YouTube To Broadcast Outside Lands Festival
YouTube is jumping into the online festival streaming business for the live webcast from the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco highlighting live performances from Dave Matthews Band, Built. Continue reading
OurStage & MTV Join For Emerging Artist Program
MTV and OurStage.com have formed an ongoing partnership to expose emerging artists. In the first joint venture, musicians in top U.S. markets have been participating in OurStage hosted efforts. Continue reading
McBride: “A Profound Shift From Content Is King”
"We are seeing a profound shift from content is king to context as king. With the mobile app revolution in full swing the need to own goes away, the need. Continue reading
Dick Wingate Joins Ted Cohen’s TAG Team
Two experienced digital execs have come aboard Ted Cohen's TAG Strategic. The digital entertainment consultancy has formed a partnership with industry veteran Dick Wingate to develop business opportunities and co-consult. Continue reading
Hypebot Revisted: The Best Of Bylin’s Interviews
As we continue our 5th Anniversary retrospective, it's only fitting that we revisit some of the work of Hypebot Associate Editor Kyle Bylin's intrepid interviews with some of the music. Continue reading
More Music News Thu. 8/27/09: World’s Fair Closes, Kickstart, Target + iTunes, & More
Sources: Apple to unveil new iPod lineup on September 9 (Apple Insider) Label services firm World's Fair closes. (Billboard) The Social History of the MP3 from Pitchfork contributor Eric Harvey.. Continue reading
Sony Music’s Web Efforts Bear Fruit
If its true that the the web rules, then the world's #2 major label group just got closer to the throne. Sony Music Entertainment recently became one of the Web’s. Continue reading
Alice Cooper Goes From Throwing TV’s Out Windows To Selling Them
In the UK spot selling Sony TV’s, Alice Cooper shares his former love of tossing them out hotel room windows, noting it was easier to do in the ’80s because. Continue reading
Hypebot Revisited: Infiltrating Columbia Records Site With An Anti-Label Ad
What a difference a year makes. It seemed appropriate that today's installment revisiting some of our favorite posts during this blog's 5th Anniversary would be last summer's post "Hypebot Infiltrates. Continue reading
More Music News Wed 8/26/09: Spotify $’s, Robertson Interview, Weather Channel Gets Into Music Biz & More
UPDATED: Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music. (paidContent) Just a month before a new Zune launches… Spotify now making universal more money than iTunes, in Sweden: In. Continue reading
