More Music Industry News: FTC Drops LimeWire Probe, Amanda Palmer, YouTube Legal Challenge Fails, Google Buys Angstro, ExtensionFM & More
Summer is winding down, which means that the pr machines are cranking up. Some of the action is about the Christmas sales season, some is about trying to improve yearly. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Cary Sherman, The RIAA, And Their Failure To Change The Culture of File-Sharing. The Case For The Billboard Top 40 Over 40 List. Top Ten Government Mandates Needed To Save. Continue reading
Stevie Nicks And The Overconsumption Of Music
Before I continue my deconstruction of the viewpoints expressed by Steve Nicks in a recent interview with the NY Daily News, I wanted to take a moment and point you. Continue reading
It’s Not The Size Of Your Collection That Matters…
Or Does It? The Biggest Crisis In Music Fandom. Remember the days when you could judge a music fan by the size of their collection? When I started out, it. Continue reading
Help Wanted: Google Music Head
Who Do You Think Should Head Google Music? Google has been talking with digital media executives in an effort to hire someone to head its new music initiative according to. Continue reading
More Music Biz News: Vevo Appp Hits 1M, Kanye Kills Music Mags, H.264 Stays Free, Disopra, F*ck You & More
Since it’s debut last week, the VEVO mobile iPhone and iPod Touch app has delivered over 1 million downloads and is ranked the #1 Free App and #1 Music App. Continue reading
Report: iTunes To Go Social, Web Based Sept. 1st
When invitations arrived yesterday featuring an Apple inspired acoustic guitar for an event on September 1st, the speculation about what Steve Job might announced went into overdrive. Separating facts from. Continue reading
NASA Song Competition: In Search Of Space Music
And you thought you had your aspirations set high when you entered the one and only Hypebot Hit Song Contest… As it turns out, NASA is also holding a little. Continue reading
Why Stevie Nicks Is Still Wrong (Part 1)
A number of you wrote in to say that you disagreed with my off-the-cuff analysis of Stevie Nicks' commentary on the state of rock n' roll and the record industry. Continue reading
