Music Industry Execs Embrace Content Marketing To The Tune of $3 Million Annually
This week Venture Harbour released a Midem-sponsored report on a survey of 64 music industry executives and their take on content marketing. A related analysis of "over 15,000 pieces of. Continue reading
Amazon Finally Gets Closer To iTunes With Launch Of Cloud Player MP3 Store
Amazon inched toward actually being a true iTunes competitor today with a major update to its Cloud Player music application. It adds an integrated MP3 store, which will lets users browse. Continue reading
Music Publishing Company TweelX Creates Music Stock Exchange
TweelX, a combined publishing company and "music stock exchange," is using the JOBS Act's loosened marketing restrictions to offer the opportunity to invest in songs based on royalties. Investors receive. Continue reading
Grooveshark Is Adding 200K Users A Month, CEO Says Future Depends On Live Music Fans
After 2 years filled with lawsuits and banishment from Google and Apple's app stores, Grooveshark may be turning things around. CEO Sam Tarantino likens the experience to "getting punched in. Continue reading
Bandcamp Debuts Music Feeds, BitTorrent Bundle Opens, Giggem Adds Venues & Promoters
Some nice steps forward are being taken by multiple music industry websites and resources. Bandcamp added music feeds to fan accounts which should deepen participation in their developing social platform.. Continue reading
Edjing Raises $2.5M For DJ App
Edjing, the cross platform DJ app, has raised $2.5 million in a round led by Entrepreneur Ventures with participation from Deezer founder, Daniel Marhely, who joins the company's Advisory Board.. Continue reading
FREE Webinar For Hypebot Readers: Your Music At Public Libraries via Hoopla
The folks at NARM have announced a series of informative music industry webinars, and are generously offering them to Hypebot readers at no cost. Next up is hoopla – Learn How Consumers Can. Continue reading
Growth Hacker Marketing For Musicians
Growth hacking is a term in growing use among those interested in rapidly growing user and/or customer bases without using traditional marketing techniques. Search engine optimization, user interfaces and viral. Continue reading
YouTube Music Video Biz: Offline Viewing, Finding Collabs & Sponsors, Fixing Content ID
YouTube has become an important part of the music industry and music videos are a huge part of YouTube. Now YouTube is planning to introduce offline viewing absent internet access. Continue reading
