MySpace vs. YouTube
YouTube may be getting all of the hype but MySpace is winning the race. According to Hitwise for the week ending July 29 MySpace got a 4.73% market share of. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday August 2nd, 2006
– RoyaltyShare aims to help labels and artists collect royalties over the dizzying array of digital platforms and takes only 1.5%. – USA-Today will publish a weekly page of Mediabase. Continue reading
EMI Appoints Universal’s Billy Wragg To Head Digital
Barney Wragg has been appointed head of digital for EMI Music worldwide. Wragg was formerly senior vice president for Universal Music Group’s digital division, eLabs. In his five years at. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Tuesday August 1st, 2006
– Barney Wragg has left Universal to head EMI’s digital efforts in the post recently vacated by Ted Cohen. (See above for full story) – The Allman Brothers and Cheap. Continue reading
Free MP3: “God Save The Internet” by The Broadband
"God Save The Internet" by The Broadband,an amusing take on the serious issue of net neutrality, is available as a free download. The Broadband is Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday July 31th, 2006
– The Rolling Stones are offering short segments of sound board feeds via phone (cell or otherwise) live as the concert happens via Listen Live Now. Can $1.99 for seven. Continue reading
EMI Links With Mashboxx P2P
EMI has signed a deal with Mashboxx to distribute it’s entire US catalog via legal P2P. Sony BMG also cut a deal with the service in late June. Mashboxx searches. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday July 28th, 2006
– Microsoft’s Zune could take three to five years of investment before paying off a company executive said today. But the spending is worth it because it will help Microsoft’s. Continue reading
EMI Pulls WMG Bid
From a morning press release: The Board of EMI Group plc (EMI) provides an update on its position regarding its proposal to acquire Warner Music Group Corp. (Warner Music) following. Continue reading
KaZaa Settles For $100M. Industry Reacts.
The music industry has reached a legal settlement with KaZaa. The P2P will pay Universal Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music more than $100 million and immediately stop illegal activity.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday July 27th, 2006
UPDATED – – At least for now, EMI is reportedly ending any efforts to aquire WMG. – Music sales including CD’s and downloads are down 5% over this week last. Continue reading
