Friday’s Music Briefing: MySpace Music CEO, The Beatles, Napster, Awdio & More
MySpace Music has offered the CEO position to Courtney Holt, former Interscope exec and MTV Networks’ EVP of Digital Music & Media, according cNet. The digital shy Beatles and MTV. Continue reading
Staff Cuts At Sonicbids And eMusic
The slowing economy has hit two more online based music firms. Sonicbids has laid off 9 of its 58 staff members. The cuts touched every department except Member Relations including. Continue reading
MTV’s “Unprecedented Global Project”? The Beatles
UPDATED: Yesterday MTV sent dozens of emails to the media including Hypebot inviting us to an "unprecedented global music project" (aka a conference call) today with the top network’s top. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Briefing: imeem, Didiom, Earnings Calls & Much More
imeem, Beggars Group and Matador Records forged a gobal licensing agreement (press release) An RIAA defendant gets some help from Harvard Law. (ars) Didiom announced the beta launch of an. Continue reading
The Record Business Is Not The Music Business
Volumes have been written on the troubles facing the music business: illegal downloading is decimating sales, broadcast radio’s dominance as a promotional tool has bee diminished by new media, music. Continue reading
Wednesday Music Briefing: Wal-Mart, EMI, IODA, Thumplay & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Walmart Gets Serious About Downloads The Record Business Is Not The Music Business MTV Takes A Shot At YouTube And Misses Tribes: Music For A Movement MORE NEWS:. Continue reading
Walmart Gets Serious About Downloads
A revamped Walmart.com MP3 store launched today with aggressive pricing and new features that take full advantage of Walmart’s reach, clout and the chain’s brick and mortar locations: 3 million. Continue reading
3 Reasons AC/DC Chose Wal-Mart
UPDATED: After a #1 UK debut, early sales put the new AC/DC "Black Ice" Wal-Mart exclusive now also tops the US charts with 780,000 in first week sales. (more) How. Continue reading
MTV Takes A Shot At YouTube And Misses
The original go to place for music videos has launched a new web site aimed at taking back some of the traffic lost to the new go to place for. Continue reading
Tribes: Music For A Movement
This guest post Kyle Bylin of 50 Entertainment was inspired by Seth Godin’s new book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Read Hypebot’s recent interview with Godin here. There. Continue reading
