UK Artists Band Together To Control Their Future
A group of top UK musicians including Robbie Williams, The Verve and David Gilmour have banded as the Featured Artists Coalition to campaign for better deals and more progressive laws. Continue reading
Radiohead’s “In Raindows” One Year Later
A NEW ERA OF MONETIZING MUSIC: THE ARTISTS’ MODEL Read Part 2 – The Future Revealed Guest Post: Alex Grange, CEO of Pure Play Music. October 10, 2008 marks the. Continue reading
MTV Int’l Names Bruce Gillmer SVP Talent & Music
Viacom has named Bruce Gillmer as its Senior Vice President of Talent and Music for MTV Networks International. A 21-year veteran of MTV Networks, Gillmer will continue to be based. Continue reading
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
