Believe It Or Not, The Music Industry Is Growing
Chris Anderson has compiled stats showing that, if declines in CD sales are set aside, every other aspect of the music industry is growing. Concerts and merchandise +4% Digital tracks. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Majors Add USB, AT&T Overprices Napster Tracks, Bands Broken Via MySpace & More
>>> Universal, WMG and EMI will sell music on USB flash drives. For now their singles plus bonus content for $10. (Engadget) Interesting idea, but lousy pricing vs. value delivered.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Week In Review
>>> iTunes dropped the price of DRM free downloads from $1.29 to 99 cents and says its adding more DRM free indies. >>> Strong sales at the new Amazon MP3. Continue reading
Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Bookstore
Check out our new Music 2.0 Resources section. For now its an Amazon powered book and DVD store with our picks to help you navigate your way through this rapidly. Continue reading
Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Spam MP3’s, Canada In Piracy Crosshairs, Radiohear To Tour & Much More
>>> MP3’s have become the latest vehicle for spammers via P2P and your in box. (PC) Beware, particularly for those of us who regularly receive unsolicited mp3’s. >>> Congressional piracy. Continue reading
Is Amazon MP3 Store Already #2? Plus Affiliate Program Trumps iTunes.
Just weeks after launch, a number of labels are saying privately that they believe Amazon has jumped to #3 in download sales for their releases. eMusic and iTunes hold the. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Apple Opens To 3rd Parties, Amazon Trumps iTunes & Much More
>>> We proudly participated in hugely successful Blog Action Day 2007 alongside 20,603 other bloggers. Our little check for the one day income from all our blogs plus a personal. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Yahoo! Rejects Music Subscription, Artist Nation, Pirate Bay & More
>>> From yesterday’s Yahoo! earnings call from CEO Jerry Jeng: "…we have de-emphasized our focus around subscription music in favor of advertising supported music". (transcript) We’re not sure what that. Continue reading
iTunes Plus To Drop DRM Free Price And Add Indies
As early as this week iTunes Plus is expected to drop the price of all DRM free tracks to 99 cents from the current $1.29. Also on tap is the. Continue reading
