Breaking Bad Was Very, Very Good For Badfinger’s “Baby Blue”

Badfinger's "Baby Blue" digital song sales jumped +2981% over last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.  In the last few hours of Sunday night, the song was purchased 5300 times, compared. Continue reading

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Rdio Launches Free Mobile Streaming in US, Canada, Australia powered by The Echo Nest

[UPDATE 2]  Rdio has launched a free music streaming in the U.S., Canada and Australia today. Called Stations, the free streams will be based on the user's favorite genres, artists,. Continue reading

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Portable Music and The State Of Music Apps in 2013 (Berlin Music Week Slideshow)

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm.  A few weeks ago, I gave a half-hour presentation on the state of music apps at Berlin Music Week, before interviewing some prominent app. Continue reading

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BandPage Expands Fan VIP Experiences With Rhapsody Partnership

BandPage today announced a partnership with Rhapsody that expands the reach of it's fan VIP Bandpage Experiences offering. Rhapsody will now send targeted notifications,with links to purchase BandPage Experiences directly. Continue reading

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Rhapsody Sheds 15% Of Staff, Top Execs As New Investor Takes Over

(UPDATED) With the arrival of a new investor, music subscription service Rhapsody has let go of 30 employees, 15% of total staff.  President John Irwin is exiting that post but. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: MTV EU Nominations, Rough Trade Adds NYC Store, EchoNest To Japan, Moodsnap, Fanbridge & More

TUESDAY 9.17.2013  Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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The Artist Side of Internet Radio and Audio

As an artist in today's industry, it is a never-ending battle to get your music heard. If you spend time making and producing music you love you want to get. Continue reading

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On Curating A Cure: The Impact Of Music Programming On Subscription Music

A guest post by Jon Maples, Vice President of Product-Content for Rhapsody. It used to be you seldom heard about "curation" outside of a museum or art history class, but these. Continue reading

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Browse Upcoming Shows With Rhapsody Concerts App

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify encourages third-party developers to build desktop apps on its platform, but Rhapsody has a different vision: to craft its own Rhapsody-powered apps beyond. Continue reading

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Almost 50% Of Rhapsody Listening Is Mobile, Even Before Full Facebook Integration

Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spotify might get more of the press these days, but the veteran Rhapsody recently broke the one-million-subscribers mark, due in part to. Continue reading

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