Wednesday’s Music Briefing: UMG Mobile $’s, Zune, Koch & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Remix 2.0: MixMatchMusic Acquires Mix2 Matador's Patrick Amory Shares "What Is Working?" The Orchard Closes Vice For Distribution Test Market Your Merchandise For Free Hip Hop News From. Continue reading
Game Over? Music Game Sales Slip
Music Games Down 6% in 2008 Given the dominance of a relatively few games, is this just a blip caused by new release patterns or is the sector saturated and. Continue reading
New FCC Chair Has Strong Venture & Digital Ties
UPDATE: The appointment is now official. Reaction to the appointment from the indie label community via A2IM President Rich Bengloff after the jump below/ Julius Genachowski has been named the. Continue reading
Hypebot @ MidemNet and Midem
I fly to France on Wednesday to attend both MidemNet and Midem. While in Cannes, I'll be helping to host MidemNet as part of its Visionary Chair Committee along with. Continue reading
Slicethepie Launches Anonymous Song Test
UPDATE: SoundOut is now live. Fan to band financing site Slicethepie is launching a new service aimed at labels and artists that want to a test a song prior to. Continue reading
Does Your Email List Come Wth Customer Service?
I was helping one of the bands we represent get out a blast to their email list of 5000. Yes, in Music 2.0 everyone does a litle bit of everything.. Continue reading
Pirates Prison Project: If We Sent Them All To Jail…
A bit of fun with a message via futurist Gerd Leonard: What if we locked up everyone who downloaded music illegally? Prisons for pirates might be a much needed growth. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music Briefing: UMG Digital, Nokia Stats, Live Nation Agency? & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Slicethepie To Launch Anonymous Song Test Game Over? Music Game Sales Slip New FCC Chair Has Strong Venture & Digital Ties Daily D.I.Y. – Does Your Email List. Continue reading
Microsoft May Abandon The Zune
Recent by comments by Microsoft executives have led to speculation that Microsoft may abandon the Zune. Microsoft CEO Ballmer declared at CES that consumers increasingly were moving away from one. Continue reading
10 Music Industry Trends & Questions For 2009
Guest post by Kyle Bylin 1. Falling Behind – Ten years ago, The Record Industry had The CD Release Complex and knew exactly what to do. Now everyone else is. Continue reading