Interview: Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone and Appetite for Self-Destruction (Part 2)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (Read Part 1) In Chapter Two: How Big Spenders Got Rich in the Post-CD Boom, you commented, “The business was evolving from small-time guys who packed. Continue reading
The New Art Of Collaboration
Files flying across the net to be mixed in a studio on the other side of world. Mashups. Fan re-mixes. Collaboration in all its forms is almost as much part. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Brief: Indies, Yahoo, UK Streaming Rates, Pirate Bay Bias, Colplay & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance Yahoo Music Changes Boost Traffic Farkie Turns Any Stream Into A Download RoyaltyShare Pulls Out Of Digital Music Distribution Interview: Steve Knopper. Continue reading
Protecting Cultural Norms: How We Project the Present onto the Future
Kyle Bylin, Associate EditorLet’s be clear… In our discussions regarding the traditional album and its future, one might come to the conclusion that some of us think that there will. Continue reading
Interview: Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone and Appetite for Self-Destruction (Part 1)
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor — (Read Part 2) Today I spoke with Steve Knopper, who is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone and author of Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
The Newest Napster: $5 Monthly Streaming + 5 free downloads. Unable to deal with his label EMI, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch released a blank CD-R Warner Music Group. Continue reading
New On Hypebot’s Job Board: Royalty Manager
New on Hypebot's Job Board: Royalty Manager For Harry Fox Job Description: The Primary responsibility of the Royalty Manager is to manage the daily operations of the Distribution department. The. Continue reading
A2IM Elects Three To Board Of Directors
A2IM, the American Association of Independent Music, has announced the results of their 2009 Board of Directors elections as voted by theirlabel membership. New members are: Glen Barros (President, Concord. Continue reading
TuneCore Adds Amazon To D.I.Y. Toolbox
TuneCore has announced a new service that adds physical distribution via Amazon's CreateSpace to it's Amazon digital offering; expands marketing exclusives to TuneCore Artists and creates a TuneCore branded section. Continue reading
Time Magazine Names 10 Top Tech Failures And Music Grabs 3 Of Them
What Are Your Top 10 Music & Music Tech Failures? Time Magazine named it's 10 Biggest Tech Failures Of The Last Decade, and music and music related industries manage to. Continue reading