UK Music Trade Supports Copy Tax plus a Commentary
Ripping your CD onto you iPod is a crime in the UK. But as is the practice globally, most people do it; and a recent survey showed that 88% don’t. Continue reading
EMI Closing Asian Offices Earlier Than Rumored
It has been rumored for several weeks that EMI was shutting down most of its Asian operations and seeking a partner to handle future operations. Now our veteran Asian music. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: EMI Debt, Radiohead Tricks Charts, Teen Spending Drops, Radio 1 Gets Social & More
> CitiGroup is struggling to unload its EMI loan exposure thanks to down markets and an unknown future for EMI. (FT) > Think you can’t trick the charts post Sound. Continue reading
You Can Tap Hypebot’s Collective Intelligence
Earlier this week we asked Hypebot readers to take a look at Overlay.tv and share what they thought of the video tagging service and how it could be used in. Continue reading
The Week’s Top Music Industry News: Indies on MySpace, Imeem Buys Snocap, Video On Net & Much More
> Problems lie ahead for digital music distributors as labels demand lower fees and more services. > A letter to labels from The Orchard’s CEO leaked to Hypebot showed concern. Continue reading
Hypebot Is Migrating
PLEASE REPORT TECH PROBLEMS Hypebot has been operating under two URL’s for some time now Hypebot.com and another via our blog software provider at hypebot.tyepad.com. That’s been messing up some. Continue reading
OurStage Partners With Bonnaroo, Newport, Bumbershoot & Other Fests
OurStage has formed partnerships with a number of top music festivals including Bonnaroo, Noise Pop, Newport Folk Festival, JVC Jazz Festival Newport, Bumbershoot, SoulFest and Afro-Punk. Each will tap OurStage. Continue reading
IDJ, J. Dupree & Body Spray Form Label
DOES MUSIC MAKE THE BRAND OR THE BRAND MAKE THE MUSIC? Island Def Jam and Procter & Gamble’s TAG men’s body spray have formed a new hip-hop record label, TAG. Continue reading
Friday’s Briefing: EU Stops ISP Blocks, NZ Mobile Music Soars, D.I.Y. MTV & More
> European Parliament members have voted to stop the ISP disconnection policies those introduced in France and proposed in the UK and elsewhere to fight illegal music downloads. (PaidContent UK). Continue reading
EMI Wins ASCAP Publisher Of The Year
Last night, EMI Music Publishing was named publisher of the year for a record 14th time by ASCAP at their annual Pop Music Awards. EMI songwriters including Fergie, Beyonce, Nelly. Continue reading
