More Music Industry News: Twones, MySpace Stream, Watunes, Jay-Z, TuneCore & More
Watch for Amsterdam based Twones to launch a new tool bar Wednesday that allows you to listen to, playlist and scrobble music from across the net. I took a demo. Continue reading
Spotify Experiences Major Outage
Sometime before Noon EST on Saturday Spotify experienced a major outage. Both the Spotify.com site and the streaming service were down for several hours. "Looks like we might be having. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Investor Guy Hands wants to break up EMI. Ad supported Guvera to launch in U.S. on March 20th. Spotify users average 15,000 tracks per playlist. Cheap Trick's manager David Frey. Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe at twitter.com/hypebot. almost 6000 people following Hypebot on Twitter. In addition to our regular posts, I also tweet breaking industry news and observations, poll readers,. Continue reading
Camper Van Beethoven Asks Fans For $7,000 (CORRECTION: $3500) To Sponsor SXSW Trip
If fans give them $7000 $3500, maybe they'll smile. CORRECTION: Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker leader David Lowery wrote to make it clear that the band is doing only playing. Continue reading
Ad Supported Guvera To Launch In U.S. March 30th
Ad supported music service Guvera will officially launch in the U.S. on March 30th. Digital distributor INgrooves has joined Universal, EMI, IODA, BMI, and SESAC in approving content for Guvera. . Continue reading
Radio Fights Performance Royalties With New Ads
SHOULD BROADCAST RADIO PAY PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES? VOTE HERE The National Association of Broadcasters has recently stepped up efforts to fight proposed legislation that would charge broadcast radio stations performance royalties.. Continue reading
Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies of 2010
Fast Company business magazine has named its Most Innovative Companies Of 2010 including 10 in music. Spotify – North America is still waiting. Apple Corps – The Beatles, not Steve. Continue reading
Video: Mastering The Art Of Social Networking
Business magazine Fast Company takes a look at social networking overload. It attacks the problem and solutions from an individual or general business point of view, but most of the. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: MySpace Meeting, Google vs. iTunes, EMI + Eros & More
MySpace to hold an all-is-well meeting for staff. (CNet) …Facebook ill be handing out applications in the lobby at 4:30… Is Google preparing to challenge iTunes in the cloud? (CNet). Continue reading
