Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Napster, Agency 3.0, Nokia & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: Can the Music Industry Save Itself? Part 2 – Off With Their Heads! Video: Napster’s COO on Pricing, Piracy & His New MP3 Store. Read our interview with. Continue reading
Napster Goes MP3 With 4 Majors & 6M Tracks
PLUS A FIRST LOOK & AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NAPSTER COO CHRISTOPHER ALLEN Napster this morning launched what it calls "the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store" at www.napster.com/store.. Continue reading
Interview: Napster COO Christoper Allen
"SUBSCRIPTION REMAINS OUR CORE REVENUE MODEL" Marking the launch of Napster’s new all MP3 download store, COO Christopher Allen answered a few questions exclusively for Hypebot. HYPEBOT: What new services. Continue reading
AOL Adds 2 New Music Sites
AOL Music is launching two new genre sites: The Boot and The Boom Box dedicated exclusively to country and urban (hip hop and R&B). These follow launches last year of. Continue reading
Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: iTunes Mobile, Napster, Steinway & Much More
Hypebot Features: Napster Goes All MP3 With Four Majors & 6M Tracks Exclusive Interview With Napster’s COO AOL Music adds two more genre specific sites Brian Wilson returns to Capitol. Continue reading
Brian Wilson Returns To Capitol/EMI
They’ve lost Radiohead and maybe The Rolling Stones, but they found a Beach Boy. Brian Wilson will return to Capitol Records/EMI, his original label home, for the release of a. Continue reading
Can The Music Industry Save Itself? – Introduction
INTRODUCTION AND A UK ACTION PLAN Next: Off With Their Heads Last week we listed the Top 10 Issues Facing Music 2.0 which started a debate both on Hypebot and. Continue reading
EMI Winces As Banks Set New 3 Month Goals
EMI will miss a $292M earnings target promised to its largest investor Citi by $33M in June according to inside reports published by the Telegraph UK. Now EMI must hit. Continue reading
Music 1.0 Score Card
Record Label Market Share 2007 – Universal 28.8% (up from 25.7 in 2006) Sony BMG 20.1% Warner 14.4% EMI 10.9%. The value of physical and digital recorded music sales fell. Continue reading