REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Why Musicians Are Being Warned About Upgrading To Apple's iOS 7 Spotify, Pandora and TuneIn Form Streaming Audio Task Force, Release Online Listener Survey YouTube Music Video Biz: Offline Viewing,. Continue reading
UPDATED: Beats Buys Back HTC Shares For $265M, As Carlyle Group Invests $500M
UPDATE: The new Carlyle Group investment totals $500 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. No announcement was made of the stake the investment group gets in return, but it's. Continue reading
Why Musicians Are Being Warned About Upgrading To Apple’s iOS 7
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Apple’s iOS platform is widely considered by musicians (at least the ones who care about such things) to be the superior mobile platform for. Continue reading
NME’s Enhanced HAIM Feature Simply A Baby Step Towards Digital Publishing Possibilities
As music magazines struggle in the emerging environment, some going all digital, others are exploring paid options. NME is experimenting with an alternative to paywalls with the offering of a. Continue reading
Rdio Turns To The Echo Nest For Recommendations
Music streamer Rdio has partnered with The Echo Nest to power a new Recommendations feature that provides a stream of new music recommendations including albums, stations and playlists based on what. Continue reading
Don’t Miss SF MusicTech Next Week, Hypebot Readers Can Still Save 20%
SF MusicTech, the must-go-to event where the music industry meets technology, is just days way on October 1st. Of course there are cutting edge keynotes, panels and partied, but most. Continue reading
The Case Of The Disappearing Tracks: Your Music Is Not Safe On Apple’s iCloud
(UPDATED) Apple's iCloud appears to be a safe and useful place to store music. After all, few portable devices have the memory to store all the old CD's you've ripped,. Continue reading
A PledgeMusic Campaign That Was More About Community Building Than Funding
Mindy Gledhill is a singer/songwriter who began releasing her albums independently after an initial label release. For her fourth album, "Pocketful of Poetry," Gledhill decided to conduct a PledgeMusic campaign.. Continue reading
BandPage Expands Fan VIP Experiences With Rhapsody Partnership
BandPage today announced a partnership with Rhapsody that expands the reach of it's fan VIP Bandpage Experiences offering. Rhapsody will now send targeted notifications,with links to purchase BandPage Experiences directly. Continue reading
Apple To Let Fans Collect Digital Autographs Of Downloaded Albums, Digital Content
A patent request filed by Apple last week points would allow fans to get digital autographs of an album download, eBook or other digital content. Like the old fashioned sharpie autograph,. Continue reading
