Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Digtal Awards, Metallica & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: MySpace Music Updates Bandcamp Offers Free Indie Download & Viral Tools iLike Opens Platform & Partners With Top Sites 4 Thoughts On Best Buy & Napster Warner Music. Continue reading
WMG Re-Shuffles Executive Deck. Cohen A Winner.
Warner Music Group this morning announced a series of management appointments. Under the new structure, Lyor Cohen and Michael Fleisher have been promoted head a new Office of The Chairman. Continue reading
7Digital Upgrades. Promises US Expansion.
With the aggressive moves needed to stand out in a marketplace dominated by iTunes and just days prior to a much anticipated Amazon MP3 UK launch, 7Digital has gone 100%. Continue reading
Labels & Studios Mull DRM Comeback
It’s been said, wants gone is gone. But apparently some in the entertainment industry failed to get the memo. A group of major film studios and record labels have joined. Continue reading
Pink Floyd RIP
Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. Wright played the keyboard and wrote music on such albums. Continue reading
Best Buy To Acquire Napster
Retail giant Best Buy is acquiring Napster via the cash purchase of outstanding shares for $2.65. Napster stocked closed Friday at $1.36. The proposed acquisition includes the online music store’s. Continue reading
MySpace Music: Launch Delayed, CEO, iTunes, Amazon, Ads & Much More
The launch of MySpace Music has been delayed a few days but should be this week. They are getting closer to a new CEO with the LA Times reporting two. Continue reading
Third Eye Blind Ask Fans To Help Mix New Release
Indaba Music, a site which enables musicians to work together online, will feature tracks from Third Eye Blind inviting an open collaboration with fans on their upcoming album. Over the. Continue reading
iLike And Facebook Join For Thiervery Corp. Pre-Release
DJ and production duo Thievery Corporation has partnered with both iLike and Facebook to stream the band’s new album "Radio Retaliation" exclusively beginning September 19th, five days before the album’s. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Briefing: Facebook Music, UK Indies, Download Standards & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES Best Buy To Acquire Napster MySpace Music Update: Launch Delayed, CEO, iTunes, Amazon, Ads & Much More The Fall Of Communization And The Rise Of The Music Fan. Continue reading
