AM NEWS: VEVO + RCRD LABL, Google + Motorola Good For Music, MySpace Rises?, Bandwidth & More
VEVO and RCRD LBL have launch free mp3's next to featured videos. (Mashable) Watch for more co-branding as even the biggest online music services like VEVO understand that they can't. Continue reading
Help Us Build A Better Booking Agency
As regular readers know, Hypebot and MusicThinkTank are sister companies to booking agency Skyline Music. The agency represents more than 60 great nationally touring artists across a broad range of. Continue reading
SoundExchange Signals Rate Increase Fight Ahead. Digital Music Royalty Battle Reignites
The battle over digital music royalties has begun again. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Judges have opened a new proceeding to set the statutory rates for 2013-2017 with a decision expected. Continue reading
Ian Rogers: “Something massive (is) going on… a power shift from manufacturer to publisher.”
Dmitri Vietze believes that there is something massive going on in all content creation. Customers are relying more on trusted sources and publishers that connect content to an audience. On. Continue reading
VibeDeck Adds Direct-To-Fan Music Sales On YouTube
VibeDeck, a direct-to-fan ecommerce platform for music, has added a YouTube integration to go along with its SoundCloud and Facebook integrations. This is a nice extension of a service that. Continue reading
Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah Sues Universal Music For Royalties
Ghostface Killah, aka Dennis Coles, has filed a lawsuit to collect royalties for his work with hip hop legends Wu Tang Clan. The suit, filed August 10 against Universal Music. Continue reading
UK Vinyl Record Sales Jump 55% So Far This Year, U.S. Vinyl Sales Up 37%
(UPDATED) Sales of vinyl records totalled 168,296 units for the first half of 2011, according to new data released today by Retail Gazette. That's a 55% rise compared to the. Continue reading
iTunes Hacked, Linked PayPal Accounts Drained In Ongoing Problem
I've been rather surprised to learn that fraudulent purchases on iTunes accounts have been an ongoing problem for over a year and that some linked PayPal accounts have been drained. Continue reading
AM News: Google Buys Motorola Mobile, 2013 Copyright Bomb, Hastings Struggles, Becker To TAG
Google bought Motorola Mobile for $12.5B to "protect the Android ecosystem". (BI) Google says that Android will remain an open platform, but stocks stumbled on fears that other manufacturers will. Continue reading
Did You Miss Anything? REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Century Media Pulls All Labels From Spotify To 'Protect Artists' and Spotify responds. How To Help 150 Indie Labels Hurt By London Warehouse Fire. Here's a full list of the. Continue reading
