Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Atlantic’s Digital Milestone, Ad Supported Doubts & More
Despite what is for many in the US music industry a 4 day holiday break, Hypebot will publish throughout. HYPEBOT FEATURES: MySpace Names Holt. Do Indies Stand A Chance? Band. Continue reading
Metal Blade Records Joins INgrooves Distribution
Digital distributor INgrooves has added Brian Slagel’s seminal home to all things hard, Metal Blade Records to it’s roster. Label catalog includes early releases by Slayer, Metallica, Cannibal Corpse, GWAR. Continue reading
The Social Music Evolution
PART 1 OF 2: I teased this essay from music industry philosopher and frequent Hypebot contributor Kyle Bylin with a graphic yesterday,"One View Of The Musical Middle Class". Today Kyle. Continue reading
WMG Reports Higher Profits On Lower Sales
Despite declining CD sales and an increasingly dismal economy, WMG managed to meet analysts’ expectations and hold its own. 2008 fiscal year revenue grew 3% to $3,491M, and declined 2%. Continue reading
Bono’s (RED) Preps For Monday Launch
READ MORE DETAILS OF THE LAUNCH AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-FOUNDER HERE. Bono lead fundraising vehicle (RED) is ramping up for an official launch on Monday December 1st, the. Continue reading
Hip Hop News From ProHipHop
This week brought multiple top album releases including Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak (pictured) and Ludacris’ Theater of the Mind. Artist Sp@m to Kill ReverbNation Email Marketing? Sorry, ProHipHop News. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Briefing: Buyout Rumors, Amazon MP3, Bye Bye Blender? & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Essay:The Social Music Evolution WMG Reports Higher Profits On Lower Sales Bono’s (RED) Preps For Monday Launch Meebo And Universal Partner For Videos, Chat Video: Orchard Co-Founder On. Continue reading
Pete Ganbarg Joins Atlantic As EVP A&R
Early A&R Successes Included Vanilla Ice And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pete Ganbarg has joined Atlantic Records as Executive Vice President of A&R, based in New York. Ganbarg, has previously. Continue reading
Top Music 2008: Paste And Blender
Paste’s Best Of 2008 1. She & Him, Volume One2. Sigur Rós, Med sud i eyrum…3. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend4. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago5. Okkervil River – The. Continue reading
Layoffs At Buzznet. Bloody Holidays Ahead.
Music destination Buzznet has let go of at least 10 of its 89 staffers according to Valleywag. Some rumors suggest a higher number. Buzznet properties which include Idolator, Stereogum and. Continue reading
