Live Nation Stock Jumps
Stock in concert giant Live Nation jumped $1.61 or 7.5% late last week to $23.05. It has ranged from $10.55 to $24.90 over the past year. The reason for the. Continue reading
House Concerts Provide Venue Alternative
Talk about D.I.Y. grassroots artist development. In the US alone it is estimated that 300 homes regularly open up their living rooms to small, indie acts (usually singer-songwriters) to host. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday December 4th, 2006
> "Anecdotal evidence suggests we’re entering the tail end of the recent indie-rock boom.." (LA Weekly) > Artists are up in arms as the UK (and most of Europe) seems. Continue reading
Live @ Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone Video Shoot Via Stickam Saturday
Tune in Saturday via Stickam and watch live all day as WMG act Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone shoot the video in NYC for "Circle Circle Dot Dot". It will. Continue reading
Only $13 Million From Kazaa Kept WMG Profitable
Warner Music Group yesterday reported net income for the last quarter of $12 million, or 8 cents a share. Sales fell another 5.6% to $854 million for the quarter ending. Continue reading
Unviversal’s Morris Hypes The Markets: ’07 Will Be “Best Year Ever”
Despite a general malaise hovering of the record industry powerful label veteran Doug Morris predicts that his Universal Music Group will have a banner year in 2007. "I think that. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday December 1st, 2006
> The file-sharing service BitTorrent announced some major deals in its bid to transition to selling licensed online content including films, TV shows and music, starting in February. (LA Times). Continue reading
One Indie Reacts To Russian Download Sites
Controversial Russian download site allofmp3 has been neutered but mp3sugar is still selling deeply discounted downloads and more than one indie label is understandably unhappy about it. We asked Bill. Continue reading
Musical Chairs Continues At Major Labels
Just in case you were sitting there wishing you had a job at a major label, here’s part of an email announcing a new edition of the A&R Registry: "Twenty-nine. Continue reading
US Mobile Music Interest High But Usage Remains Low
The cell + portable player combo may become the next killer device. But for now even though early US adopters are very aware of all their cell has to offer. Continue reading
