Amazon's MP3 music download store is now online in Germany with many top selling mp3 album releases priced at 4.89 EU during the launch. After a successful year in the. Continue reading

As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers the value and future of free. Continue reading

Teens age 13-17 bought 19% less music in 2008 than they did in '07 according to a new NPD survey. CD purchases declined 26% and paid digital downloads fell 13%. Continue reading

Evidently fearing the outcome of lawsuits by Warner Music and Capital EMI, music search engine and playlist generator SeeqPod has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.  SeeqPod, which had received. Continue reading

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Introduction Traditionally, we tend to think of FREE! music as good thing, the kind of thing that everyone wants.  Yet, we largely miss many of complications. Continue reading

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Swedish torrent tracker Pirate Bay has added a "Share on Facebook" link to the download page of every torrent.  If another Facebook user has a BitTorrent client installed, clicking the. Continue reading

Music industry analysis firm MusicMetric has launched MuZoid, a Twitter music exploration application. Send a tweet with the name of a band or artist to twitter.com/muzoid and in seconds you. Continue reading

(UPDATED WITH STATS) As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers about the value. Continue reading