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Join Small Places Human Rights Tour

December 10 marks the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Amnesty International is asking musicians around the world to mark the event by by. Continue reading

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Friday’s Music Briefing: XM/Siruis Stocks Tank, Live Nation Drama & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Amensty Int’l calls on acts to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Decleration Of Human Rights on Dec. 10th. US roylaty rate negotiations are finally getting somewhere iTunes. Continue reading

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Royalty Rate Negotiations Bear Fruit

National Music Publishers’ Assn. president/CEO David Israelite confirmed to Billboard that music publishers, record labels and digital music services have agreed on new royalty rates for the next five years. Continue reading

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iTunes Soars Past 5 Billion Downloads

Apple today announced that is has sold more than five billion downloads on iTunes.  The online store remains the #1 music retailer in the US* and claims a catalog of. Continue reading

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QTrax Relaunches…I Think.

The front page of Qtrax claims that music is available for US users. But my experience and others this morning suggests differently. Sign up and download of the Songbird based. Continue reading

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POLL: MySpace Redesign

What do you think of the MySpace redesign that launched this week? Its a little cleaner and more sponsor friendly, but personally I’m unimpressed, but then I’m not 14.  Check. Continue reading

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Social Networking By The Numbers

NEW STUDY CONFIRMS PATTERNS A new Rapleaf study of 49.3 million looked at data across social networks including Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn and Flickr. Highlights: 120 million total social network profiles. Continue reading

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IODA Adds Demon, Ace

Digital distributor IODA has added two UK labels to its portfolio, Legendary imprint Ace Records is partnering with IODA for worldwide digital distribution and The Demon Music Group is working. Continue reading

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Thursday’s Music Briefing: BMG Incubator Label, MSN Music Lives & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: TuneCore opens a digital aggregater platform IODA adds Demon and Ace This week’s CIMS indie store charts A Test Of Hypebot’s Collective Intelligence: Check out Qbox and win!. Continue reading

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TuneCore Opens Digital Aggregator Platform

Flat fee distributor TuneCore is launching a new service which enables other music companies to offer worldwide digital distribution using TuneCore’s infrastructure. TuneCore has already helped democratized the music industry. Continue reading

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