Tuesday’s Music Briefing: Buyout Rumors, Amazon MP3, Bye Bye Blender? & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Essay:The Social Music Evolution WMG Reports Higher Profits On Lower Sales Bono’s (RED) Preps For Monday Launch Meebo And Universal Partner For Videos, Chat Video: Orchard Co-Founder On. Continue reading
Pete Ganbarg Joins Atlantic As EVP A&R
Early A&R Successes Included Vanilla Ice And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pete Ganbarg has joined Atlantic Records as Executive Vice President of A&R, based in New York. Ganbarg, has previously. Continue reading
Top Music 2008: Paste And Blender
Paste’s Best Of 2008 1. She & Him, Volume One2. Sigur Rós, Med sud i eyrum…3. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend4. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago5. Okkervil River – The. Continue reading
Layoffs At Buzznet. Bloody Holidays Ahead.
Music destination Buzznet has let go of at least 10 of its 89 staffers according to Valleywag. Some rumors suggest a higher number. Buzznet properties which include Idolator, Stereogum and. Continue reading
imeem Upgrades Android App. Adds Mobile Ads.
Social music site imeem, has added a mobile advertising platform and several upgrades to its Android, Android mobile platform. imeem is already among the 10 most popular applications for the. Continue reading
One View Of The Musical Middle Class
Frequent Hypebot contributor Kyle Bylin has added a great deal to Hypebot’s exploration of marketing guru Seth Godin’s latest book "Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" and power of. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Briefing: MySpace Music CEO, Austin Struggles, Japan’s Downloads Jump & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Poll: Is There A Musical Middle Class? One View Of The Musical Middle Class YouTube Broadcast’s First Live Event Top Music 2008: Paste And Blender Layoffs At Buzznet.. Continue reading
YouTube Broadcast’s First Live Event
UPDATED: YouTube is broadcast its first major live event this Saturday featuring a number of music and video stars that are popular on the site. Musicians like Kate Perry (OK,. Continue reading
