You Can Tap Hypebot’s Collective Intelligence
Earlier this week we asked Hypebot readers to take a look at Overlay.tv and share what they thought of the video tagging service and how it could be used in. Continue reading
The Week’s Top Music Industry News: Indies on MySpace, Imeem Buys Snocap, Video On Net & Much More
> Problems lie ahead for digital music distributors as labels demand lower fees and more services. > A letter to labels from The Orchard’s CEO leaked to Hypebot showed concern. Continue reading
Hypebot Is Migrating
PLEASE REPORT TECH PROBLEMS Hypebot has been operating under two URL’s for some time now Hypebot.com and another via our blog software provider at hypebot.tyepad.com. That’s been messing up some. Continue reading
OurStage Partners With Bonnaroo, Newport, Bumbershoot & Other Fests
OurStage has formed partnerships with a number of top music festivals including Bonnaroo, Noise Pop, Newport Folk Festival, JVC Jazz Festival Newport, Bumbershoot, SoulFest and Afro-Punk. Each will tap OurStage. Continue reading
IDJ, J. Dupree & Body Spray Form Label
DOES MUSIC MAKE THE BRAND OR THE BRAND MAKE THE MUSIC? Island Def Jam and Procter & Gamble’s TAG men’s body spray have formed a new hip-hop record label, TAG. Continue reading
Friday’s Briefing: EU Stops ISP Blocks, NZ Mobile Music Soars, D.I.Y. MTV & More
> European Parliament members have voted to stop the ISP disconnection policies those introduced in France and proposed in the UK and elsewhere to fight illegal music downloads. (PaidContent UK). Continue reading
EMI Wins ASCAP Publisher Of The Year
Last night, EMI Music Publishing was named publisher of the year for a record 14th time by ASCAP at their annual Pop Music Awards. EMI songwriters including Fergie, Beyonce, Nelly. Continue reading
Top Music 2.0 Posts
JOIN THE MUSIC 2.0 DISCUSSION Recent Hypebot posts that are getting a strong reaction from readers and across the net: > A new study says that only 40% of music. Continue reading
Study Says Only 40% Digital Music By 2012
Digital sales of music represented 10% of the total worldwide music market in ’07 up from 6% in ’06, according to In-Stat. By 2012, digital music sales will represent 40%. Continue reading
Interview: 4QFor Nick Fitzsimmons Of Penny Distribution
We continue our ongoing 4QFor (Four Questions For) series with Nick Fitzsimons of Penny Distribution a music distribution, marketing and promotion service based in San Francisco. Nick also blogs about. Continue reading
