Tango Launches Channels With Spotify, Vevo, 8tracks and OK Go Among Launch Partners [Updated}
Tango continues to expand the marketing possibilities on its highly popular messaging app. In April they added a news feed which opened up some marketing options. Yesterday they launched Tango. Continue reading
How To Run Your Own Social Network: Backplane Opens Lady Gaga’s Platform To All
Though sometimes described in such forms as "Lady Gaga's Backplane," the social networking company is actually an independent entity and Lady Gaga is an investor and shining star. Backplane gradually. Continue reading
7 Tips For Marketing Your Music On Streaming Services
We're in a weird transitional period in relationship to streaming music services. It's hard to know which service will survive and whether or not focusing on streaming alternatives to Spotify. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Music Industry Jobs Board: MTV and Family Artists
New on the Hypebot Jobs Board are two at MTV – an application engineer (Java developer) and a project manager both within the MTV Artists program. LA-based music management firm Family Artists is also looking. Continue reading
2nd Cassette Store Day Announced, Burger Records To Coordinate U.S. Events
Apparently last year's Cassette Store Day events were considered a big enough success to stage it again. Scheduled for September 27th, Burger Records will coordinate activities in the U.S. while. Continue reading
Making Music Xray Work For You
By Andrew Apanov of Dotted Music and We Spin, a marketing education platform for musicians. For a Hypebot readers discount on We Spin’s program, please see the end of the. Continue reading
REWIND TO 2005: “New Stats Show Legal Downloads Growing”
The first in a new ongoing series that looks back at a decade of Hypebot posts covering the news and opinions that shaped the music industry. From July 26,. Continue reading
Gracenote’s Rhythm Adds Filesharing Data and Social Media Sentiment Via Musicmetric
Gracenote continues to build its Rhythm platform for music streaming services with the addition of global fan data from Musicmetric. Earlier this year Gracenote announced a social media and trending. Continue reading
Case Study Of A Background Singer’s Financials: Mailbox Money and Union Support
Future of Music Coalition (FMC) adds another case study to its ongoing Artist Revenue Streams project. The study looks at the financials of a background vocalist based on "income from. Continue reading
