MTV, Real & Verizon Partner For New Rhapsody America Music Service
MTV today abandoned its URGE download store with Microsoft in favor of a new partnership with Real to be called Rhapsody America. The new company has also contracted with Verizon. Continue reading
Coverage Of MTV & Real’s Announcement
Click here for the archive of our live blogging of the press conference where MTV, RealNetworks and Verizon announces a new joint music service design to challenge iTunes. Click here. Continue reading
Live Blog Of MTV 8/21/07 Announcement Of New Digital Music Service
A telephone replay of the call will be available after 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT at 1-888-484-8256 and 1-203-369-3737 for international callers. We’ll are live blogging now waiting for the. Continue reading
MySpaceMp3 Hack Closed But Goes Public With Code
MySpaceMp3.org, a hack we wrote about late last week that enabled users to easily download mp3’s from the hundreds of thousands of songs streamed on MySpace, has been closed. But. Continue reading
MTV To Shut Urge And Partner With Real
UPDATED: According to various sources, MTV is ending its Microsoft parternership URGE and relaunching the download store as part of a new intiative with RealNetwork’s Rhapsody. Details are expect in. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: Free Eagles From WalMart, Universal’s Cheap Mixtapes, Virgin Stores Sold & Much More
>>> WalMart will give away a free mp3 download of of the new Eagle’s single to everyone who pre-order’s the CD. (press release) >>> With illegal mixtapes being targeted by. Continue reading
Merlin Names Board For Global Indie Trade Group
Merlin, the global independent music trade group has named its board of directors. Collectively indie music accounts for 80% of new releases and a 30% share of the global music. Continue reading
New Music Funding: The Filter Gets $5M From Gabriel And Global Grind Grabs $3.5M To Start
Music reccomendation site The Filter has grabbed $5 million in new funding led by an investment by Peter Gabriel. The Filter automatically creates playlists and provides recommendations based on iTunes. Continue reading
New Music Business Briefing: EMI Pulls Stock, Farrell Falters, FCC Sides With Pearl Jam & More
>>> EMI has applied to have its stock de-listed as the company prepares to go private. Trading on the London stock exchange should stop on Tuesday. (AFX) >>> WTF happened. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Week In Review: Universal Details, Pea Drops, EMI Fumbles & Much More
>>> More details of the Universal DRM-free experiment which start next week emerged with Rhapsody giving Hypebot an exclusive interview as well as details of the Google’s important role in. Continue reading
The 25th Anniversary Of The CD
Hidden among today’s headlines of industry upheaval and horrible happenings around the globe was a small item that almost went unnoticed. August 17th marks the Silver Anniversary of the often. Continue reading
