Music 2.0 Week In Review: Sony BMG Drops $42M, Real Up 12%, Columbia Records Prank & Much More
> Hypebot’s commentary about ads on ColumbiaRecords.com inspired a prank that placed an anti-label ad on the site. As the week progressed it spread across the net and a label. Continue reading
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JUST A FEW SLOTS LEFT: YOU TAKE OVER HYPEBOT I’m getting married on August 8th. So from 10 days from 8/8 – 8/16/08 I’ll be taking a brief break from. Continue reading
Columbia Insider Responds To Hypebot’s Ad Prank
Our prank placing a "Major Labels Are Obsolete" ad on the front page of ColumbiaRecords.com to illustrate the problems with ads on a major label web site has drawn strong. Continue reading
IODA, R2G Launch Chinese Download Site WaWaWa
Digital distributor IODA has partnered with R2G, a leading digital distributor in China to launch the Wawawa Music Store at www.wa3.cn. The partnership offers non-Chinese independent labels and artists a. Continue reading
ArtistDish Podcast #2: 25 Cent Tracks & Audio Quality
ArtistDish , the podcast that I do with Duncan Freeman and Patrick Woodward has just released ArtistDish #2 which includes a discussion of Terry McBride’s recent comments suggesting a 25. Continue reading
RealNetworks Up 12% But Music Lags
"We achieved solid results in the second quarter," Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks. said during the company’s report to Wall Street yesterday. "We also launched a major initiative — Music. Continue reading
Piibe Named EMI Global Digital Development Czar
Former Napster and MusicGremlin executive Miichael Piibe has been upped to Global Head Of Digital Business Development of EMI Music. He had just been named SVP-Business Affairs for EMI North. Continue reading
Dell Downplays MP3 Player, Broader Strategy Hinted
Dell is downplaying earlier reports that they are reentering the mp3 player market with a WiFi enabled device. "We have not announced that we are going to be selling an. Continue reading
Columbia Records Prank Day #3
If you’ve been following our little exercise making fun of Columbia Records having ads on their web site, as of early this morning we’ve spent all of $4.14 cents to. Continue reading
