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Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Nokia Nears Label Deals, Ringback Growth, EMI Hates MP3 Storage & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: eMusic and Amazon fight over who is #2 after itunes imeem grabs an advance exclusive on the new Rolling Stone’s soundtrack Orange tries ad supported mobile downloads The. Continue reading

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Advertise On Hypebot

Do you want to reach an audience of music and technology professionals interested in the products and services that are fueling Music 2.0? Hypebot is now accepting advertising from select. Continue reading

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Imeem Grabs Rolling Stones Advance Debut

"Shine A Light", the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about The Rolling Stones, is making its US debut today on imeem, a week prior to it’s April 1st release. Continue reading

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DRM-Free March Has Stalled. Who’s To Blame?

ARE ROADBLOCKS COMING FROM THE DOWNLOAD STORES OR THE MAJOR RECORD LABELS? Courtesy of USAToday comes these revealing statistics: Apple now sells 2M songs from EMI and indie labels without. Continue reading

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Billions & Aero Merge To Form Indie Booking Powerhouse

The Billions Corporation and Aero Booking have merged and will begin operations with offices in both Chicago and Seattle and seven agents. Chicago-headquartered Billions is celebrating its twentieth year of. Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: SonyBMG Subscription, Pumpkins Sue, Yahoo Joins Open Social & More

> SonyBMG is reportedly planning its own subscription music service. (ars) Even if they get other labels to join, why bother when Rhapsody and others do a good job subscription. Continue reading

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EMI Publishing UK Ups Felix Howard To VP A&R

EMI Music Publishing UK has promoted Felix Howard to Vice President of A&R. Howard, who was previously A&R Manager, is a successful songwriter in his own right, and has written. Continue reading

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Interview: 4QFOR Insomonia, RouteNote CEO Steven Finch

We continue our ongoing 4QFor (Four Questions For) series with Steven Finch, the CEO of Insomnia Ltd, which owns music 2.0 start-ups www.routenote.com, www.crenk.com, www.adphilia.com, and a record label and. Continue reading

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Can Subscription Save The Music Industry?

There’s been a lot of talk for year that subsrciption music could help save the music industry. If so, its got a long way to go. more @ emarketer

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Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: DOJ Approves XM/Sirius, Imeem Opens & Much More

> The XM and Sirius merger has been approved by the Department of Justice.  FCC approval seen next. (ars) > Thumbplay will power mobile sites for Clear Channel Radio. (press. Continue reading

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