mSpot Signs Up 6M For Paid Mobile Entertainment
Mobile music and entertainment company mSpot announced this morning that it has surpassed the 6 million mark in total paid users – a 150% increase since July 2008. mSpot offers. Continue reading
eMusic Adds Sony, But Could Pay A Price
eMusic was founded as a fierce supporter of independent music and has continued to maintain that stance…until now. Soon eMusic's 400,000 monthly subscribers will have access to the music of. Continue reading
Walmart Shutting Down DRM Download Servers
Walmart.com's music download store went DRM free in February of 2008; and now the retail giant is telling customers that they'll no longer support the DRM laden downloads that they. Continue reading
Music & The Creative Class: A Fruit Fly Industry
(Part 1) Richard Florida and his 2005 bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life gave voice to a movement to. Continue reading
Live Nation Drops All Ticket Charges During “No Service Fee Wednesday’s”
Live Nation is dropping service fees on more than five million lawn tickets at amphitheater shows ticketed by LiveNation.com for 24 hours beginning at 12:01 AM June 3rd. .. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Brief: Sony + eMusic, Ticket Sale, PT Barnum, BitTorrent, PlayStation Downloads & More
Sorry for the delay in getting this summary online today. But I wanted to make sure it was up to the minute and I was out late last night at. Continue reading
Winner Of The Appetite For Destruction Contest
Last week Kyle published a great two part interview with Steve Knopper, Rolling Stone reporter and author of Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
Indie Labels Experience A Major Renaissance A Look At The New $5 Napster Video: Spotify's Amazing Android App WMG To Pay 9.5% On $1.1 Billion In New Notes More Trouble. Continue reading
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Join the growing Hypebot tribe on Twitter at twitter.com/hypebot. 1704 1958 people are following Hypebot there. In addition to our regular posts, I also tweet to poll readers, get tips,. Continue reading
WMG To Pay 9.5% On $1.1 Billion In New Notes
PLUS HOW EDGAR & LYOR CAN HELP SAVE WMG $230 MILLION AND STILL KEEP THEIR JOBS Last week the Warner Music Group surprised analysts by selling twice the number of. Continue reading
