Thursday’s Music Brief: Perry, Pandora, Paste, YouTube Gives ASCAP $1.6M, eMusic $’s, Semantic Web & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Call Katy Perry Now At 805-754-2138 Pandora Launches Paid Premium Service Paste Raises $148K, Continues Campaign Poll: Would You Donate To Save A Music Magazine? Reason #3536 Why. Continue reading
Warner Music Grabs $1.1 Billion. Will $’s Finance Another Bid For EMI?
Investors scooped up a whopping $1.1 billion in new debt securities issued by the Warner Music Group (WMG). This more than doubles the expected $500 million haul that the WMG. Continue reading
SpiralFrog Hops To New Domain: MyMojo
MyMojo, a distributor of free mobile and online media has acquired the SpiralFrog.com domain for an undisclosed sum. Run by the founder of Advertising.com, MyMojo says they will avoid Spiral. Continue reading
Frustrated With EMI, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Release A Blank CD-R
Dark Night Of The Soul with Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch (Updated) Upset by a lack of support from label EMI for his new "Dark Side Of The Soul". Continue reading
Pandora Claims Profits Close, Adds Lyrics
Pandora will reach profitability in 2010 according to founder Tim Westergren. Revenue is expected to double this year to $40 million thanks to targeted ads delivered to 27 million registered. Continue reading
Deals Pump New Life Into Project Playlist (UPDATED)
TotalMusic Acquired and Sony ATV And EMI Publishing Sign On (UPDATED) Project Playlist has yet to complete the required quartet of major label deals, just lost its CEO to MySpace,. Continue reading
The Best Of Hypebot’s Essays & Commentaries
Anyone can report music industry news – in fact dozens of other sites do – but what I hope sets Hypebot apart from our competitors is that we also share. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Brief: WMG Grabs $1.1B, Danger Mouse, Pirate Bay Trouble, iTunes Scam & more
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Warner Music Grabs $1.1 Billion. Will $'s Finance Another Bid For EMI? The Pirate Bay Gets An Official Theme Song SpiralFrog Hops To New Domain: MyMojo Frustrated With. Continue reading
