Hypebot's two key spotters on the ground at SXSW are (left to right) Mark Lourie and Patrick May from our sister company Skyline Music.  Be sure to stop them and. Continue reading

Highlights of a new NPD Group study: Underscoring the increasing importance of sites like MySpace for  music discovery, 19% of those surveyed said they listen to music through social networking. Continue reading

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor  i.e.  What File Sharing Changed 1.  Passive Selection Habits—It let us live with decisions not yet made and caused us to become more passive about their. Continue reading

As iTunes is to the ITunes Player… MP3 download store 7digital.com is now integrated within the open source Songbird media player. Much like iTunes has its own fully integrated player. Continue reading

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Today, I spoke with Barry Schwartz, who is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College and author of  the book The. Continue reading

HYPEBOT FEATURES – More Get Their Music Fix On Social Networks The Paradoxes of Choice in Digital Culture Guy Hands Exits Daily Control Of Terra Firma Songbird Player Adds 7Digital. Continue reading

Apple announced an upgrade to the iPhone OS including several music related. (PC) MP3 download store 7digital has announced a new partnership with open-source music player Songbird that integrates its. Continue reading

Merlin, WMG and Universal have all finalized deals with PlayAnywhere. The new service puts personal music and video collections onto the “cloud” and enables subscribers access and play across multiple. Continue reading

This interview first appeared on Rollo & Grady and is reprinted with permission. Terry McBride is the CEO and Founder of the Canadian music label and band management firm Nettwerk. Continue reading