Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: RCRD LBL?, EMI Scams Radiohead & More
>> Is today the day RCRD LBL will launch as Wired predicted? The co-founder has been taking some interesting meetings and the WSJ appears to have some insider info on. Continue reading
All 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips
After getting requests from readers, we’ve put all 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips on a single page. No more clicking around to view them. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Jay-Z Pulls Out Of iTunes, Zune Wireless Store?, SnoCap (Boom)Shuffles & Much More
>>> Jay-Z has pulled his new American Gangster release from iTunes because he wants the album to be heard as a total "work of art" (his words not mine). (UndercoverHD) . Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Look
As you can see we’ve got a new logo, look and wider format. Our re-design is a work in progress; so we’d love to hear what you think of it. Continue reading
EMI To Investors: Major Cuts, 766% Growth & $100M Indie Investment Fund Ahead
Terra Firma is privately telling investors that it will cut $223 million in fixed costs on top of existing EMI cost-saving initiatives. U.S. cuts include $31 million from sales and. Continue reading
Exclusive Interview: 4QFor imeem CEO Dalton Caldwell
This week’s 4QFor (Four Questions For) features imeem’s young founder and CEO Dalton Caldwell answering the same questions we put last week to Nimbit founder Patrick Faucher. Q1. What major. Continue reading
Prince And The Pirate Bay – A Litigation Fairytale
Continuing his crusade to control his own content, Prince is planning lawsuits against Bit-Torrent indexer Pirate Bay in the US, France (which has favorable copyright laws) and the notorious site’s. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: News From Microsoft, Cycloop, imeem, Rhapsody & More
>>> Microsoft is adding to its music portfolio by buying mobile music firm MusicWave. (press release) Investment analysts like the Motley Fool are less than impressed. (Microsoft’s Sound Of Garbled. Continue reading
100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips
Never leave promotion to the other guy. Depending on your point of view don’t count on the label, band or publicist to do their jobs. Do it yourself or it. Continue reading
Is Roger Ames Out At EMI And Billy Mann In? – UPDATED
UPDATED: An unconfirmed source told Hypebot that, Roger Ames is out as head of EMI North America. He will be replaced by record producer Billy Mann. (see Mann bio). Industry. Continue reading
Social Music Marketing – A Quick Handbook
Music Marketing 2.0 has not quite arrived, but it’s clearly just around the corner. Traditional media are being replaced as music promotion and discovery engines by a multitude of online. Continue reading
