Sirius Topped XM Subscriber Growth But Wall St. Punished Both
Sirius topped XM in subscriber growth for the 3rd quarter of this year gaining 441,101 net new listeners for a total of 5.1 million. Their target for the end of. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday October 5th, 2006
How Live Nation and the concert industry is making more while selling fewer tickets. It’s not just higher ticket prices. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Ludacris and Janet Jackson top the charts. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday October 4th, 2006
– A new album of Beatles music mixed by original producer George Martin and described as a new "way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan" will be released in. Continue reading
10 Easy Ways to Protest DRM
Today has been declared a "Day Against DRM" and here are 10 suggestions for easy protest from organizers Defective By Design: Email your friends and family, use our prepared text.. Continue reading
LA Times Podcasts Conversations With Legendary Critic Robert Hilburn
In a wonderful series of podcasts new LA Times pop music critic Ann Powers talks music and the music industry with her predecessor, the legendary Robert Hilburn. Episode 1: Ann. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday October 3rd, 2006
– Last weekend’s annual Farm Aid concert in NJ draws a positive review. (Billboard) Raises $1.5 million. (AP) – Listen to full length streams of new releases by Beck, Lindsey. Continue reading
This Week’s IndieStore Picks
UK based IndieStore (owned and operated by 7 Digital) offers a simple and inexpensive way for independent artists to make music available for download, connect with fans and keep most. Continue reading
The New Rules Of New Marketing
No amount of money, pressure, cleverness, ‘viralness’, advertising, MySpace pandering, p.r., community building, or ‘story’ telling, etc. can save a crappy product. People don’t give a flying snake. No matter. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday October 2nd, 2006
– One analyst sees only moderate success for Zune and predicts Microsoft will loose $50 per player sold. (AP) – This year’s Farm Aid concert aims to educate about good. Continue reading
Zune Update: Oops The Press Release Was Wrong!
We opened the Hypebot inbox this morning to find this note from Microsoft Zune central that read simply: Slight error in the release we sent this morning. FM Tuner –. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday September 29th, 2006
"…the management team hired a guy from Vegas to teach us choreography. We were to wear suits with velvet collars and do dance steps. We didn’t go along with it,. Continue reading
