Forrester Study Offers Plan To Save Music Industry
A Summary & Commentary – Forrester Research has released an aggressive road map of changes that analyst Mark Mulligan says are "necessary to save the music industry from the current. Continue reading
Apple’s Big Music Event Today At 10AM Pacific
READ TODAY'S MAJOR APPLE MUSIC ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE. Apple is holding what they're calling a rock 'n roll press event today 9/9/09 at 10 AM Pacific (1PM Eastern). Hypebot will have. Continue reading
Bandcamp Sneaks In Three New Features
Most new music industry services send a press release when they add an important new feature, while others send an announcement every time they change the color of their home. Continue reading
Snoop Dogg Named Chairman EMI’s Priority Records
Can an 80's Hip-Hop success story breath new life into one of the genre's original labels? EMI Music apparently thinks so, and has named Snoop Dogg to the new position. Continue reading
More Music News Wed. 9.9.09: Swedish Storm. MP3 Patch, LPFM, Digital Slowdown, Sony eMusic, & More
IFPI Prepares IPRED Complaints Against File-Sharers – A new law designed to make it easier for copyright holders to go after file-sharers came into force in Sweden on April 1st.. Continue reading
Nimbit Launches Facebook Artist Commerce Platform
Music commerce services provider Nimbit has launched launched Nimbit MyStore for Facebook, which the company says is the first direct to fan social commerce solution. Previously, fans on Facebook who. Continue reading
WaTunes Wants To Become The New MySpace
"WaTunes to Become the New MySpace?" is the headline of the press release, but we'll all have to wait until after Sept 28th to learn more more. That's when the. Continue reading
As Spotify Envy Grows, A Video To Fuel The Fire
It's been very frustrating for North American music fans to hear so much about Spotify, but not be able to use it. And with each passing day, Spotify envy only. Continue reading
Study: Facebook Makes You Smarter While Twitter & YouTube Dumb You Down
Keeping up to date on Facebook seems to have the same positive effect on your brain as playing complex video games and solving Sudoku puzzles, according to Dr Tracy Alloway. Continue reading
Guitar Hero 5: Johnny Cash Duets With Kurt Cobain
The Guitar Hero 5 video game, which hits store shelves today, enables players to rock any way they want with unlimited combinations of multiple guitarists, bassists, drummers and singers. You. Continue reading