Rdio 2013: Cover Tracks, Top Global Releases and 2014 Artists To Watch

Rdio released its top tracks and albums of 2013 today along with some special features. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took both Top Global Album and Track with "The Heist" and. Continue reading

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The Week In Music Commentary

Kevin Spacey On Stopping Piracy: Give The Fans What They Want Why Jay-Z Premiered His "Holy Grail" Video On Facebook Upward Spiral Podcast #29: Fractured: The State Of The Online. Continue reading

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Why Jay-Z Premiered His “Holy Grail” Video On Facebook

By Corentin Villemeur, head of digital for 50 Cent and G-Unit Records, co-founder of Thisis50.com. “Men lie, women lie, Numbers don’t”  Jay Z, 2009 Ever since the announcement of the. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Google Music In Verizon Talks, Samsung -$1B, Black Flag Lawsuit, Jay Z’s Art Film & More

MONDAY 8.5.2013  Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot’s More News Tab Above

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Jay-Z’s Dropped Hyphen Takes To Craigslist In Search Of New Job

The rapper/entrepeneur formerly known as Jay-Z officially dropped the hyphen in his name last week. There's no word on what motivated the move, but we have now learned that the. Continue reading

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“Summer Of Hip Hop” Continues On This Week’s Sales Charts

“The ‘Summer of Hip-Hop’ continues this week with the newly hyphen-less Jay Z topping the charts for a second straight week with Magna Carta… Holy Grail," writes NARM President Jim Donio,. Continue reading

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Jay-Z Takes To Twitter For 5 Hours: The Highlights

Jay-Z took to Twitter last night for five hours. After a high profile week of album release and Sansung app blowback, he seemed ready to set the record straight. And. Continue reading

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Holy Magna Carta, Jay-Z! Samsung Album App Crashes, Gets Leaked, Hacked and Way Too Personal

Jay-Z's exclusive app release has gotten a lot of news as a marketing move. As an actual app it hasn't fared as well. The overreaching app permissions have been widely. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Arrives, Sub Pop Turns 25, Pirate Radio In NYC, R.I.P. Jim Nader & More

FRIDAY 7.05.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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Thanks To Jay-Z, RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards Join The Digital Age

Crawling a little further into the digital age, the RIAA has just updated the rules for Gold and Platinum Awards. Sales of digital albums will now be eligible for certification on their release and. Continue reading

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