Perez “Queen Of All Media” Hilton Sponsors A Tour
Perez Hilton approaches brand extension with the same zeal that some gals approach hair extentions: keep piling them on long after they start to look unnatural and silly. So it. Continue reading
More Music News Mon. 8/10/09: Spiral Frog, Slight Of Guy Hands, Team Tennenbaum & More
Inside the short, troubled life of music start-up Spiral Frog. (CNet) After an in depth look at the failed startup, writer Greg Sandoval then goes beyond Spiral Frog with other. Continue reading
Tech Gains And The Music Industry Loses As Cory Ondrejka Leaves EMI
"Thanks EMI for great year and a half, time to return to entrepreneurial roots, last day 21 Aug"– Cory Ondrejka via Twitter (Updated) With that tweet, recently promoted head of. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
It was another week of poor earnings reports and bad news for the old school music industry: Warner Music losses mounted, RealNetworks' Rhapsody lost 50K subscribers and 9% of staff. Continue reading
RealNetwork’s Rhapsody Cuts 9% Of Staff
Rhapsody, a joint venture of RealNetworks and MTV, layed of 12 people or 9% of the staff of the music subscription service. RealNetworks had already cut 8% of overall staff. Continue reading
Indie Artist The Aces Asks Hypebot Readers: Do The Grammys Matter?
Derek Irving from indie artists The Aces emailed me yesterday: I'm an independent artist who recently signed to a label out of Spain for a 2 record term. Why? Because. Continue reading
Lives Nations Reports Another Loss
The Machine Despite beating their ticket sales target by more than 1 million tickets, Live Nation reported a loss of $27.2 million, or 33 cents per share, in Q2.. Continue reading
ArtistDirect Leaves NASDAQ
ArtistDirect, which went public in a blaze of unrealized glory, is voluntarily pulling itself off the NASDAQ stock exchange and stopping reports to the SEC. The company operates as popular. Continue reading
More Music News Friday 8/7/09: Pirate Bay Sale, Twitter Attack, Downturns & More
Pirate Bay sale imminent, but who owns it to begin with? As The Pirate Bay contemplates a sale later this month, ars technica takes a look at the mysterious, Seychelles-based. Continue reading
