Ticketing News: SFXE Acquires Flavorus, Eventbrite Valued At $1 Billion, Brown Paper Tickets Innovates
SFX Entertainment's newest acquisition is ticketing company Flavorus which serves important EDM events among a variety of clients. Eventbrite recently raised a $60 million surprise round that valued the company. Continue reading
Exposing The Voice’s Humiliating Contracts
"American Idol" has long been noted for its restrictive contracts controlling the careers of winners. The details have shifted over the years and "American Idol" is not unique in that. Continue reading
Complete List of ‘Music Things’ From #SXSW 2014 Trade Show
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. SXSW is a massive, massive event, but the SXSW Interactive trade show is quite manageable, especially compared to CES. As such, we were able. Continue reading
What Is An API? [VIDEO]
We write a lot about APIs, but not every Hypebot reader really knows what one is. Spotify bought The Echo Nest, in large part, for theirs. Beats just proudly opened. Continue reading
Jimi Hendrix Stamp Dedicated At SXSW Hendrix Celebration Concert
The US Postal Service introduced a Jimi Hendrix Forever stamp at SXSW last week which will be followed later this year by a Janis Joplin stamp. They're both part of. Continue reading
Pono CEO Says He’ll Still Enjoy Spotify and Sonos
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Neil Young has been recording his music in the high-resolution music format that the PonoMusic store will sell for quite some time, according to. Continue reading
U.S. Streaming Music Grows To $1.43 Billion, Says RIAA
According to stats announced by the RIAA today, U.S. streaming music services revenue grew to $1.43 billion in 2013. Digital royalties paid by digital performance rights organization SoundExchange, which come from both subscription. Continue reading
UBC Confirms 7 Digital Acquisition, $57 Million In New AudioBoo Financing
UK based UBC Media has confirmed a deal to acquire digital music services provider 7 Digital. The deal is a reverse takeover that, if consummated, would give privately held 7. Continue reading
William Morris Endeavor’s Marc Geiger Joins Impressive Audiam Investor List
Marc Geiger, the head of William Morris Endeavor's music department, has made a personal investment in Audiam. No details of the size of his investment were released. Audium, the YouTube monetization. Continue reading
