As WinAmp Goes Offline, Spotify Releases Spotiamp In It’s Honor: “Long live the Llama”

Today is the day that AOL shutters Winamp, one of the oldest and most important pieces of software in the history of digital music.  To "honour the engineering skill and passion. Continue reading

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7 Decades, 7 Musical Evolutions

From the Echo Nest Blog. Humankind has had music for as far back as we’re able to define ourselves as such. Some of that music has always been favored by. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Refreshes Desktop + Apps, PBay To Guyana, Gracenote For Sale, The Voice & More

WEDNESDAY 12.18.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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TUES. NEWS BRIEF: Unreleased Beatles, Facebook Adds ‘Donate’, Soundrop, 7Digital + HMV & More

TUESDAY 12.17.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

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

5 Tips For Maintaining Your Sanity While Building Your Music Career Spotify For Artists Update: Merch Examples, How To Post Tour Dates Why Current Facebook Changes Are Bad News For. Continue reading

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Why You Won’t See Beats Music, Pono or YouTube Music Till Next Year

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. It’s one thing to see what on-demand music services and stores Spotify, Rdio, Amazon, iTunes, and the rest are doing to help people collect. Continue reading

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Spotify Expands Free Service To Mobile with New Features, Nabs Led Zeppelin Exclusive

The rumor mill got it right this time. Spotify has expanded its free music service to mobile devices in all countries.  In an innovation that I've not seen on other. Continue reading

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Rdio Launched In 20 More Countries Today

Spotify may have a big announcement scheduled for later today, but Rdio started Wednesday with a surprise of its own. Just days after naming a new CEO and major layoffs,. Continue reading

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Live Coverage Of Spotify Event @ 10AM ET Wednesday, Led Zeppelin Exclusive Expected

UPDATE 2: Read full coverage of the event here. Spotify is promising a big announcement today, Wednesday Decemmber 11th at 10 AM ET; and Hypebot will be covering it live.. Continue reading

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A Look At The Numbers Behind Spotify Payouts

By Jason Epstein from SoundCtrl. Recently, music streaming service Spotify released data revealing that each song play nets rights holders somewhere between $0.006 and $0.0084. Yep, a fraction of a. Continue reading

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bop.fm Partners With Deezer

bop.fm has added Deezer to the list of partners connected to its multi-platform music streaming app. In addition to Spotify, Rdio, YouTube, and SoundCloud, bop.fm now adds 30 million Deezer. Continue reading

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