Top Music 2.0 Stories You Missed During The Holidays
Follow the links for details. > Music sales fell a whopping 21% in the week before Christmas. (Variety) The year overall will be down 15% or more. > Amazon scored. Continue reading
Music Bloggers Share Their Best Of 2007 Lists
Some of the 30 bloggers on the b5 media Music Channel shared their Top of 2007 lists today. Here’s a sample. OurDigitalMusic has a list of Top 10 Digital Music. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: More RIAA Insanity, Ringtone Market Shrinks & More
> THE RIAA FOLLIES: In a new lawsuit the RIAA call ripping purchased CD’s to your own hard drive an "unauthorized use". (Slashdot) Read the original Washington Post piece that. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review: Sales Down 21%, WMG MP3’s To Amazon, Jay-Z Leaves & More
This may have been a slow holiday week, but it didn’t stop a few major music industry stories from breaking… > Holiday music sales were down a whopping 21% from. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: 21% Holiday Sales Drop,
> Music sales during the holiday shopping season were down 21% from last year. From the week of Thanksgiving through the day before Christmas Eve, 83.9 million albums were sold,. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Radiohoead’s N.Y.’s Eve Surprise, No Surpise: P2P Use Up, Apple Soars & More
> Radiohead will ring in New Year’s Eve with an exclusive TV performance of "In Rainbows" on Current TV. The pre-recorded performance will include all of the tracks from "In. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Ticket Sales Slump, Virgin Closing Stores, True North Sold & More.
> Despite some major classic rock tours, the live concert industry experienced a 15% overall decline in 2007 sales. (Reuters) > Concert promoter Live Nation’s artist services division Artist Nation,. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Radiohead FLAC, Idolator On The Block & More
While others rest Hypebot just keeps on working… > The UK’s 7digital will be selling Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ as a high-quality FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) download starting December 31st.. Continue reading
Is RIAA Writing Its Own “News” For Local TV?
The RIAA announced that it has launched a holiday season anti-piracy campaign (press release) recently and now come unconfirmed reports that the RIAA is following the lead of corporate America. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review: Blog Award Winners, Ticketing Shift, Universal’s Toll Booth & More
> Hypebot announced the winners of its 2007 Best Music Blogs contest. > Concert giant Live Nation shared details of its plan to move its ticketing from Ticketmaster. > Warner. Continue reading
