Monday’s Music Briefing: Pump Audio, Dido, Panodora’s “Honeymoon Over” and Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: UK Artists Bands Together To Control Their Future Nokia’s Comes With Music Comes With Restrictions Vote: Will Nokia’s Comes With Music Be A Hit? UK Artists Bands Together. Continue reading
Music Industry Week In Review: Royalties, Nokia, eMusic, MySpace & Much More
After a week of bickering including a threat to shut down iTunes, The Copyright Royalty Board left mechanical rates largely unchanged. US Congress passed a bill empowering Sound Exchange to. Continue reading
Kid Rock Finally Goes Digital Via Rhapsody
After spending months aggressively dissing all things digital, Kid Rock has made his entire catalog available for download and streaming exclusively via Rhapsody. Downloads are album only. More on the. Continue reading
Consumer or Music Lover: You Decide
GUEST POST by Kyle Bylin of indie label 50 Entertainment. Kyle also contributed The Fall Of Communization And The Rise Of The Music Fan and We Are The Curator, The. Continue reading
Watch Live Video Of Digital Music Forum West
UPDATE: CLIPS OF LAST WEEK’S FORUM CAN BE VIEWED HERE. Can’t make it to Digital Music Forum West? You can watch live video of all the panels and other action. Continue reading
Copyright Royalty Board Makes Few Rate Changes
There was no real game changer on Thursday as the US Copyright Royalty Board ruled that for the next five years: Mechanical download rates would remain at 9.1 cents per. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Briefing: Nokia, Drowning Pool, Rolling Stone & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Copyright Royalty Board Makes Few Rate Changes Nokia Unveils Comes With Music. EMI Joins In. Nokia Taps Orchard As First Indie Provider 7digital CEO: Nokia’s Music Service "Fatally. Continue reading
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Nokia Unveils Comes With Music. EMI Joins In.
At events today in London and Singapore, Nokia announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment service. EMI also announced that it would become the fourth major label. Continue reading
Nokia Taps Orchard As First Indie Provider
Nokia has chosen The Orchard as its premier independent provider for the launch of its new Comes with Music service announced today in London. As a part of the unique. Continue reading