Sony Completes BMG Purchase
Sony has completed the acquisition of Bertelsmann’s 50% stake in Sony BMG, which was originally announced in August. The music company, to be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SMEI), is. Continue reading
imeem Counters MySpace Music With Redesign
A newly redesigned imeem goes live today as part of a campaign to slow a MySpace Music jugaurnaut that claimed 1 billion streams in its first week. Both services offer. Continue reading
Cut From The NY Times, Leeds Lands At Buzznet
Buzznet is expanding its music editorial team with the addition of Jeff Leeds, a popular former New York Times music reporter, as its new Editor-in-Chief. In addition, former Alternative Press. Continue reading
Ticket Insurance: NFL Has It. Why Not Concerts?
Secondary ticketing company viagogo.com has launched an options market for NFL playoff tickets. Why not extend the concept in some form to concert tickets? With Victory Pass, you pay for. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Briefing. IODA Cuts Staff, Digital Award Winners, Eventful & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: New Mechanical Rates Expected Today MySpace Music’s Top 10 MySpace Logs 1 Billion Plays, Radiohead & Oasis Debuts imeem Counters MySpace Music With Redesign Cut From The NY. Continue reading
MySpace Logs 1B Plays, Radiohead & Oasis Debuts
The new MySpace Music says that is has logged more than 1 billion plays less than a week after its debut. See the Top 10. Radiohead has exclusively premiered their. Continue reading
MySpace Music Top 10
From the first week of the new MySpace Music Whatever You Like by T.I. (10,910,737 plays) Cant Believe It by T Pain (4,216,580 plays) So What by Pink (4,181,983 plays). Continue reading
Royalty Board To Rule. iTunes Threatens Shut Down
Apple has filed a brief with the Copyright Royalty Board to fight a proposed increase in mechanical royalty rates from 9 to 15 cents. In the brief first reported by. Continue reading
What Is A Music Entrepreneur?
I’ve been thinking about retooling our booking agency Skyline Music to better position it and our artists to compete and thrive in the new realities of the music business. The. Continue reading
Rhapsody America Relaunches Listen.com As Local Music Destination
Rhapsody America has relaunched Listen.com as a local music blog. Initial coverage via a hook-up with alternative newspaper chain Creative Loafing includes Chicago, L.A., New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle,. Continue reading
