MTV President Sean Atkins To Exit After One Year [Full Text Of His Email To Viacom Staff]

Sean Atkins has been the president of MTV for just a year, and during his tenure the network has veered back towards it musical base. But in the last 9 weeks. Continue reading

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A Streaming Service’s Metamorphosis: Radical.FM Founder Shares His Startup Journey

In this piece traveler and music business entrepreneur Tom McAlevey walks us the through the development of his music streaming startup Radical.FM and how the service has evolved over time to. Continue reading

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The Album Release Re-Imagined In A Time Of Atomic Consumption

Music-tech writer Cherie Hu examines how the music industry can alter its current ways and restructure its marketing strategy by tapping in the atomic consumption habits of today's media users.

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Spotify’s Original Content, Shazam Gets a Gameshow, Frank Ocean is Just Cruel and More – Liv Buli’s Weekend Reading List

Just back from vacation,  Liv Buli, the Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound  shares what she's paying attention to, as she parses data while taking the cultural temperature. Liv often sees what matters before. Continue reading

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

In Hypebot's most popular articles this week, we looked at Rhapsody users' rebellion over the Napster switch, Twitter's simplification of the account verification process, the explosion of Pokemon music on. Continue reading

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Did Kanye West Help Make Taylor Swift Famous? Pandora Dives Into The Data

As the battle between Taylor Swift and Kanye West continues, the rapper continues to maintain that he made her “Famous.”  Pandora dug into their data to analyze the way their. Continue reading

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Kim Kardashian Uses Snapchat To Discredit Taylor Swift, She Responds On Instagram [VIDEO]

The ongoing war of words between Taylor Swift, Kim Karsashian and her husband Kayne West would usually not be worth paying attention to. But it unfolded entirely on two fairly. Continue reading

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Kayne West “Famous” Video Is Now On YouTube Uncensored – 2.5M Views In 48 Hours [WATCH]

The controversial official video for Kayne West's "Famous" is now on YouTube via Vevo, after a one week exclusive on Tidal. The video, which may lead to lawsuits from celebrities. Continue reading

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How The Share Button Is Ruining Social Media

If you’re anything like me, your social feeds are a mess right now. A quick sample of mine: festival flyers, ads for a CRM system, open letters to Donald Trump,. Continue reading

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Clickbait Genius: Kayne West Debuts Star Fueled “Famous” Video

Kayne West has called his marriage to Kim Kardashian live performance art, and indeed that could be said about his entire career and life.  his latest piece of social media. Continue reading

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