Overheard @ Day 1 Of Scion’s Music(less) Music Conference In Los Angeles
This guest post is by Max Willens, editor of We All Make Music, a website dedicated to helping musicians thrive in a post-label world. "If I charged more for what. Continue reading
Video: How YouTube Thinks About Copyright
In this TED Talk, Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the video site works to with copyright holders and creators to foster a creative ecosystem. Continue reading
Sound Around: Create Custom Mobile Apps
While Sound Around is still in private beta, they are about to launch a new service that allows users to create and update their own custom iPhone applications. Noteable features include: iTunes integration, streaming, bio,. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: MySpace Co-Prez Exits, Guvera Stats, Facebook’s $800M, Masterbeat & More
MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn Exits. (Hypebot) MySpace Calls For Branding Help In Advance Of Site Relaunch.(paidContent) Guvera gives first stats on its ad-supported music service. (Music Ally) Chris Anderson and. Continue reading
MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn Exits
(Updated) After just months after being named the Co-President of MySpace, Jason Hirschhorn has resigned. First this twee came this afternoon: Then at 5PM this official statement was released from. Continue reading
GigsWiz Opens Free Beta To All Artists
GigsWiz has opened its free fan request widget to all artists. Still in open beta, the service is designed to to help bands and their agents quantify the demand for gigs geographically,. Continue reading
Be MTV’s First Twitter Jock & Earn $100,000
A Hypebot Reader's Dream Job Music, Social Networking And Money! MTV and American Express have started a contest to find the social voice of MTV – aka the networks first. Continue reading
Gerald Casale Of Devo: “Marketing Is Everything.”
In this interview featured on Marketplace, Gerald Casale, founder of the group Devo, talks about his journey to recording a new album and reentering the music industry with his former. Continue reading
Music Publishers File Suit To Shut Down LimeWire
After RIAA Success, Publishers Demand $150,000 Per Song Eight members of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) have filed a massive copyright infringement lawsuit against LimeWire. The suit follows a. Continue reading
YouTube Introduces Free Video Editing Tool
With the introduction of YouTube’s free editing tool, it's clear that Google is extending its cloud computing initiatives beyond the consumption of content to enabling the creation of it too. The. Continue reading
