REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this journey back through a full week of music industry news we revisit ReverbNation's acquisition of Audiokite, the spike in streams of 'Go Cubs Go', a full list of CMA. Continue reading

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REQUIRED READING: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most well read articles on Hypebot from the past week included an explanation of why no one is listening to your music, hard rock's strong showing on streaming services,. Continue reading

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Neil Young Catalog Returns To Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, Deezer, Others

[UPDATE 2] Neil Young has been one of the most vocal critics of music streaming, primarily because of audio quality. In April of 2015, he pulled all of his catalog. Continue reading

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One Chart Which Tells The Music Business Story

This article looks at an exceedingly revealing chart from Fortune detailing the revenue generated by the recorded music industry within the past forty plus years, including all of highs and. Continue reading

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YouTube Red Has Just 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers [Report]

It's not easy to get people to pay for something that they are used to using for free. That's the man takeaway from a new report that YouTube's paid service. Continue reading

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Apple To Lower The Price Of Apple Music, Claims Dubious Report

Apple is planning to lower the price of Apple Music, a source has reportedly told Digital Music News. The story doesn't add up, given what is known about Apple's deals. Continue reading

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Spotify App Control Of Sonos Launches In Public Beta

One of the most requested additions of Sonos users – the ability to control Sonos wireless speakers directly from the Spotify app using the music streamer's Connect feature  - is. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most popular from the past week of news from the music industry included the pushing out of Maria Pallante from the Copyright Office, a look at how Spotify could. Continue reading

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Have An Opinion? A Great Idea? MusicThinktank Wants You!

As many regular Hypebot readers know, we also publishes MusicThinkTank, the site dubbed "Where The Music Industry Goes To Think." Entirely crowdsourced, the MusicThinkTank community is both lively and supportive,. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEF: Apple’s Music Profits Up • Pandora Stumbles • MP3tunes Lawsuit Resurrected • More

WEDNESDAY 10.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  Music was a bright spot for Apple even as Pandora users fell slightly.  Updated continuously under our More News tab

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