Elvis on Ed Sullivan Revisited

Music on TV has always been a powerful combination. But seldom has a performers appearances on a single TV show had more impact than Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show. . Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday December 22nd, 2006

>>> Sony BMG to pay another $4.25 million to settle DRM/rootkit lawsuit with another 39 states. (ZDNet) >>> University of Edinburgh researchers are developing a "personal DJ" which would offer. Continue reading

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7digital.com Survey Highlights Consumers’ Transition To Digital Media Consumption

  A survey conducted by the UK’s 7digital.com finds that almost two thirds of consumers want a separate mobile and music player contrary to industry opinion.The survey of 1,489 UK. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday December 21st, 2006

>>> MTV has launched "Bananas," a branded mobile content subscription service. It is a cross-carrier, direct-to-consumer offering that features exclusive content from MTV, MTV2 and mtvU including material from hit. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday December 20th, 2006

>>> In a synergistic match-up new music social networking site iLike grabs $13.5 million from Ticketmaster who will sell tickets to the site’s devotees. (VentureBeat) >>> Sony BMG to pay. Continue reading

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More On Chinese Music Crackdown

If you’ve been following our coverage on the recent crackdown by The Chinese Ministry Of Culture on music downloads and foreign music companies operating in China (and if not you. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday December 19th, 2006

>>> Don’t miss the story we broke exclusively yesterday on Amazon opening up an mp3 only download store with variable pricing. (here) >>> Atlantic Records has created a beautiful online. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday December 18th, 2006

>>> An overview of current and future cell phone music and lifestyle apps. (Reuters) >>> I enjoyed this customizable holiday e-card from EMI. (here) Who knew I liked Dean Martin?. Continue reading

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Bill Gates Hates DRM

From TechCrunch" (Bill) Gates said that no one is satisfied with the current state of DRM, which “causes too much pain for legitmate buyers” while trying to distinguish between legal. Continue reading

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Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday December 15th, 2006

>>> A top representative of Russian allofmp3.com is in the U.S. talking to rights holders about the download site offering paid content. >>> Indie distributor ADA had to throw their. Continue reading

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Leading Chinese Download Site Top100.cn Responds To Government Crackdown

EXCLUSIVE:  In a statement issued exclusively to Hypebot, Gary Chen the CEO of leading Chinese download service Top100.cn responded optimistically to new censorship rules imposed by the Ministry Of Culture. . Continue reading

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