Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday September 27th, 2006
– WMG’s Edgar Bronfman is calling on EMI investors to convince them that a hook-up with WMG makes sense despite recent European Union signals that any merger might not get. Continue reading
Fader To Publish Japanese Edition
FADER music magazine today announced the launch of FADER Japan. This comes on the heels of the announcement that the FADER was the first magazine to be made available in. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday September 26th, 2006
With this installment of our daily briefing we’re replacing the term "New Music Industry" with "New Music Business" in the title. In the new paradigm which we’re writing so much. Continue reading
SoundExchange Holding Royalties For Hard To Find Artists…Like Tone-Loc and T. Bone Burnett
And those artists are just in the "T’s"… SoundExchange collects royalties from performances in digital media like online and satellite radio stations. Kind of a BMI or ASCAP for digital. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday September 25th, 2006
Neil Young is set release the first in his Archived Performance Series on Nov. 14 vie Reprise with Young and Crazy Horse "Live At The Filmore East 1970". The disc. Continue reading
Former Clash Manager Says Music Industry Must Change Or Die.
"Rapid, consistent and complex change has enveloped the global music industry…the era of mass markets turning into an era of masses of niche markets is very real and exciting, with. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday September 22nd, 2006
– Online digital music royalty tracking service Royalty Share grabs top honors at the Popkomm Innovation In Music & Entertainment Awards. (press release), The huge European music convention is now. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday September 8th, 2006
– Forging ahead of the majors again, indie digital distributor The Orchard has cut a deal with China’s leading digital distributor top100.cn. (Read the details in a press release after. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday September 20th, 2006
– A first look at Microsoft’s YouTube competitor Soapbox. (cNet) – Sony Ericsson will launch a new service on its cells that would allow full song downloads call M-Buzz that. Continue reading
Napster’s For Sale. Will Anyone Care?
Does this come as a surprise? With all of the existing and soon to be launched competition from both paid and ad supported services, what could Napster who has been. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday September 19th, 2006
– New surveys show that only 5% of the tunes on most iPods come from iTunes (Inquirer) – USAToday took a good look at how the music industry is changing. Continue reading
