Is It The End For Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing?
We’re considering dropping our daily briefing news round-up in favor of more short news stories. Part of the motivation is to report things as fast as we find out about. Continue reading
Is Somethng Rotten At Apple?
Early last week Apple’s iTunes seemed to be suffering from too much of a good thing. Post holiday shoppers overwhelmed the download store causing slowdowns and error messages. By week’s. Continue reading
Can Elvis Win A New Generation Of Fans Without Scuffing His Blue Suede Shoes?
"I can’t try to sell somebody Elvis who doesn’t know who he is … that he’s not just some guy who’s been gone for 30 years," Paul Jankowski, chief of. Continue reading
Three Ad Supported P2P’s To Debut. Who Cares?
Forbes has taken an in depth look at three legal ad supported P2P’s set to debut in the coming months – Qtrax, Spiral Frog and Mashboxx. Each company has their. Continue reading
Two Top Execs Exit Digital Music Group
Publicly traded Digital Music Group, a digital distributor of music and video announced today that COO Anders Brown and VP of Development Richard Rees have resigned their respective positions. Brown. Continue reading
iTunes Overwhelmed By 4X Increase On Christmas
Consumers with new iPods and gift cards overwhelmed Apple’s iTunes music store over the holiday prompting error messages and slowdowns of 20 minutes or more for downloads. Upset customers began. Continue reading
Radio Giant Entercom Settles Payloa Probe For $4.25 Million
Entercom who own 105 radio stations will pay $4.25 million to end NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s payola investigation. The lawsuit filed in March claimed Entercom solicited payments from record. Continue reading
2007 Will Be The Year Of The MP3
The signs are all pointing in one direction. eMusic is second only to iTunes. The major labels are experimenting with the format with increasing frequency. InSound and other indie download. Continue reading
Wolfgang’s Vault Bites Back Calling Lawsuit Baseless
Last Monday The Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Santana filed a complaint in federal court in San Francisco against web site Wolfgang’s Vault to stop it from offering. Continue reading
