SXSW Impressions Part 1
"It was my first time there are I thought it was a good time, but I am not sold that the conference was worth the $700. I did sit in. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Brief: EMI, IODA, SpiralFrog, PRS, Akon, Live $’s & More
HYPEBOT: EMI Reorganizes: Full Text Of Staff Memo EMI Promotes Ondrejka To EVP Digital Marketing An Interview with Matador's Patrick Amory Ted Cohen: The Time Is Now Interview: Nancy Baym. Continue reading
UK’s Kudos Records To Self-Distribute
Following the demise of Pinnacle, the UK's Kudos Record Limited is now self-distributing and offering physical distribution services to other indie labels, shipping fom it’s Kentish Town warehouse. The distributor. Continue reading
Justice Dept. Probes Live Nation Ticketmaster Deal
The US Department Of Justice is seeking additional information from both Live Nation and Ticketmaster in their ongoing investigation into their proposed merger. The two companies say they expected the. Continue reading
Interview: Nancy Baym of Online Fandom (Part 1)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Today, I spoke with Nancy Baym, who is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at The University of Kansas and author of the Online Fandom blog. After. Continue reading
Jamendo Adds Creative Commons Licensing
Jamendo has just added an online "Pro" platform for low cost commercial music synchronization licensing. Launched in 2005 as a free download site, Jamendo boasts the world's largest aggregation 200,000. Continue reading
New Podcast: Media, Gatekeepers, Fandom, Gaming & More
Sorry for the long delay between podcasts. Once again, I've partnered with Band Metric's Duncan Freeman and Pat Woodward for ArtistDish Podcast #5 In this hour long show, we discuss. Continue reading
My Favorite Quote From SXSW
“Maybe in the past there were your pampered rock stars hanging out. Then there’s the people like us who climb out of clown cars and try to make things work.". Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at twitter.com/hypebot. 1047 1275 1310 people are following Hypebot there. In addition to our regular posts, I also tweet to poll readers, get. Continue reading
A Techdirt vs. Choruss Smackdown?
VS.. TechDirt's Mike Masnick has been very critical of the major label backed Choruss ISP level music service and yesterday Choruss founder Jim Griffin fired back. Now the scrappy. Continue reading