Introducing The Merchbar Hot Music Merch Chart

As income from music sales slides, the importance of revenue from touring and merchandise increases. So today, we're debuting The Merchbar Hot Merch Chart on Hypebot. Merchbar pulls together music merchandise. Continue reading

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THU. NEWS BRIEF: YouTube Adds Music Analytics • Stingray IPO Soars • Beats Speaker Recall • TuneCore + TapInfluence • More

Thursday 6.4.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Rhapsody, BandPage Partner For More Personalized Streaming, Direct To Fan Commerce

From its humble start as a Facebook enhancement app, BandPage has promoted itself as an artist marketing and monetization tool. Over the last year, thanks to a much evolved offering. Continue reading

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5 Ways to Kill Your Band’s Motivation

Nobody said being an independent band would be easy. And if someone did, they totally lied to you. The DIY route is as arduous as its name implies. All of. Continue reading

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50 Cent Trashes Jay Z’s TIDAL [VIDEO]

 "The people that you saw there don't even own the rights to their music. So they can't say it's just going to come out on Tidal…Why would you buy Tidal. Continue reading

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TUE. NEWS BRIEF: Apple Music Rumors • YouTube Music Key Delays • Soundcloud Contract Leak • More

Tuesday 6.2.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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We’ve Got New Music Seminar Discount Codes!

We're proud to be be sponsoring The Hypebot Sessions at this year's New Music Seminar next month in New York City. It will be a full day of actionable information for. Continue reading

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Social Media Phenom Jacob Whitesides Launches BMG Imprint

[UPDATED] YouTube, Vine and other social media outlets are providing a pathway devoid of the usual gatekeepers for musicians to build an audience.  But despite their self-created success, many of. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

The Hypebot Sessions at this year's New Music Seminar, the power of cookies (digital not baked), new Spotify stats from Zoe Keating, net trends, music supervision and more all made headlines this week.

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Announcing The Hypebot Sessions @ New Music Seminar 2015

We've always been selective about partnerships, but this one is a perfect fit. We're teaming up with the New  Music Seminar to produce The Hypebot Sessions as the kickoff to. Continue reading

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4 Top Internet Trends That Will Impact Musicians

Mary Meeker presented her 2015 Internet Trends report at the Code Conference in Cali and it’s filled with key information for artists. You can read the whole thing here but below I’ve. Continue reading

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