Even For Majors Labels, It’s A Direct To Fan Future
UMG & Mozes Expand Latin Fan Outreach Direct to fan marketing and sales has been the indie d.i.y. mantra for months, and now even the major labels are getting into. Continue reading
Rhapsody Adds Offline Playlists & An iTunes Buy Button To Mobile App
As promised when they released an Android app last month, Rhapsody today launched a new version of its iPhone app that enables subscribers to download playlists to their iPhone, iPod. Continue reading
Column: What Do You Mean, Broken?!?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor (@kbylin) Since publishing my latest essay I’ve started to wonder whether or not I delivered a concept that was useful and at least somewhat universally understandable. . Continue reading
David Pakman: Witnessing The Atomization Of The Music Industry And What Do Do About It
We are witnessing the atomization and decentralization of the music industry, says David Packman, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock and former eMusic CEO. The music industry's best hope. Continue reading
CD Baby Adds $9 Digital Singles Distribution
(UPDATED) Online independent music distribution service CD Baby has added a digital singles program. For a $9 one time fee plus 9% of net earnings, CD Baby will distribute a. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: NZ 3 Strikes, Suburban Home, Azoff Profile, Fourquare + VH1 & More
Want to be sure that you didn't miss anything last week? Be sure to read REWIND, Hypebot's Music Industry's Week In Review. New Zealand Moves Forward With Three Strikes; Big. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Paul McCartney rejected EMI and took his catalog indie. Facebook partnered with Pandora for social music. Facebook is now 41% of all social net traffic. iLike founders have left MySpace. Continue reading
From Hypebot’s Job Board: Interns Wanted
Two top music industry firms have joined the many successful companies that have used Hypebot's Job Board to find interns and fill paid positions. The Artists Organization, Gary Gersh's artist. Continue reading
The Cult’s Ian Astbury: Giving Away Music Is “Selfish” And “Irresponsible”
"Whoever was irresponsible enough to decide that music was worth nothing and decide to give away the music, that was a very selfish move. When I look at a 17-year-old. Continue reading
Last.fm To Add “Play Direct” Indie Artist Program
But Don't Expect To Get Paid 10 days ago Last.fm dropped single track streaming pushing it off to scrobbling partners like MOG, Spotify and Hype Machine. Among those most impacted. Continue reading
