Friday’s Music Briefing: RIAA Ends Lawsuits, Mixwit Shutters, B.B. Kings & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: YouTube Turning Into Major Label Revenue Stream Indie Def Jux’s Uzoigwe Answers: What Is Working? Music Sales Drop 2% Q3 Despite Digital Growth Video: Stereogum’s "Bands We Lost. Continue reading
Indie Labels Unite To Fight New York Download Tax
The president of indie label trade group The American Association For Independent Music (A2IM) issued this statement today arguing against New York state’s proposed tax on digital music sales: "The. Continue reading
Online Video Rules The Workplace
A New Way To Market Your Music We reported last week on new Nielson surveys that 100 million people watched 5.5 billion online videos in October. Online tech journal ars. Continue reading
Eleven Seven’s Woodworth Tells “What Is Working”
In conjunction with US. independent music trade group A2IM (American Association Of Independent Music), we’re asking indie professionals: In this fractured media landscape, what is working? What outlets and tools. Continue reading
Help Me Build A Ticket Stimulus Package
HELP! As many of you know, in addition to writing Hypebot and consulting, I also help run boutique booking agency Skyline Music. Despite some press reports to the contrary, live. Continue reading
Nashville Feels The Pain: Equity Music Group Folds
Equity Music Group, the label co-founded by country superstar Clint Blank is folding. The last couple of years have not been kind to country music and now declining sales and. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Briefing: NY iTunes Tax, Songs In Ads, Live Nation Looses $19M on U2 & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Annual Digital Music Track Sales Top 1 Billion In ’08 Eleven Seven’s Woodworth Tells "What Is Working" A new way to market music? Online Video Rules The Workplace. Continue reading
EMI.com Relaunches As Music Discovery Lab
A CRITICAL FIRST LOOK (UPDATED) After several months of open rumors, EMI has relaunched its flagship web site as a music discovery destination. While direct purchase will be enabled soon,. Continue reading
7Digital Tips Toe In Free Ad Supported Waters
A new offering from UK based download store 7Digital experiments with free ad-supported downloads via a partnership with Mountainview, CA based TrialPlay. Consumers can download 15 free songs from 7digital’s. Continue reading
