“Web Site Can Now Be Your Album”
"The Web site can now be your album… an ongoing ever changing one that grows and changes and reflects your creative impulses as you have them. Grab the moment of. Continue reading
TuneCore Gets $7M From Opus Capital. Why???
UPDATED: The economic meltdown has slowed venture funding, but it hasn’t stopped it entirely. Discount flat fee digital distributor TuneCore has received $7 million in first round financing from Opus. Continue reading
EMI Loss Hits $1.2 Billion. Can It Survive?
EMI lost a whopping $1.2 billion in the financial year that ended March 31st dwarfing the prior year’s $455 million river of red. Revenue declined to $2.3 billion from $2.8. Continue reading
One WMG Board Member Has Better Things To Do
WMG announced Friday that Jonathan M. Nelson has resigned from its Board of Directors. Nelson is CEO Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on media, entertainment, communications and. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Briefing: Zune, iPhone Apps, Keiser Chieds & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Your "web site can now be your album" TuneCore Gets $7M From Opus Capital. Why??? A WMG Board Member Resigns Because Has Better Things To Do EMI Loss. Continue reading
Music’s Week In Review: Ticketmaster Grabs Indie Payola, Facebook, CD Baby & Much More
Ticketmaster bought Irving Azoff’s Frontline Management and Azoff will run the combined companies. IODA has signed to add its million tracks to MySpace Music Facebook Mulls Music. This Time With. Continue reading
How Are Your Building Your Music Tribe?
How you are building your tribe?. Whether its fans or team members at a label, management firm or start-up we’re all trying to build tribes. Is Facebook. ArtistData or Basecamp. Continue reading
R.I.P. MERL SAUNDERS
From his work with Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead to his wonderful solo recordings Merl Saunders won the hearts of many. His warm smile and big hugs helped Jerry. Continue reading
Derek Sivers Got $22 Million For CD Baby
Entrepreneur Forms Musician’s Charitable Trust $22 million. From a one man operation in his garage to a $22 million sale to Disc Makers in ten years. It’s a story that. Continue reading
Under The Guns (‘n Roses) Dr. Pepper Goes Free
True to its word, Dr. Pepper will honor the release of Guns ‘n Roses’ Chinese Democracy with a free soda for every American. "We never thought this day. Continue reading
