Howe Leaves Downtown Records For EMI A&R Role
Michael Howe has been appointed as Vice President of A&R at EMI Music’s Capitol & Virgin Label Group. Currently VP and Head of A&R at Downtown Music, he will be. Continue reading
Video Of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Last Night On CBS’ 60 Minutes
(UPDATED) Last night on CBS' 60 Minutes, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a redesign of Facebook's profile pages, user's privacy concerns and even the "The Social Network" film. Zuckerberg was more relaxed . Continue reading
Music Industry News: EMI + Rapidshare, Limewire, Wikileaks Hits Music, Tumblr Stumbles & More
Watch for @Hypebot 's SF MusicTech coverage today as the respected one day conference get undeway If you're ther, be sure to say hello to our man on the scene. Continue reading
Zuckerberg Debuts New Facebook Design Tonight On 60 Minutes. Here’s A Preview:
(UPDATE 5) New Facebook Profiles are active now. Activate yours here. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will debut a new design for his 500 million member social network on 60. Continue reading
How To Get A Free Tubeify Account
If blog buzz is any measure, in the last few days music fans can't get enough of free music service Tubeify. This mashup of Last.fm and YouTube allows for unrestricted. Continue reading
Live Performances And Music Business Plans
These past two weeks on Music Think Tank, we concentrated on performances and the music business plan. Matthew Ebel wrote about how live performances should give the same experience as. Continue reading
REWIND: Indies Grabs Grammy Noms, Computers And Hits Don’t Mix, Future Of Web Radio & More
PledgeMusic has launched a record label and signed a band. Jelli Radio CEO hopes to get more indies on broadcast radio. After 13 years, VH1 is still saving public school. Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at twitter.com/hypebot. 9,597 people are following us there. In addition to regular posts, we also tweet to poll readers, get tips, quotes and. Continue reading
PledgeMusic Starts Record Label, Signs First Band
With the goal of fully leveraging their Pledge system as an A&R platform, PledgeMusic has launched a record label and publishing company. Indie starlets The Damnwells are the first act. Continue reading
Jelli Interview: Help Indie Artists Get Radio Airplay
This week Apple made Jelli a “Featured” app in the App Store. Recently, I spoke with Mike Dougherty, who is CEO of Jelli, a crowdsourced and social radio service. In. Continue reading
