Monday’s Music Brief: Edgar, Justice Dept, RIAA, YouTube, SXSW & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Bad Boy Bronfman: Too-Big Bonus And A Baby Justice Dept. Probes Live Nation Ticketmaster Deal Interview: Nancy Baym of Online Fandom (Part 1) NewBandDaily Promises New Artist Discovery. Continue reading
My Favorite Quote From SXSW
“Maybe in the past there were your pampered rock stars hanging out. Then there’s the people like us who climb out of clown cars and try to make things work.". Continue reading
REWIND: Music’s Week In Review – SXSW, SpiralFrog, YouTube & More
Though attendance was down 10% or so, half the music industry seemed to be at SXSW. But that didn't keep the other half from making news. From SXSW: The Mark. Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at twitter.com/hypebot. 1047 1275 1310 people are following Hypebot there. In addition to our regular posts, I also tweet to poll readers, get. Continue reading
A Techdirt vs. Choruss Smackdown?
VS.. TechDirt's Mike Masnick has been very critical of the major label backed Choruss ISP level music service and yesterday Choruss founder Jim Griffin fired back. Now the scrappy. Continue reading
SXSW Surprise: Jane’s Addiction @ C3 Bash
From The Mark & Pat Show: Attendance is said to be down about 10% or more. But the usual parade of VIPs and platinum badges seems to have been replaced. Continue reading
Gamecues Offers Indies Path To Gaming $’s
INgrooves First To Use New Platform Money from music in games is moving from something that indie labels and artists could usually only read about to a possible revenue source. Continue reading
SpiralFrog Shuts Down
Ad supported music service SpiralFrog went dark yesterday. The company's limited assets have been surrendered to creditors. SpiralFrog, like other ad supported music services, began life stunted by major label. Continue reading
Buzznet Grabs $12.5M And A New Name
So much for a venture capital drought. Culture blog network Buzznet which includes popular music sites Stereogum, Idolator and Absolute Punk has received $12.5 million in new funding from Palo. Continue reading
Daily DIY: To Tour Or Not To Tour?
In our third of five excerpts from the new book Reality Check – A Common Sense Guide to Breaking into the Music Industry, author Matthew Walt, a booking agent who. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Brief: SpiralFrog, SXSW, Ticketmaster Losses, Spotify, Prince & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: SpiralFrog Shuts Down A Techdirt vs. Choruss Smackdown? SXSW Surprise: Jane's Addiction @ C3 Bash Gamecues Offers Indies Path To Gaming $'s Buzznet Grabs $12.5M And A New. Continue reading
