Rhapsody Drops Price To $9.99
(UPDATED) the spin off of Rhapsody from Real and MTV became official last week, and armed with a $51 million war chest, the music subscription service dropped its monthly prices. Continue reading
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Sign up to follow Hypebot on Twitter today @ http://twitter.com/hypebot and you could win either Seth Godin's new book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? or Larry Harris' And Party Every Day:. Continue reading
Beatles, Pink Floyd & Coldplay Contracts May Be Reason EMI Can’t Make A Deal
The contracts of some of EMI's best selling acts could be the reason that the label group has yet to make a catalog licensing deal that would provide much needed. Continue reading
Gang Of Four To Fan Fund Album Via Pledge Music
The recent rise, fall and rise again of Sellaband has left many supporters of the fan funding concept a bit edgy. But that hasn't stopped veteran UK rockers Gang Of. Continue reading
Musicians For Music 2.0 Hopes To Fund Music Tech Startups
(UPDATED) I first learned about the Musicians For Music 2.0 proposed venture fund on Duncan Freeman's IndieMusicTech blog. As the founder of music analytics firm Band Metrics, Duncan is no. Continue reading
Interest Growing In April 17th’s Record Store Day
Given the ongoing decline in record stores, it's exciting to hear that April 17th's Record Store Day is shaping up to be the biggest yet. Biggest, not just in terms. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: UMG + Conduit, Digg, 7Digital, 360 Video, Facebook Connect & More
UMG has struck a deal with Conduit Labs, a startup that creates musical social games, to provide users with access to UMG’s library. (TechCrunch) Digg Founder Kevin Rose to Replace. Continue reading
Video: Ben Folds On Chatroulette, Merton & More
Solving The Merton vs. Ben Folds Mystery (UPDATED) Is musician Ben Folds really also Merton of random web cam site Chartoulette fame? He’s been having fun with the confusion on. Continue reading
Find Out What Your Web Site Looks Like On An iPad
iPad Peek You may be sick of reading about the iPad, but it's important that you think about what your web site looks like on the popular new device. iPad. Continue reading
The iPad & Music: A Weekend 1 Round Up
(Update 2) "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." The iPad's first days sales including pre-orders are said to be in the 600-700,000 range according to an analysis. Continue reading