BandPage CEO J Sider On The State Of The New Music Industry

Op-Ed by J Sider, the founder & CEO of BandPage, a leading service for musicians to engage their fans across the web. He's been named to Billboard and Forbes’ 30 Under. Continue reading

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How To Gift $20,000,000 In Music

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If you pay by the month for music, your kith and kin might call you crazy behind your back. Isn’t that stuff free? On. Continue reading

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No Beats or YouTube Streaming In 2013, Spotify Plans Big Announcement 12/11

UPDATED: There will be no Christmas surprise launch of Beats Music or a YouTube streaming music service, sources tell Hypebot. (Ian Rogers just announced that Beats Music will launch in. Continue reading

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Rdio Names Former Amazon Exec Anthony Bay As New CEO

Two weeks after a major round of layoffs, music streamer Rdio has named Anthony Bay as its new CEO. He succeeds Drew Larner, who will become Vice-Chair of the company's Board. Continue reading

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What Do The Streaming Layoffs Mean? [PODCAST]

Last week TechCrunch reported that a huge percentage of Rdio staff were laid off. Months earlier, Slacker and Rhapsody also laid off staff. This trend begs several larger questions: Are. Continue reading

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Rhapsody Losses Grow To $5.6M Last Quarter, Product Innovation ‘Coming Soon’

Financial losses continue to mount at music subscription service Rhapsody, despite a major management shakeup and shedding 15% of its workforce in September.  The details were disclosed in a regulatory filing. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Chart Hacked, US Streaming vs Sweden, Rdio App Upgrade, Red Bull Music To Tokyo,

WEDNESDAY 11.6.2013More Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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LiveNation Partners with BandPage For Artist Profiles

Live Nation has partnered with BandPage to add artist profiles on LiveNation.com. The match follows similar BandPage Connect API integrations with VEVO, Xbox Music and Rhapsody. BandPage's 500,000 artist profiles will. Continue reading

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Value Added Streaming

There are countless avenues to access music but there's no question on demand streaming has developed a respectable monopoly on music discovery. Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody and many others draw in. Continue reading

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Rhapsody Partners with Best Buy For Free Premier Membership

Unlike Spotify, Rdio and most streaming music providers who attract paying customers with extensive and almost unlimited free services, Rhapsody offers only a 30 day free trial. Today, Rhapsody expanded. Continue reading

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