Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 12-17-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BEATLES|LOVE 2 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 3 MAYER*JOHN|VILLAGE SESSION EP 4 YOUNG JEEZY|INSPIRATION: THUG 5 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 6 MCLACHLAN*SARAH|WINTERSONG 7 STEVENS*SUFJAN|SONGS FOR CHRIS 8 DYLAN*BOB|MODERN TIMES. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday December 20th, 2006
>>> In a synergistic match-up new music social networking site iLike grabs $13.5 million from Ticketmaster who will sell tickets to the site’s devotees. (VentureBeat) >>> Sony BMG to pay. Continue reading
Concord Reactivates Stax. Signs Isaac Hayes.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary soul label Stax, the Concord Music Group is planning an aggressive schedule of reissues, special events and the reactivation of the label. Continue reading
Warner Music Buys Indie Roadrunner
Warner Music Group will acquire 73.5% of Roadrunner Music Group which includes Roadrunner Records, one of the leading hard rock and heavy metal labels for $73.5 million. In the US,. Continue reading
More On Chinese Music Crackdown
If you’ve been following our coverage on the recent crackdown by The Chinese Ministry Of Culture on music downloads and foreign music companies operating in China (and if not you. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday December 19th, 2006
>>> Don’t miss the story we broke exclusively yesterday on Amazon opening up an mp3 only download store with variable pricing. (here) >>> Atlantic Records has created a beautiful online. Continue reading
Amazon To Enter Crowded Download Market With MP3 Only Store
Late last week Amazon began circulating contracts to labels aiming for a late 1st Q ’07 music download store launch. Rumors of an Amazon entry have been circulating all year,. Continue reading
Cingular Takes MySpace Mobile
The world’s largest cell service Cingular will begin offering a mobile version of MySpace to it’s subscribers for $2.99 monthly charge. The mobile MySpace will be extended to other mobile. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Monday December 18th, 2006
>>> An overview of current and future cell phone music and lifestyle apps. (Reuters) >>> I enjoyed this customizable holiday e-card from EMI. (here) Who knew I liked Dean Martin?. Continue reading
Bill Gates Hates DRM
From TechCrunch" (Bill) Gates said that no one is satisfied with the current state of DRM, which “causes too much pain for legitmate buyers” while trying to distinguish between legal. Continue reading
