Why It Is Time To Make YouTube Look Less Like Spotify And More Like Pandora

By Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog  2014 has been a dramatic year for the music industry and may prove to be one of its most significant. The brief history. Continue reading

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Jack Conte Of Pomplamoose And Patreon Looks Back At 2014

Jack Conte, multi-instrumentialist of Pomplamoose and co-founder of Patreon joins us today to Hypebot.com's year end virtual panel. When asked about effect of ubiquitous music online and what the "Taylor Swift Debate" means for music. Continue reading

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Rdio Shares Top Charts of 2014, Unveils New Covers Project

Rdio revealed its Top Global & US Charts of 2014 and announced the return of Rdio Covers 2014 in which this years hit songs are covered by next year's projected. Continue reading

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Our Virtual Panel Looks Back on 2014 | Dmitri Vietze

Dmitri Vietze of Music and Technology PR Firm Rock Paper Scissors is up next on Hypebot.com's virtual panel. He shares his thoughts on the Taylor Swift rift with Spotify and the importance. Continue reading

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Our Virtual Panel Looks Back on 2014 | Simon Cole of 7digital

Up next in our 2014 Year End Virtual Panel, Simon Cole, CEO of 7digital chimes in on the current state of the music industry. Cole says "The switch to hi-res and. Continue reading

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2014: The Year Nothing In Music Broke, and Nothing Got Fixed

By Cortney Harding on This Week In Music Tech. This was the year of the treadmill. I mean that both for me personally (ever train for an ultra-marathon during a. Continue reading

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Music Publishing News Roundup 12.8.14: CMA Songwriters, Spotify, Psy Breaks YouTube

The CMA Songwriters series celebrated its 10th anniversary December 3rd at Joe’s Pub in NYC. The recurring event features key Nashville songwriters responsible for big hits performing and telling the stories. Continue reading

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Our Virtual Panel Looks Back At 2014: Cortney Harding of Muzooka

Cortney Harding, strategist at Muzooka and co-host of Hypebot.com's Upward Spiral Podcast will be kicking off the 2014 Hypebot.com Year End Virtual Panel. "Much like cab drivers love to whine. Continue reading

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Why Streaming (Done Right) Will Save the Music Business

By Jason Epstein and Rob Glaser, members of the board of directors of Rhapsody.  “There’s somethin’ happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear … ” — Stephen Stills When. Continue reading

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Could Half of Music Royalties Pay for Music We Would Rather Skip Over Than Listen To?

By David Touve of Rockonomic In this post I am going to highlight what may be one of the great ironies of how we pay for music in the “music as a. Continue reading

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Penises, Butts and Gossip: Why Modern Music Journalism Sucks

By Lueda Alia on Alueda.net My social media feeds are full of rants (and often snarky comments) from frustrated people in the entertainment industry. What worked so well for many years suddenly. Continue reading

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