Spotify Adds 1 Million UK Users, Poised To Ovetake iTunes Across Europe
Spotify added 1 million active users in the UK in the last four months and is poised to overtake iTunes across Europe, according the music streamers head of label relations in. Continue reading
OpEd On Bad Band Behavior: Why Do Rich Kids & Successful Bands Ripoff Other Artists?
Two recent incidents by poorly behaving bands remind us that just because someone has found success doesn't mean that they're the kind of people one should support. I imagine most. Continue reading
ATO, Glassnote, Matador Top U.S. Indie Label & Artist Libby Awards Nominations 2014
Independent music trade group A2IM today announced the nominees for their 3rd Annual Libera Awards , to be held on June 19th at NYC's Highline Ballroom, closing out the 9th annual. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 4.25.14: ASCAP Pop Awards, “I Create Music” Expo, Record Store Day & More
The 31st annual ASCAP Pop Awards were held Wednesday, April 23rd at The Loews Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. This event honored the songwriters and publishers behind this year’s most. Continue reading
Spotify, Bella Union, Virgin EMI, Kobalt, Sony/ATV Among 2014 Music Week Award Winners
UK music trade Music Week handed out its 2014 Awards last night in in London with Virgin EMI, Domino, SJM Concerts, Atlantic Records and Sony Music amongst the winners. Columbia. Continue reading
Pandora Stock Falls After Earnings Report
UPDATE: Panodra stock had not recovered by mid-morning on Friday See Pandora's latest price along with other music related stocks on Hypebot's stock ticker in the lower right column below. . Continue reading
Spotify Pulls Vulpeck’s Silent “Sleepify”Album, Band Issues Response
Spotify has deleted indie band Vulpeck's silent "Sleepify" album for violating its terms of service. The release, which contained no sound at all, would have reportedly netted the band $20,000. Continue reading
One New Stat From Apple Shows Why iTunes Is [Almost] Unbeatable
Included in yesterday's report by Apple to investors and analysts was a single stat that reinforces why iTunes still controls so much of the digital music market. Apple has nearly. Continue reading
Record Store Day 2014’s Outstanding Indie Shop Sales Revealed By New Stats Company
BuzzAngle Music is a new analytics company. Earlier this week, while Hypebot was down from an almost week-long DDOS attack on Typepad, they announced the first daily stats from Record. Continue reading
