The Music Business Is A Crap Shoot, So Why Not An EMI Music Lottery?
This is not an April Fools joke. I swear. EMI has teamed with Pollard Banknote, a producer of instant lottery tickets, to launch a global music-themed lottery. Pollard Banknote manufactures. Continue reading
Online Listening Replacing Music Aqusition
Teens age 13-17 bought 19% less music in 2008 than they did in '07 according to a new NPD survey. CD purchases declined 26% and paid digital downloads fell 13%. Continue reading
“Free” Thinker: Bandzoogle’s Chris Vinson
As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers the value and future of free. Continue reading
SeeqPod Files For Bankrupcy
Evidently fearing the outcome of lawsuits by Warner Music and Capital EMI, music search engine and playlist generator SeeqPod has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. SeeqPod, which had received. Continue reading
FREE!: The Kind of Music Nobody Wants To Own
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Introduction Traditionally, we tend to think of FREE! music as good thing, the kind of thing that everyone wants. Yet, we largely miss many of complications. Continue reading
The Orchard Adds Labels
Music and video distributor The Orchard has added a number of labels to its catalog. Baeble Media, Munster Records/Vampisoul, On the Go Music, Olden Golden, and Goodtalk have all signed. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Brief: SeeqPod Bankruptcy, Ringbacks, FAC, Blackberry Apps & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: MORE FREE WEEK: FREE!: The Kind of Music Nobody Wants To Own Online Listening Replacing Music Aqusition "Free" Thinker: Bandzoogle's Chris Vinson Music Business Is A Crap Shoot,. Continue reading
Pirate Bay Automates File Sharing On Facebook
Swedish torrent tracker Pirate Bay has added a "Share on Facebook" link to the download page of every torrent. If another Facebook user has a BitTorrent client installed, clicking the. Continue reading
MusicMetric Launches MuZoid Twitter Music App
Music industry analysis firm MusicMetric has launched MuZoid, a Twitter music exploration application. Send a tweet with the name of a band or artist to twitter.com/muzoid and in seconds you. Continue reading
“Free” Thinker: Tunecore’s Jeff Price
(UPDATED WITH STATS) As part of a week long exploration into the meaning and value of "free", Hypebot asked some of the music industry's most forward thinkers about the value. Continue reading
