What Does The Fox Say?: Virality As A Music Format
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. As of 2013, it’s official: The wacky, amateurish, off-kilter sensibilities that characterized much of the early web have been reverse engineered, and now constitute. Continue reading
Rdio Launched In 20 More Countries Today
Spotify may have a big announcement scheduled for later today, but Rdio started Wednesday with a surprise of its own. Just days after naming a new CEO and major layoffs,. Continue reading
Live Coverage Of Spotify Event @ 10AM ET Wednesday, Led Zeppelin Exclusive Expected
UPDATE 2: Read full coverage of the event here. Spotify is promising a big announcement today, Wednesday Decemmber 11th at 10 AM ET; and Hypebot will be covering it live.. Continue reading
5 Lessons From Tiësto On Using Instagram To Connect With Fans
Tiësto is a major figure in the current EDM explosion and he's got a lot of fans. One way he stays connected to those fans is via smart use of. Continue reading
Sidestep Takes The Lead With Dedicated Mobile Merch App
Sidestep is a new mobile app to make it easy for fans to get music merch via their smartphone with the option of picking it up at the show or. Continue reading
A Look At The Numbers Behind Spotify Payouts
By Jason Epstein from SoundCtrl. Recently, music streaming service Spotify released data revealing that each song play nets rights holders somewhere between $0.006 and $0.0084. Yep, a fraction of a. Continue reading
Songza and VEVO Come To Google’s Chromecast Along With… 75 Christmas Playlists
Google's hit $35 digital streaming device, Chromecast, just got two new music channels. Curated streamer Songza and music video site VEVO both announced today that they are available on Chromecast. Continue reading
New Top Level Domains Becoming Available, Prepare For .Music, .Band, .Club
If you've tried to get a decent .com web address you've probably discovered that a bunch of them are in use but even more are being held by domain speculators.. Continue reading
Plug.DJ Nabs $1.25M To Replace Turntable.fm
2 year old music discovery site Plug.DJ has received $1.25 million in funding to fill the void left by the closure of Turntable.fm. The seed funding round for the previously. Continue reading
bop.fm Partners With Deezer
bop.fm has added Deezer to the list of partners connected to its multi-platform music streaming app. In addition to Spotify, Rdio, YouTube, and SoundCloud, bop.fm now adds 30 million Deezer. Continue reading
