Live Streaming Boosts Music Festival Boom
American music festivals are in a strong growth phase and that includes free live streaming broadcasts of festival performances. With festivals selling out there's a larger audience interested in checking. Continue reading
12 Reasons Microsoft’s Xbox Music Can Be A Contender
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Microsoft just officially unveiled its new music service, Xbox Music, which it hopes will compete with iTunes, Spotify, and everything else like. Continue reading
Billboard FutureSound Conference Next Month In San Francisco
Billboard is set to put on its second annual FutureSound conference in San Francisco next month, taking place November 15th and 16th from the Terra event center. FutureSound focuses on. Continue reading
MyMusicCloud: A Cross-Platform & Cloud-Based Music Locker
As cloud storage gains popularity and compatibility grows more and more difficult, MyMusicCloud aims to take the concept of cloud-based music storage and turn it into a more personalized, user-friendly. Continue reading
Coca-Cola Eyes $10 Million Spotify Invesment
Coca-Cola is in serious discussions to invest $10 million in Spotify, according to both Bloomberg Business and Sky News, citing multiple sources with knowledge of the talks. The deal, while. Continue reading
If Pandora Can Write Lil Wayne A $3 Million Check, Why Should They Pay Less? [Commentary]
Pandora founder Tim Westergren says they'll pay 2000 artists over $10,000 dollars each over the next 12 months with 800 making $50,000 or more. Top earners like Coldplay, Adele, Wiz. Continue reading
The Success Of The Online Music Market Will Be Won Or Lost In Translation
"The net effect is the creation of a sort of musical babelfish." Guest post by Jason Herskowitz ( @jherskowitz ) of Tomahawk and Official.fm. This post originally appeared on sidewinder.fm. It only takes a quick glance at. Continue reading
BBC Unveils New On-Demand Music Streaming Service
Making its entry into the music-streaming arena, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has just launched a new music service of its own called BBC iPlayer Radio. The new service allows. Continue reading
Top Analyst Reviews Spotify’s Financials, Declares Business “Unsustainable” [CHART]
PrivCo, a financial analysis firm focusing on private companies, got a look at Spotify's just closed full year financials and declared the music streamer's business model "alarming" and "unsustainable". While. Continue reading
Upward Spiral Podcast Continues With Extended Insights & Discussions
During the past four months, Hypebot has been presenting to you bi-weekly episodes of The Upward Spiral Podcast as a way to turn our daily coverage into deeper conversations; providing. Continue reading
