Pandora Ends Free Listening Limits, Launches New HTML5 Player
Perhaps as a reaction to increased "free music" competition from iHeartRadio to Spotify or perhaps to offer advertisers the biggest possible audience, Pandora has eliminated it's 40 hour free listening. Continue reading
1 Day Before Facebook Music Launch, Here’s How Big Impact It Can Have [STATS]
The day before Facebook Music launches at F8 (Hypebot will have special coverage), there has been an overwhelming amount of speculation about just how big an impact it will have. Continue reading
Google+ Opens To All Users. Join The Hypebot Google+ Circle
Yesterday, Google dropped the requirement that you receive an invite to join its new social network Google+. As you might guess, activity on Google+ jumped which for me meant its. Continue reading
Viacom Sues Former Shareholders Of Rock Band Creators Harmonix Demanding $130 Million
In late December of 2010, former shareholders of Harmonix Music Systems, creators of the Rock Band music game, sued Viacom for what they claimed were attempts to sneak out of. Continue reading
AM NEWS: Facebook Music, Vimeo Adds Tunes, MusiXMatch, Grooveshark, Glam Buys Ning & More
A day before Facebook'S Music announcement, we share some impressive stats that point to just how big an impact the launch can have on music. (stats) And Facebook is making big. Continue reading
Spotify Offers Additional Response To Independent Label Defections
After receiving so many strongly negative comments to yesterday's response from Spotify regarding several indie labels leaving the streaming music service, and today's news that a third had exited, I. Continue reading
YouNow.com Mixes Live Web Performance With Instant Death
YouNow.com presented last week at TechCrunch Disrupt and received a warm welcome though I have to wonder if the deluge of startup conferences that week undermined the amount of publicity. Continue reading
Do You Have To Choose Between Being An Internet Star And A Radio Star?
Earlier, Techdirt featured an article titled: How Payola Works Today…Or Why You Only Hear Major Label Songs On The Radio. On Music Think Tank, Matt Voyno, the co-author of The. Continue reading
On The New Album Release Cycle, Social Media & Finding The Time To Do Everything You Have To Do
This guest post comes from entertainment & technology consultant Scott Perry, who runs music industry resource NewMusicTipsheet.com. Last week at SF Music Tech Summit, Ethan Kaplan said something very telling. Continue reading
955 Dreams Unveils Band of the Day iPhone App
Developer 955 Dreams is back and winning the hearts and minds of high level tech bloggers with another app, this time for the iPhone though it's also being made available. Continue reading
