EMI Music Publishing Adds To A&R Team
EMI Music Publishing North America has rearranged its North American creative A&R team, including the appointment of Rich Christina to a new senior role in its East Coast team. Christina. Continue reading
MySpace Music Overhauls Charts
MySpace has overhauled its music charts. Following a month after the addition of their Artist Dashboard, the new MySpace Music Charts are part of an effort to provide artists and. Continue reading
Real To Power Mobile Music For France’s SFR
Real now powers music services in 11 EU countries RealNetworks has signed a three-year deal to power the music service for SFR, France's most successful operator in mobile music. The. Continue reading
Shazam! “Digimarc’s suing us!”
Digimarc has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Shazam, the provider of popular mobile music identification and discovery applications. Digimarc asserts that Shazam's music id technology infringes three of. Continue reading
The Band Is Not The Brand
This guest post is by Scott Perry. With his free email newsletter and web site, the New Music Tipsheet,keeps the industry informed of new releases as well as commenting on. Continue reading
1 Nine Month Old Band + 48 Hours = $10,000
We Are Listening offers artists exposure via contests and critiques from industry experts. On their informative blog they also highlight issues and artists that emerging and d.i.y. artists face. Excerpted. Continue reading
Hulu Nabs Norah Jones And EMI
EMI Music becomes the first major label group to pact with Hulu, the popular U.S. online video service that offers TV shows and movie. EMI will offer concerts and videos. Continue reading
What Is SoundExchange?
You've heard of SoundExchange. But how does it differ from BMI, ASCAP and SESAC. Did you know that even sidemen can collect royalties from SoundExchange? Who is eligable to collect. Continue reading
Participate: Ask Questions, Give Advice, Sell Out(?)
There are some particularly lively discussions happening now on Hypebot that you should get involved in: 1. Ask Amanda Palmer A Question – Hypebot readers rather than the live audience. Continue reading
Faceboook Restricts iLike App
Social Networking Wars Heat Up Now that iLike owned by rival MySpace, Facebook is restricting some features of the iLike app on it pages. The move is bound to be. Continue reading
Bandcamp Adds Physical Sales, Bundling
click on image to enlarge Digital artist services site Bandcamp has just added a number of new sales options to its d.i.y. sales and marketing toolkit. Now artists can sell. Continue reading