More Music Industry News: Digital Beatles (Legal & Not), Royalties, The Orchard, INgrooves, EMI & More
I wrote about Beatles downloads being available for the first time on Bluebeat last week and asked if it could possibly be legal. EMI doesn't think so and is suing. Continue reading
Indie Artist X Project Wrap Up
This guest post comes from David Rose who created the Indie Artist X experiment. David Rose is also the Managing Editor at KnowTheMusicBiz.com and a Partner at The PlazaBridge Group.. Continue reading
Report: Universal Music CEO Morris To Step Aside
Universal Music Group's Doug Morris will step aside next year and international chief Lucian Grainge will assume the role of CEO, according to BusinessWeek. Morris, who is 71 this month,. Continue reading
Orchard Shares Double On Buyout News
(NEWS & ANALYSIS) Shares of digital distributor The Orchard rose 38.9% during the trading day yesterday and then jumped another 70% after hours on news that majority shareholder Dimensional Associates. Continue reading
Use Lala & MySpaceTo Improve Google Results
Along with Lala's new deal to provide enhanced music search results for Google alongside MySpace and others comes word that indie artists and label will be able to control and. Continue reading
NARM Invites Hypebot Readers To Online Music Consumer Behavior Seminar
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) is inviting Hypebot readers to attend an online seminar this Thursday, November 5th that will examine the results of a recent study of. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Free Music Via Google, Qtrax + Baidu, U.S. Music Hack Day & More
20+ major artists will be offering free content to promote Google's new music search engine. Details are few. (TechCrunch) Qtrax announced that Baidu, China's leading search engine, has agreed to. Continue reading
Topspin’s Ian Rogers Becomes An Artist Manager
On his personal blog, Topspin CEO Ian Rogers has revealed that in addition to running the direct to fan tech start-up, he's also co-managing a new artist. The focus of. Continue reading
Google Wave Explained Pulp Fiction Style
Currently in beta, Google Wave could change artists to fan communications…again. Hypebot even named it to our recent 5 New Tech Trends That You Can’t Afford To Ignore. But understanding. Continue reading
