New Music Business Briefing: Sonos Gets Sirius, Foxy Jumps To Koch, & More
>>> Sonos Digital Music has integrated 80 Sirius streams into its home player offerings. (press release) >>> Foxy Brown has exited Def Jam and signed with indie KOCH. (Billboard) We. Continue reading
Wall St Punishes Getty For Entry Into Music
Getty Images who just recently entered the music space with the purchases of online licenser Pump Audio ($42 million) and music site Paper Thin Walls ($850K) has seen its stock. Continue reading
allofmp3 Beats The Wrap
The former owner of notorious Russian music download site allofmp3.com was acquitted on intellectual piracy charges today in Moscow. (more) But the music industry is still winning the war on. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Live Nation’s New Ticket Moves, Crowley Upped At Koch, Lennon On iTunes & Much More.
>>> LIve Nation now offers fans a widget and other web tools to find concerts and buy tickets directly from personal web pages. (press release, widgets) Is this part of. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: “But Daddy’s A Pirate…”, Universal Watermarking & Much More
>>> A new EU survey shows that while they know its illegal, young people had a plethora of ready excuses for illegal downloading including "everyone is doing it…even my parents". . Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Edison Invests In Sonicbids, Universal Grabs V2, WMG Pets Bulldog & More
>>> The Edison Venture Fund has made a substantial investment in popular online press kit service Sonicbids. >>> Universal’s buying spree continues with the purchase of V2 from Morgan Stanley.. Continue reading
How Rhapsody Will Handle DRM-Free
As announced last week, starting on 8/21 Rhapsody will sell select 256kps tracks from Universal at the same price as protected files—89 cents per song for Rhapsody subscribers and 99. Continue reading
Mercury Records Seeks Interns
Hypebot publishes all music industry related jobs and internships free. Please email your listings. Mercury Records is currently seeking A&R interns for the upcoming Fall 2007 semester. We are looking. Continue reading