Last.fm Adds Visuals, More Personalization
Last.fm has introduced a new visual music player that combines its personalized online radio stations with a continuous stream of artist images, music videos and other media of the artist. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Brief: WMG, imeem, U2 vs, Radiohead, Kadoink Goes Down. Dylan #1 & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: WMG Quarterly Losses Widen To $68M imeem LivesThanks To Last Minute Funding U2 vs. Radiohead: Two Managers, Two Very Different Views Of The Future Of Music Last.fm Adds. Continue reading
eBay, Live Nation & Fairmont Start Selling Digital Downloads
Perhaps if labels make it easier for fans to purchase, they will buy more music; or so the theory goes. MySpace Music, imeem and Spotify are just. Continue reading
Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music Revenue
The major label partners who co-own MySpace Music are pleased with the traffic that the service is generating. But during a recent closed door meeting the labels also made it. Continue reading
Interview: CIMS’ Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) recently launched their ThinkIndie online download store. The site was conceived as an answer to the revenue lost to iTunes by independent brick. Continue reading
Indie Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site To Promote New Album
If the first rule of marketing is to go where the people are, then promoting your new album on a BitTorrent site actually makes a lot of sense. That's exactly. Continue reading
EU Considers 27 Country License
The EU Parliament is considering the establishment of a single copyright license for the use and sale of music across all 27 member countries. Currently companies like Amazon and iTunes. Continue reading
CBS & Last.fm Consolidate Online Radio Units
The CBS Interactive Music Group has been formed to bring together various CBS digital music assets including CBS Radio's more than 100 online audio streams, various mobile applications and Last.fm.. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Brief: ThinkIndie, MySpace Music, Difinitive Jux, The Beatles, RIAA & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: eBay, Live Nation & Fairmont Start Selling Digital Downloads Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music Revenue Interview: CIMS' Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com Indie Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site To Promote. Continue reading
CD Packaging Study: “It Isn’t Easy Being Green”
"Comparing Packaging Options For Compact Discs – A Environmental & Toxicological Assessment," a new RIAA and NARM joint study of CD packaging highlights the environmental impact of various CD packaging. Continue reading