Thursday’s Music Briefing: MTV Layoffs, More Bankruptcies, Mobile MySpace Video & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Inside The Major Label Negotiations Over DRM With iTunes Amazon MP3 UK: A Quick Second Look Sniper Twins Court Corporations: Sellout Or Smart? A List Of & Listen. Continue reading
UK Indie Giant Pinnacle In Bankruptcy Administration
The global economic downturn has taken another victim. Sources tell Hypebot that Pinnacle has fallen into administration – the UK equivalent of bankruptcy reorganization. The UK indie giant distributes almost. Continue reading
iTunes Top Selling Albums & Songs Of 2008
Best Selling Albums of 2008: 1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends2. Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static3. Juno (Music from the Motion Picture)4.. Continue reading
7 Digital CEO Responds to Amazon MP3 UK Launch
UPDATED: When Amazon MP3 launched in the US, iTunes was, and still remains, the dominate competitor, but in the UK 7Digtial had grabbed market share alongside iTunes and others. With. Continue reading
Amazon UK MP3 Launches: A First Look
UPDATED: Amazon.co.uk quietly launched its long anticipated UK mp3 download store early this morning. As with most things Amazon, the mp3 store delivers the deep discounts, look, and convenience that. Continue reading
Jay-Z, Kayne West & A Striking Source Code Video
Last week Evan Roth was contacted to make a video for a Kanye West produced Jay-Z song from the new for film about B.I.G. as well as (RED)WIRE and the. Continue reading
A Look Back At Hypebot’s Predictions For 2008
I’ve starting to think about my annual predictions for the music industry and thought a good place to start were my predictions for this past year. Written 12 months ago. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Briefing: ILike, EMI, Songbird, Yahoo! & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: BREAKING NEWS:UK Indie Giant Pinnacle In Bankruptcy Amazon UK MP3 Launches: A First Look 7 Digital CEO Responds to Amazon MP3 UK Launch iTunes Top Selling Albums &. Continue reading
Top Terra Firma EMI Executives Exit
A group of Terra Firma executives on loan to EMI have left the private equity group after the music group’s new CEO brought in his own management team. More from. Continue reading
Band Mobile Gets MySpace URL Back With Apology
OUTCRY ON THE WEB SCORES ONE FOR THE LITTLE GUY AND INDIE MUSIC MySpace has given Montreal idie band Mobile back the MySpace URL it took from them last week.. Continue reading
