This Week’s Music Industry Hits & Misses
HITS – The MTV URGE/Windows Media 11 combo. Urge has a nice layout and deep content, but it is far from earth shattering. And yes Microsoft is too pervasive and. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Friday May 19, 2006
– Universal Music Group’s parent Vivendi announced that the music division, the world largest music company, more than doubled their profit for the first quarter of the year to $115. Continue reading
Advocacy Group Accuses RIAA Of Reversing Course With XM Lawsuit
In the wake of the RIAA and major labels suing XM over it’s INNO player which downloads and saves XM’s streams and other RIAA lawsuits, consumer advocacy group the Home. Continue reading
URGE Reviews – Update
Under the headline "Urge, Microsoft and MTV’s Download Service, Leaves Much to Be Desired" LA Times Technopolis columnist David Colker writes: "…can Urge be the salvation for the subscription model?. Continue reading
AOL Launches YouTube Clone UnCut But Who Owns The Right To Your Video?
AOL has launched UnCut, it’s own verison of video site YouTube that has similar potential for music promotion. But some are questioning a few lines buried in the user agreement. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday May 17, 2006
– Leaders in music, technology, and law will meet in Montreal from October 5-7, 2006 for the Future of Music Summit. Participants will discuss issues facing musicians and the music. Continue reading
URGE Reviews & Comments
"Despite some glitches, MTV Urge is one of the best subscription music services we’ve seen to date. If taking your choice of millions of songs with you anywhere sounds appealing,. Continue reading
Urge Is Open For Business – A First Look
Today marks the launch of Microsoft and MTV’s URGE music download and subscription service and MTV is promising some special content and surprises. Check it out and let Hypebot know. Continue reading
Worth Quoting
"most people I talk to already giving this one a thumbs down. It has all the evilness minus the cool part." – Hypebot reader squashed on Microsoft & MTV’s URGE. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday May 17, 2006
– On Tuesday the recording industry sued XM Satellite Radio alleging that its Inno device that can store music infringes on copyrights and turns a passive radio experience into a. Continue reading