Indie Labels Speak Out Against Negative Effects Of Major Labels On Record Store Day
Earlier this year I wrote about concerns related to major labels' getting into vinyl and sucking up more of the limited time of current vinyl pressing facilities. However that's just. Continue reading
Gramofon Adds Rhapsody and Napster
Sub-$50 music router and wifi hotspot Gramofon has announced that it will also stream Rhapsody and Napster in addition to Spotify. Backed by Fon, the creator of hugely popular free. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup April 18, 2014: Imagine Dragons, Prince, Round Hill & More
Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons will receive the David Starlight Award at this year’s Annual Induction and Awards Dinner for the Songwriters Hall of fame. His Grammy-winning band released their. Continue reading
Hypebot Is Back Online!
We apologize for the outage over the last 18 hours. Our platform provider Typepad was suffering from a denial of service (DOS). Everything seems to be fine now and. Continue reading
Apple To Integrate Shazam Song Recognition Into Siri, iOS 8
Apple is working with Shazam to integrate its popular song recognition technology into its Siri iPhone and iPand voice recognition system, according to Bloomberg. Cupertino's experimentation with Shazam comes as. Continue reading
Jacobs Media’s Techsurvey10 Finds Radio Occupying “Both Sides of the Digital Tipping Point”
Jacobs Media's latest survey of radio listeners, Techsurvey10, finds that "radio is on both sides of the tipping point." That sounds painful but, as it turns out, they're saying that. Continue reading
MusiXmatch Adds Lyrics To YouTube Music Videos
MusiXmatch has added lyrics to all sorts of places from Spotify to karaoke mics and now to YouTube music videos. This week the fully licensed lyrics company released an extension. Continue reading
Spotify Is Phasing Out P2P Streaming
Spotify is changing how it delivers music to users from peer to peer networks to streaming via its own dedicated servers. P2P delivery cut costs for the startup and delivered. Continue reading
The 5 Richest Hip Hop Artists [FORBES]
Forbes is out with its latest ranking of rich musicians. Diddy again leads a list of 5 Richest Hip Hop artists with his estimated fortune of $700 million, a jump. Continue reading
