Sony Playstation, Qriocity Music Unlimited Networks Still Down After 5 Days
As of Monday morning, the Sony Playstation Networks and recently launched Sony Qriocity Music Unlimited Service both remained out of service. The troubles began on Wednesday and were caused by. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Silver Bullets, Fan Ownership & Crowdsourcing
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Minh Chau: The Silver Bullet For Music Business Success Chris Stoneman: What Do Music Fans Want To Own, and Why? Benjamin Slayter: Is. Continue reading
News Brief: Morris Unhappy, Allen Wants EMI, Topspin Discounts, SoundEx Shuts SWCAST & More
(UPDATED) The outage of Sony's Playstation and Music Unlimited networks continues. (more) Doug Morris is reportedly unhappy with the status quo at Sony Music and holding meetings to decide what. Continue reading
News Brief: PlayStation Still Down, MOG + LG, Beggars To LA, Grooveshark + IndieDial & More
Almost a week in the Sony PlayStation Network and Sony Unlimited Music are still down, and Sony is offering no timetable as to when it will be back up. MOG's. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Hypebot's weekly listing of stories you don't want to miss. Apple Set To Beat Google To Music Cloud Analysis looks at how Grammy category cuts hurt indie labels. Strike 2. Continue reading
After 3 Days, Sony PlayStation Network Still Down
(UPDATE 3) More than three days after problems began, the Sony PlayStation Networks were still at least partially down on Sunday. Sony is blaming "external forces" but hackers Anonymous deny. Continue reading
The Root’s ?uestlove On Marketing Music Careers By Building Music Movements
In 2008, Derek Jennings interviewed The Roots' ?uestlove in a wide ranging discussion that included a section about building a movement with other musicians that has stayed with me ever. Continue reading
Michael Robertson Calls Amazon’s Cloud Service “Sinkhole That Devours Your Music”
Mp3.com founder Michael Robertson may be called biased, since he runs cloud music locker Mp3Tunes, but he won't be accussed of pulling his punches. "Amazon's personal music service is a. Continue reading
Grooveshark Is Not Alone: Google Drops More Music Search & Download Apps
After Grooveshark's very public battle over Google's decision to drop their Android app, Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm did a survey of music search and download apps and found that. Continue reading
Top 10 Earth Day Songs
(UPDATED) Today is Earth Day. “There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew,” wrote Marshall McLuhan way back in 1964. As with most things, music serves to. Continue reading