WMG Pushing For Sale To Beat EMI
In what feels like a race to the bottom of the hill, the world's #3 music group, Warners, is pushing hard to be sold before #4 EMI is also on. Continue reading
88% of Shoppers Abandon Items in Online Basket
Shopping carts are essential to eCommerce. It's how fans buy stuff from your site. But they can also be the reason why fans don't buy from your site. 88% of. Continue reading
Why Music Keeps Us Coming Back For More
"Music itself can be identified as a language. Every language has structure, each with a set of grammatical rules put into place for correct communication. Yet beyond structure music also. Continue reading
Facebook Updates Artist Pages
Facebook has updated artist pages. The layout is different. The tabs are removed. Users can now "Login as Page" and interact with Facebook. For instance, I can now visit the. Continue reading
Slacker Raises $3 Million, Preps On-Demand Launch
Slacker has raised $3 million in debt funding according to a SEC filing. This adds to the growing number of music startups that have gained additional funds in 2011. While. Continue reading
Thank You To Our Fantastic Interns
Hypebot has been blessed with some especially insightful and prolific interns this quarter. Both Hisham Dahud and Alison McCarthy have been hammering out great posts in spite of their busy. Continue reading
PayPal Goes Live With Micropayments: Sell Digital Tracks Direct & Keep More $’s
An inability to profitably process small transactions has been a major impediment to growth in direct to fan digital music sales. A 99 cent track on iTunes nets an artist. Continue reading
Tired Of Being “Held To Ransom By Apple” – Could Sony Pull It’s Track From iTunes?
Statements this from a senior Sony executive hint that the end game for its new Music Unlimited service may not be just to compete with iTunes, but rather to replace. Continue reading
The Perils of Music Industry Criticism
Wesley Verhoeve of Family Records was kind enough to remind me via Twitter that if you say bad things about the major labels often enough, it's important to balance out. Continue reading
Konkreet Performer: Visual Music Creation For iPad
It's no secret that technology is changing how artists create music, but Konkreet Performer exploits the potential of the iPad to supercharge the shift. With visual commands users of this. Continue reading
