Pandora Adds Genre Stations, Celebrates Birthday
(UPDATED) Happy Birthday To Pandora, Happy Birthday To… Okay, I'll Stop. Just when you thought that you already had 101 reasons why Pandora is pretty awesome, they've gone and added. Continue reading
Top Ten Government Mandates Needed To Save The Record & Music Industries From Ultimate Ruin
Whether or not you agree with U2 manager Paul McGuinness's analysis on how to save the music industry might be beside the point, but it does serve as an opening. Continue reading
MySpace Crawls Back, Adds F.A.N. & Threadbox.
MySpace added two components to its makeover toolkit yesterday with the purchase of social chat startup Threadbox and the integration of parent News Corp's Fox Audience Network (FAN). A major. Continue reading
List Of Top Creditors In Playlist Bankruptcy Filing
Major & Indie Labels Likely To Suffer Major Losses (UPDATED) Documents released as part of the recent bankruptcy filings by Playlist.com show that both major and indie labels are likely. Continue reading
Interview: Chris Vinson & David Dufresne, Founder/CTO & CEO Of Bandzoogle (Pt. 3)
(UPDATED) Kyle Bylin: This new economy for music won't be just about the music itself, but about music as art. From the perspective of urban studies theorist Richard Florida, "Music. Continue reading
Video: How Grooveshark Leverages Their Audience To Help Music Artists & Ted Cohen on the Napster
In this next set of footage from Bandwidth Conference, Hypebot corespondent Danny Dee talks to Grooveshark's Label Relations team: Aaron Ford and Jack DeYoung; they give some great insight to. Continue reading
More Music Biz News: BMI vs. DMX, EMI PreAmp, Grammy Deadlines, Playlist, Bandcamp & More
As expected, BMI will appeal the court ruling that allowed DMX to direct license music. The DMX direct-license agreements provided for a $25 annual per-location license fee for both BMI. Continue reading
Stevie Nicks Says ‘The Internet Has Destroyed Rock.’
If I had a dollar for every time some old, 'I-live-with-my-head-under-the-sand' rock artist said something stupid about the web… I would still be a tech-blogger… But I would also have. Continue reading
Brenden Mulligan’s Starting A Music Startup Series
This post is part of the Starting a Music Startup series by Brenden Mulligan, which focuses on building a company that creates online products for musicians. Mulligan founded ArtistData, which. Continue reading
This Week’s Top 10 iTunes Albums & Singles
for the week ending Aug. 23, 2010 Top 10 Singles 1. "Right Above It (feat. Drake)," Lil Wayne2. "Teenage Dream," Katy Perry3. "Dynamite," Taio Cruz4. "Love the Way You Lie,". Continue reading
Weezer Misleads Fans, Sells Out To Hurley International, & Has A Clothing Line On The Way
Ever wonder why Weezer called their latest album "Hurley" and slapped the face of some random character from the TV show Lost on the cover? A big inside joke or. Continue reading
