Beatles Beat Back Bizaare BlueBeat Legal Defense
(UPDATED) Earlier this week, we reported that a little known U.S. based download site BlueBeat.com had begun selling previously unavailable tracks from The Beatles for just $.25. Everyone knew something. Continue reading
Lloyd Dobler “Mobler” Takes On NYC
Imagine a gaggle of trench coated indie rock nerds walk around NYC with blaring boom boxes helos over their heads and you've got a bit of the flavor of. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Google Music China, Sirius, EU Backs Net Restrictions & More
Early Results From Google’s China Music Service (paidContent) The indie rock scene and record labels to support it are flourishing in Olympia, WA. (Weekly Volcano) Nokia gets some exclusives on. Continue reading
RealNetworks To Lay Off 70
Following a slightly profit report to shareholders last week that included a continuing downturn in subscribers to its Rhapsody music service, RealNetworks is laying of 70 or about 4% of. Continue reading
Did Qtrax Tell Another Lie?
Search Deal With Baidu May Be Far Less Than Qtrax Claimed The missteps by ad supported music download site Qtrax are legendary. In 2008, the company held lavish parties at. Continue reading
A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have In Common?
Kyle Bylin, Assoicate Editor In recent news reports, it’s becoming more and more apparent — that at a time when the record industry is reeling from changes that it barely. Continue reading
Lost In A Sea Of 100,000 iPhone Apps
Apple announced this week that developers have created more than 100,000 apps for its App Store for iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries. Users have downloaded two billion. Continue reading
New Weezer CD + An Official Snuggie Only $29.99!
Yes, this is a real product. River Cuomo told Rolling Stone back in May that he and his Weezer bandmates were in talks to produce an official “wuggie” version of. Continue reading
IFPI: “Illegal File-sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales” What Do You Think?
Global recording industry trade group the IFPI predictably responded to a new UK study that downloaders of unauthorized music also spend more money than average adding to their music collections. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: NARM Web Seminar Today, MySpace Troubles, RIAA Defaulters, No Doubt vs. Activison, FundTunes & More
If you are involved in marketing music, don't miss today's Music Consumer Behavior online seminar. Thanks to NARM, Hypebot has invites. Trouble @ MySpace: Losing Money and Traffic & Blowing. Continue reading
