National Record Store Day This Sat. April 19th
This Saturday April 19th, hundreds of U.S. independent record stores will join together on for National Record Store Day. The Coalition of Independent Music Stores, The Alliance of Independent Media. Continue reading
Nokia’s Comes With Music Could Mean Windfall For Labels
DETAILS EMERGE BUT HOW WILL ARTISTS AND INDIES GET PAID? Two informed sources are putting the per unit payout to Universal for Nokia’s new "Comes With Music" cell phones at. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: EMI Board, PirateBay Blogs, $’s For Imeem & PluggedIn And More
UPDATED: > EMI is changing the structure of its Board. (FMQB) > PirateBay has launched an uncensored blogging service called Baywords. Some blog providers pull blogs with links to unlicensed. Continue reading
CIMS Charts For 4-13-08
CIMS Top 25 Debuts for April 15, 20081 MCMURTRY,JAMES JUST US KIDS2 CAREY,MARIAH E=MC23 M83 SATURDAYS=YOUTH4 THRICE VOL. 3-4-ALCHEMY INDEX5 DESTROY THE RUNNER I LUCIFER6 KOOKS KONK7 RUSH SNAKES. Continue reading
Nick Gatfield Joins EMI As VP A&R From Universal Island
In a move designed to strengthen its struggling A&R operation, EMI has appointed former President of Universal Island Nick Gatfield as President of A&R EMI Music Labels, North America and. Continue reading
Amazon MP3 Sells More Albums Than iTunes
From a Fortune profile of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos by Josh Quittner: "One exec I know at a big label…says he’s excited by one trend in particular: At Apple’s iTunes. Continue reading
New EMI Rumors Swirl
It’s no secret that changes are afoot at EMI. I haven’t substantiated the latest rumors, but recent Hypebot guest blogger Maths of Music 2.0 shares that his sources tell him. Continue reading
Starbucks & iTunes Team For Free Weekly Downloads
Expanding their ongoing marketing partnership, Starbucks and iTunes yesterday announced Pick of the Week, offering coffeehouse customers free downloads and videos. Upcoming Pick of the Week artists include Carly Simon,. Continue reading
Peter Gabriel Launches The Filter
Peter Gabriel has launched The Filter in private beta with the lofty goal of transforming online discovery by filtering online entertainment and info and personalizing it for each user. . Continue reading
Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Amazon’s Gains, PluggedIn, Tesco MP3 & Much More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: New rumors are swirling of high level changes at EMI Starbuck and iTunes team for free weekly downloads Earn a free pass to Digital NARM Peter Gabriel Launches. Continue reading
