 million monthly active users. Back in July they gave an accidental preview to some tech. Continue reading
Ello? Ello! Does This Suddenly Popular Social Network Have Music Marketing Potential?
Ello. If you haven't heard of it yet you would have without my help. The media needs a new social networking topic and Ello is perfect. It's ad-free, anti-Facebook and. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Radiohead's Thom Yorke Releases New Album Via BitTorrent Is Apple Planning A CD-Like 'Audio Upgrade' Campaign? REPORT: Apple Ready To Rebrand Beats Music Sirius XM Loses Major Pre-1972 Music Lawsuit. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Three Things About Streaming Music The Industry Needs To Figure Out Are You As Excited As Bono About Apple's Plans For A New Music Format? Sirius, Pandora Pre-1972 Music Royalty. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Next Big Sound, 5 Portable Music Haves For Musicians & More
Brian Hazard | What Artists Should Know About Next Big Sound Cherie Nelson | 5 Portable Must Haves for Musicians Jack Stokes | Mozart or Most Art: What’s Really. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Apple To Rebrand Beats Music Sirius XM Loses Pre-1972 Music Lawsuit: Potential Damages In $100s Of Millions, Copyright Attorney On The Ramifications Fullscreen MCN Acquired by Otter Media, Cuts Monetization. Continue reading
Spotify Helps You Find The Most Dramatic Moment In Any Song
By Eliot Van Buskirk from Spotify Insights. Music’s emotional power stems from a mix of factors, only some of which we understand. Much about music resists full explanation. One thing. Continue reading
Pandora’s First Ads Feature Surprise One-on-One Concerts By Lindsey Stirling
Pandora's new #ThumbMoments campaign may be awkwardly named but it's a pretty cool effort to delight individual fans. Basically a fan hits the thumbs up like button on an artist's. Continue reading
