Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Bronfman Speaks, A8, EMI & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES American Idol dominates this week’s charts. Is this the day the music died? One insider’s viewpoint on Building The Label Brand Guitar Hero III hits 1 million downloads. Continue reading
EMI May Be For Sale, HQ Shift To LA
According to London’s Evening Standard Terra Firma’s Guy Hands is said to be open to offers to unload his record division and hold onto the more lucrative publishing arm. He. Continue reading
WMG Invests $20M In LaLa’s 10 Cent Song Streams
Warner Music Group has invested $20 million in an experiment by LaLa.com to offer 10 cent song streams from all four major labels. The label group also agreed to advertise. Continue reading
Winning Fans: Metallica vs. Nine Inc Nails
Metallica, who have often been critical of file sharing, are finally joining Music 2.0…soft of. For $25 fans can join their Mission:Metallica fan club as a platinum member and get. Continue reading
Kork Agency Joins Agency Group
(Celebrity Access) The Kork Agency is merging with The Agency Group. Kork agents Christian Bernhardt and his team Ryan Craven, Andrew Skikne, Avery McTaggart, and Molly Fitzgerald will all begin. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: WMG, Universal 360, Borders Down, Virgin Gone & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: COMMENTARY: Lala is offering 10 cent songs streams thanks to a $20 million investment from WMG. Plus a link to the beta test. Winning Fans – Metallica vs.. Continue reading
Can The Music Industry Save Itself ? – Parts 3 & 4
PART III – 3. BUILD LABEL BRANDS, 4. CHASE THE NICHES PREVIOUSLY: Introduction, Parts 1 & 2 – 1. Off With Their Heads, 2. Cut The Fat The music industry. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Briefing: Borders, AllOfMp3, National Lampoon & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Part III: Can The Music Industry Save Itself?– Build Label Brands, Embrace The Niches US Ranks 8th In Musical Intelligence ASCAP Partners With Nimbit for artist services SliceThePie. Continue reading
ASCAP Partners With Nimbit
NIMBIT’S ARTIST SERVICES PLATFORM WINS NEW FANS ASCAP will now include Nimbit’s direct-to-fan sales & catalog management tools as part of the basic membership package for more than 320,000 ASCAP. Continue reading
US Ranks 8th In Musical Intelligence
More than 26,000 respondents from 25 countries took an eMusic sponsored Music Intelligence test designed to determine whether they have a well-rounded music collection. The survey revealed that Icelandics have. Continue reading
