Last.fm Streams Radiohead On Demand
Radiohead is using Last.fm for free, ad-supported on-demand streaming of "In Rainbows". The full album will be made exclusively beginning this afternoon here. The rights were licensed through the one. Continue reading
Revenue Streams Tipping For UK Labels
Figures released by UK record company trade organization BPI show that label revenues other than physical or digital sales increased 13.8% to £121.6 million in ’07 from £106.9m in ’06.. Continue reading
Starbucks To Close 600 Stores
On the heels of an announcement that Starbucks is cutting back on music for sale in stores to a mere 4 CD’s, comes word that they are closing about 600. Continue reading
CIMS Indie Store Top 200 Chart
For the week ending June 29, 2008 TW LW Artist Title1 D SIGUR ROS MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM END2 1 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA3 D. Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music Briefing: EMI Layoffs, MySpace Inflators & More
> The layoffs continue at all EMI labels. I hear new sad stories almost daily coming from almost every corner except publishing and digital. Artist managers are telling me they. Continue reading
Nokia’s Comes With Music Adds WMG
Warner Music Group has added its catalog to Nokia’s Comes With Music service and the Nokia Music online stores. Universal, EMI and Sony BMG have previously inked deals that are. Continue reading
SoundCloud: Free Track Transfer
200 EXCLUSIVE INVITES FOR HYPEBOT READERS Sometimes I need to send tracks to 10 or even a 1000 people on a media lost or fan club. Up until a Hypebot. Continue reading
NARM Calls For Fixed Release Dates
NARM has issued a strong call for common release dates across digital and physical retailers in an attempt to protect its core brick and mortar membership. But digital pre-releases and. Continue reading
Video: (RED) Charity Music Subcription
Aids in Africa charity (RED) is launching a new monthly $5 for three exclusive tracks subscription service with some heavy hitters like U2 and Elton John. Revenues will be split. Continue reading
Copyright Office Adds Online Registration
The U.S. government can seldom be called an early adopter and the Copyright Office kept that tradition alive with their slow paper based copyright process. That all finally changes today. Continue reading
