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Five More Worth Following

Overwhelmed by Twitter-mania? From time to time Hypebot will help you sift through the tweet pileup to find the few music industry, tech and business voices that are really worth. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/23/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (4)
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MySpace Music Gets A Major Upgrade

More Video, Artist Dashboard, iTunes Purchase MySpace Music has gotten a major upgrade with the addition of a new music video hub, an artist dashboard offering analytics and track purchase. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Facebook Says “Give The Gift Of Music”

Facebook has been experimenting with virtual gifts and e-cards for several months and now music via LaLa is being added to the mix. In the U.S., according to Facebook: "You. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Do You Follow We Follow?

First, a big thank-you to all of our Twitter followers who collectively made Hypebot the #1 "Most Influential" Music Industry News Twitter stream and #3 in the overall Music Industry category according to Digg owned Twitter ranking. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/19/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MySpace Enhances Executive Team

There were more appointments at MySpace as new CEO Owen Van Natta puts together his team. Nada Stirratt has joined as Chief Revenue Officer. She was EVP of Digital Ad Sales. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/15/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Facebook Traffic Soars As MySpace Tumbles

Facebook accounted for 58.59% of all U.S. visits to the top 155 social networking Web sites in September of this year – a 194% increase since September 2008 according to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/14/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (8)
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10 Reasons MySpace Is The Best Music Site Evah

GUEST POST: This entry comes from UK indie artists Georgia Wonder, who in addition to writing amusing blog posts make some really good music and using all things d.i.y. to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/13/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (9)
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How NOT To Quit Twitter: Miley Cyrus Raps “Good-bye Twitter” On YouTube

If you read Hypebot, you probably don't care much about Miley "Hannah Montana" Cyrus.  And since it has already been viewed more than 1.4 million times, you may have already. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/12/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (7)
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Are Social Updates A New Form of Merchandise?

Guest Post:  Matt MacNaughton is the co-founder and CEO of Culture Jam which has launched several Twitter and Facebook applications that power viral promotions, allowing artists to distribute promotional content,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2009 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Advice For Musicians In 140 Characters Or Less

I recently asked Hypebot's Twitter followers to contribute their best advice to musicians in twitterspeak's 140 characters or less. Below are a few of the best that that I gathered. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/06/2009 in Broadcast & Satellite | Permalink | Comments (3)
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