Lil Wayne & Universal Embrace Musicane
Universal Motown artist Lil Wayne will sell downloads of is new release, Tha Carter III directly to fans via his website, blog and social network pages using the Musicane widget. Continue reading
6 Ways To Save The Music Industry
The music industry is facing many challenges. How can the major labels and the entrepreneurs that seek to replace them adjust to compete in this new and evolving environment? In. Continue reading
Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: WMG, EMI, Subscription, AC/DC + WalMart & More
UPDATED – HYPEBOT FEATURES: Second Life co-creator joins EMI Group calls for no satellite merger + $250M fines WMG pulls full song streams from Last.FM plus Commentary Online drama of. Continue reading
WMG Pulled From Last fm & Commentary
Warner Music Group has pulled its content from CBS owned Last.fm: "…the fees related to the existing free service have been far less than it had hoped. Last.FM pays the. Continue reading
Ex-Yahoo VP’s Recipe For Saving EMI
"With the disappearance of advantaged label competencies such as superior production, distribution, and marketing, reconfigure your labels to be based around affinities and focused narrowly enough to serve roughly the. Continue reading
If You Link To Hypebot…
If you link to Hypebot in your blogroll or elsewhere (thank-you) please do me a BIG favor and check to make certain the link is directly to https://www.hypebot.com. I’ve moved. Continue reading
Music 2.0 Week In Review: Handleman Out, Baidu Boycott & Much More
> IN DEPTH: Can the Music Industry Save Itself? Part 5: Release More Records > Wal-Mart supplier Handleman is exiting the music business > Chinese and international music companies urge. Continue reading
Amazon Servers Down 3 Hours – Updated
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Yesterday’s outage lasted about two hours with problems persisting for an additional 90 minutes. No reason for the outage has been provided by America’s largest online retailer. Continue reading
Tunecore Cuts Some Fees
Starting June 20th, flat rate digital distributor TuneCore will deliver a single track into any 11 digital stores of the customer’s choice for a flat rate of $9.99. Current stores. Continue reading
