Vicci Eliminates Your Merch Table While Still Selling Your Merch
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Touring is an essential part of the revenue stream for many bands, and the merchandise they sell at gigs can keep them in gas. Continue reading
Pandora Raises Rates and CTO Tom Conrad Steps Down In Wake Of ASCAP Trial
(UPDATED) Pandora's been quite busy of late. Last week they emerged from ASCAP vs. Pandora with what many consider a draw. Yesterday CTO Tom Conrad not only stepped down into. Continue reading
Rockstar Cash Helps Musicians and Bloggers Monetize Free Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Typically, when bloggers write about a band, they’ll include a link to their music via SoundCloud or YouTube. According to the makers of Rockstar. Continue reading
Ticketing News: SFXE Acquires Flavorus, Eventbrite Valued At $1 Billion, Brown Paper Tickets Innovates
SFX Entertainment's newest acquisition is ticketing company Flavorus which serves important EDM events among a variety of clients. Eventbrite recently raised a $60 million surprise round that valued the company. Continue reading
Complete List of ‘Music Things’ From #SXSW 2014 Trade Show
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. SXSW is a massive, massive event, but the SXSW Interactive trade show is quite manageable, especially compared to CES. As such, we were able. Continue reading
What Is An API? [VIDEO]
We write a lot about APIs, but not every Hypebot reader really knows what one is. Spotify bought The Echo Nest, in large part, for theirs. Beats just proudly opened. Continue reading
Pono CEO Says He’ll Still Enjoy Spotify and Sonos
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Neil Young has been recording his music in the high-resolution music format that the PonoMusic store will sell for quite some time, according to. Continue reading
UBC Confirms 7 Digital Acquisition, $57 Million In New AudioBoo Financing
UK based UBC Media has confirmed a deal to acquire digital music services provider 7 Digital. The deal is a reverse takeover that, if consummated, would give privately held 7. Continue reading
William Morris Endeavor’s Marc Geiger Joins Impressive Audiam Investor List
Marc Geiger, the head of William Morris Endeavor's music department, has made a personal investment in Audiam. No details of the size of his investment were released. Audium, the YouTube monetization. Continue reading
Slash Talks Hacking and His Favorite Winning Hacks From Slashathon
Slash put in an appearance at SXSW towards the end of last week's Slashathon to see what was going, hang out with the technically-oriented crowd and participate in judging with. Continue reading
