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Berklee, MIDEM & Harvard Found Rethink Music Conference, Offer $50,000 Innovation Prize

Berklee and MIDEM are launching the Rethink Music conference on April 25-27 in Boston, and have issued a call for new ideas with a $50,000 prize attached.

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PlayButton – A Wearable Button That Plays Music

Why just play a record when you can wear it too? That’s a thinking behind an emerging company called PlayButton. They’re going to sell wearable buttons that play music. The. Continue reading

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Music Industry News: Ping + Facebook, Sony Music CEO, Music Tech Investment Warning, Nimbit & More

(UPDATED) Another week begins with the most interesting (or amusing) ready to start flowing from the Guy Hands/EMI vs. Citi trial which promises to be quite a circus. Before things. Continue reading

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MTT: Passive Promotion, Lost in Translation, The Music Manipulation Curve, & Fragmentation of Music

This week on Music Think Tank there were some interesting new posts: Brian Hazard started the week off with a post on WordPress plugins that allowed for passive promotion. Max. Continue reading

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REWIND: Apple, T Bone Burnett, Pandora, Gene Simmons, Google, Three Strikes, NPR & More

The music industry started out with the sad news that Solomon Burke died; he was a client and a friend of Skyline Music. Spotify is looking to start streaming live. Continue reading

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Thanks To Hypebot’s Music & Tech Supporters

Hypebot would like to thank this month’s advertisers for making it possible for us to bring you the latest news and views, as well as, extended commentary on the next. Continue reading

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Musicians Call Fans And Remind Them To Vote

HeadCount, a non-profit organization that teams up with musicians and helps get fans registered to vote at concerts, has launched a new campaign this year. For the Midterm elections in. Continue reading

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Why Email For MP3 Exchanges Fail

The entire music industry is infatuated with the idea of free. It is a valid and strategic marketing tool. But if not used correctly, then it holds no relevance for . Continue reading

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Should New Albums Cost $1?

Rob Dickens, a former Warner Music executive, told BCC News that he thinks music prices should be radically reduced. He thinks that is albums were marked down to $1, sales. Continue reading

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Google Shares Impressive YouTube Stats

Google shared some impressive Q3 earnings numbers this week and for the first time broke down a bit more of how they achieved it. While Google didn’t share specific revenue. Continue reading

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