Friday’s Music Brief: Unlimited Downloads, Reznor’s Advice, Webcaster Woes, Critique Of Free & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: ASCAP Wants $'s For Embedded YouTube Videos Zookz: Unlimited Downloads For One Monthly Fee TuneCore's Jeff Price Clarifies Universal Deal Trent Reznor: What To Do As A New. Continue reading
A2IM Charts A Course For The Future Of Indie Music
ONLY 6000 OF THE 105,000 ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2008SOLD MORE THAN 1000 COPIES During the recent 4th anniversary meetings of the American Association Of Independent Music (A2IM) members gathered in. Continue reading
TuneCore Partners With Universal Music
(UPDATED) An upstart digital distributor that made a name for itself by criticizing the major labels has now joined hands with one. TuneCore has entered into a strategic alliance. Continue reading
There’s Still A Place Where Albums Outsell Singles
Many say that the album is dead and they have the proof. According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales of individual digital tracks led digital album sales by 16 to 1 (1.07. Continue reading
Bertlesmann & KKR Launch Music Rights Biz
Bertelsmann AG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have creates a joint venture to develop a global music rights management business. Bertelsmann will contribute its BMG Rights Management music rights unit and. Continue reading
Kazaa Adds HD Video Sharing
Kazaa is planning to release a major new service will allow members the ability to upload and share their standard and HD videos direct with the Kazaa community. The addition. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Brief: A2IM, TuneCore + Universal, RIAA #’s, Pitchfork, New Music Seminar & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: A2IM Charts A Course For The Future Of Indie Music TuneCore Partners With Universal Music There's Still A Place Where Albums Outsell Single Bertlesmann & KKR Launch Music. Continue reading
Indie Distributor Lumberjack Mordam Goes Under
Independent distributor Lumberjack Mordam has gone out of business. Effected are more than 100 mostly punk and hard core record labels. Sources tell Hypebot that a number of the labels. Continue reading
Pandora Limits Users To 40 Hours Per Month
Yesterday, webcasters reached a settlement with SoundExchange that saw rates rise, but not to the stratospheric levels feared. Most involved praised the agreement; Pandora among them. To help absorb the. Continue reading
