Poll: Last.fm Royalties. Good? Bad? Retroactive?
Last week Last.fm offered independent musicians a contract for direct royalty payments to mix reaction. Indie trade group Merlin and others are also asking Last.fm to also pay royalties for. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Briefing: Guns & Roses Single, Ticket Sales & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: 5 Lies Indie Musicians Tell Themselves. Music’s Week In Review. Don’t miss anything… 3 Truths about Last.fm’s royalty offer. POLL: Last.fm Royalties. Good? Bad? Retroactive? > Guns &. Continue reading
Can you Digg It?
When you read a post on Hypebot that you like, please consider recommending it to others via Digg or Stumble Upon (or both). It really helps to build the Hypebot. Continue reading
Music’s Week In Review: EMI, Last.fm, D.I.Y. Tools & Much More
> EMI named Elio Leoni-Sceti, a former EU household products manufacturing exec its new CEO. Poll: What do you think of EMI’s choice? > Year’s later the Sony BMG merger. Continue reading
Machine 7/11/08
SOME NEWS: The boys are back safe and sound from Korea. More photos soon. New Date: August 2nd Toad’s Place New Haven, CT New date: August 8th Stephen Talk House. Continue reading
Listening To Music Via TV And PC Rises
Music marketers take note: a new survey by Parks Associates says 2/3rds of US and Canadian broadband households regularly use the PC to play music at home and a surprising. Continue reading
Myxer Adds 1.1M Orchard Ringtones
Ad supported mobile content provider Myxer is adding 1.1 million ringtones from The Orchard’s digital distribution catalog. Using its patent-pending ringtone creation technology, Myxer will convert tracks from such Orchard. Continue reading
Worth Watching: myAWOL
First ReverbNation, then TopSpin and now… "myAWOL (my Artists Without Labels) is simultaneously a music-centric multimedia content company, a vehicle for discovering, promoting and capitalizing on musical talent, and a. Continue reading
Enter Two Hypebot Contests
FOR EU READERS: Win a ticket to the July 17th London Face To Face With The Millennials one day music conference which includes an interesting on the spot case study. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Briefing: iTunes 7.7, Google’s Lively, Guitar Hero Takes On iTunes & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Sony BMG merger is back in the EU courts Listening to music via PC and TV rises. Yes, it says TV. Myxer adds 1.1 million ringtones from The. Continue reading
Sony BMG Merger Back In Court
Ever since 2004 when the merger was announced, the possibility has loomed that the companies would be forced to split apart by the EU. The clouds grew a good bit. Continue reading
