Free Nine Inch Nails Tops Amazon 2008 MP3 Album Sales Chart
Free music proved it deserves space in the album release toolkit in 2008. Because, or some will argue despite, the fact that Trent Reznor gave away an abbreviated version of. Continue reading
Author John King On Understanding Your Tribe
In Part 1 of my interview with John King, co-author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, he gave us a brief explanation of how he. Continue reading
Universal Cuts Custom Ringtone Deal With ID Interactive’s UrTone
UPDATED: Ringtone sales are in a slump and labels are scrambling to new ways to revive them. Many of the initiatives attempt to boost revenues by cutting out the middle. Continue reading
Daily D.Y.I. – Music Blog Directories
Yesterday, I shared the importance of reaching out to music blogs and suggested some search engine tricks to find them. But there is another way to find just the right. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Briefing: UK Sales Boom, YouLicense, Soulja Boy & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Free Nine Inch Nails Tops Amazon 2008 MP3 Album Sales Chart UMG Custom Ringtone Deal With UrTone Daily D.Y.I. – Music Blog Directories Apple's iTunes Drops DRM,. Continue reading
New iTunes Is DRM Free But It’s Still Restricted
As Ben Drury of UK download provider 7Digital said in statement today: "Downloads from iTunes are still in the AAC file format regardless of whether they are DRM-free." 7digital, Amazon,. Continue reading
It’s Official! Apple’s iTunes Drops DRM, Adds Variable Pricing
UPDATED: From today's Macworld address: Three pricing tiers: $0.99 cents, $0.69 cents, and $1.29. "Depending on how the music labels offer music, Apple will price accordingly." Starts n April. Most. Continue reading
Billions Agency Adds Artist Management Via New Partnership
David T. Viecelli, President of booking agency Billions and manager Alex Kadvan have launched Lever and Beam, a new NYC based artist management company. The two partners and their staff. Continue reading
iTunes To Expand DRM Free & Variable Pricing According To Report
IT'S OFFICIAL: SEE UPDATE HERE. As soon as today at Macworld, Apple will announce that iTunes is expanding its DRM offering to include all of the major labels and will. Continue reading
Universal vs. Veoh: Score 1 For Music 2.0
Over the holidays Universal Music Group lost a major lawsuit to online video sharing site Veoh. Much like the many lawsuits flying around between the major labels and music 2.0. Continue reading
Daily D.Y.I. – Know The Right Bloggers
Just as digital distribution has democratized music sales, blogging has democratized music journalism. Anyone with a free Blogger or WordPress account can declare themselves a critic. Most bloggers are true. Continue reading
