Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review: The Musical Middle Class, Social Nets Open Up, EMI Deals & Much More
>>> In one of Hypebot’s most read posts ever, The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class – Part I & II outlines how the fragmentation of media and rising power. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Napster Looses $5M And 20K Subs, WMG Nixes Nokia & Much More
>>> Napster’s second-quarter loss narrowed from a year ago on higher revenue from subscriptions and mobile music sales despite a decline of 20,000 paid subscribers. The company reported a net. Continue reading
Guy Hands Oct 31st Memo to EMI Staff
Dear all: I want to thank all of those whom I met on my recent trip to the United States for making me so welcome. I found it incredibly stimulating. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Viral FAT Decks Launch, WMG Get Zazzled, SpiralFrog Spit On and Much More.
>>> SONGboost is launching Fan-Artist Trading Decks (FAT Decks), which enable musicians and labels to quickly create and syndicate digital music assets across any Internet-enabled device including mobile phones, desktop. Continue reading
Some Halloween Fun
“I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that’s OK – the bat had to get Ozzy shots.” – Ozzy Osbourne (via TheRockDose) You can. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Real Post 3Q, Indies Struggle, Bruce Banned & Much More
>>> RealNetworks posted strong 3Q results and CEO Rob Glaser predicted that “by this time next year or sooner,” all of the four major music labels would be selling their. Continue reading
Is A New Musical Middle Class Just Wishful Thinking?
On Monday in the first part in a series called The New Paradigm, I wrote about what I see as "The Rise Of The New Musical Middle Class" some learned. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: EMI Sell Off?, Beatport Adds Authentication, When Pigs Fly & Much More
>>> Terra Firma is already considering selling off some of EMI‘s assets to lower it’s exposure. (NY Post) Weren’t these the guys who were going to transform the music business?. Continue reading
Job Openings At Warner Bros. Records & Future Of Music Coalition
As a service to our readers we publish industry related job openings and unlike most other sites we don’t charge for this service. Please send us your listings. >>> Warner. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: MTV Gets Lyrical, BlackBerry Adds Music, OiNK Lives & Much More
>>>Who the #!*k sang that song? MTV is launching a major cross platform lyric based initiative. (Webware) >>> "Record Labels Loose Their Luster" according to a report by David LaGesse. Continue reading
