Join Hypebot’s SXSW Tipster Brigade
The music industry action is now shifting to Austin and SXSW. The digital end of the conference is already underway and musicians are starting to arrive. Conflicting early reports point. Continue reading
Poll: Bob “The Bruiser” Lefsetz vs. Gene “Kiss My Ass” Simmons
Music pundit Bob Lefsetz and Kiss' Gene Simmons have been going at each other lately online and in person (full video). Personally I'm siding with Bob. Both are smart men. Continue reading
Merlin Completes Indie Deal With Catch Media’s Play Anywhere
Indie Global rights agency Merlin has completed a deal with Catch Media's Play Anywhere portable music service. Catch also has deals with Universal and WMG and is in talks with. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Brief: Topspin, Merlin, Amazon, SXSW, Death Row & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Topspin Upgrades Direct To Fan Platform Merlin Completes Indie Deal With Catch Media's Play Anywhere Prince Goes Direct To Fans Op-Ed: Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger Is Too Good. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
The stock market was a lot nicer to all of us including music stocks; so the real news shifted to the UK where Google pulled music videos off of YouTube, . Continue reading
DropPlay Blends YouTube, Pandora & Facebook
Name a song or artist and DropPlay finds if YouTube has it. Play it and ask for more songs by the same artist or in Pandora-like fashion, another button finds. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Brief: Live Tele-Conference Today, Bandize Invites, Myxer, You Tube, Mininova $’s & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Live Video: Music Industry Panel Today At Noon EST & 4PM GMT 30 Alpha Invites To Artist Organizer Bandize Why Own A Radio? Sirius Preps iPhone App DropPlay. Continue reading
Vodaphone Makes Mobile Music DRM Free With Three Majors On Board
Vodafone has signed deals with the Universal, Sony and EMI to sell tracks DRM free on both mobile phones and PCc with a rollout scheduled for this summer. Reuters reports. Continue reading
Apple’s New Talking iPod Shuffle
Apple's new iPod shuffle is nearly half of the size of the previous model, and its talks to you speaking song titles, artists and playlist names with the press of. Continue reading
