Digital Music Forum East Takes Shape
Digital Music Forum East has chosen its speakers and topics for its annual gathering to be held on February 25-26 in New York. “Recent industry developments, such as iTunes and. Continue reading
Grammy Winners: Plant & Krauss, Coldplay, Mayer
The Grammys are easy to dismiss as a relic of another time in the music industry when lavish parties and limos seemed appropriate. I personally haven't watched an entire show. Continue reading
Monday’s Music Brief: TotalMusic, Tickets, SoundExchange, Rubin & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Kyle Bylin Named Hypebot Associate Editor TotalMusic, Tunepost And Ruckus Shut Down A Ticket Reseller Reacts To The Live Nation Tickemaster Merger VOTE: What Do You Think Of. Continue reading
EconMusic Conference Coverage
SUBSCRIPTIONS, MYSPACE DATA,EXPERIMENTATION & MOBILE A guest post from fellow ArtistDish podcaster Patrick Wooward The EconMusic event held at the LA Times building on Thursday brought together some good thinkers. Continue reading
Last Week In Review: Merger Talks, More Losses, Executive Shifts, An Angry Boss & More
It was another interesting week in the music industry as concert giant Live Nation got serious about merger talks with Ticketmaster, 3 of the 4 major labels reported more revenue. Continue reading
YouTube Grabs 41% Share With 100M Viewers
78.5% of the U.S. internet audience viewed online video. The average online viewer watched more than 5 hours. In December, Google and YouTube once again ranked as the top U.S.. Continue reading
Executive Shifts @ Atlantic, Universal, RCA
Larry Kenswil has left his position at EVP Business Strategy at Universal Music Group and head of its eLabs unit after almost 25 years at the label group. He joins. Continue reading
Video: Trent Reznor’s New Model For Music Business Profits
During MidemNet Techdirt's Mike Masnick gave this overview of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails' album release and monetization strategy. At the risk of gushing, this is a must see. Continue reading
Daily D.I.Y. – Create A Video Sampler
I wrote yesterday about the importance of YouTube and suggested creative ways to use it to promote your project. A Hypebot reader reminded me of another video strategy that I've. Continue reading
10 Songs That Rocked The Digital World
From paidContent Most Popular Download – Lollipop, Lil Wayne 1st Straight to Online Album – 15 Steps, Radiohead Video Game Hit – Through the Fire and Flames, DragonForce YouTube Stardom. Continue reading
