Tower Auction Today. TransWorld And Radius Seen As Top Bidders
Today is auction day for Tower Records (more) and according to HITS Rumor Mill: It’s looking more and more like the Tower auction will come down to Trans World Entertainment. Continue reading
Best Buy, Real And SanDisk Join To Challenge iPod/iTunes
Retail giant Best Buy, portable player maker SanDisk and music and software provider Real are joining forces in the latest attempt to compete with the widely successful iTunes and iPod. Continue reading
Sirius Topped XM Subscriber Growth But Wall St. Punished Both
Sirius topped XM in subscriber growth for the 3rd quarter of this year gaining 441,101 net new listeners for a total of 5.1 million. Their target for the end of. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday October 5th, 2006
How Live Nation and the concert industry is making more while selling fewer tickets. It’s not just higher ticket prices. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) Ludacris and Janet Jackson top the charts. Continue reading
CIMS Indie Store Top 200 for 10-4-06
TW LW CIMS TOP 200 ALBUMS 1 1 DYLAN,BOB MODERN TIMES 2 D SCISSOR SISTERS TA-DAH 3 D LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 4 D SPARKLEHORSE DREAMT FOR LIGHT YEARS IN THE. Continue reading
Coke & AOL Spin Two New Artist Programs
Coke has started a campaign to tie its brand to emerging music worldwide. In the US the push is partnered with indie AAA leaning Paste Magazine. The site offers podcasts,. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday October 4th, 2006
– A new album of Beatles music mixed by original producer George Martin and described as a new "way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan" will be released in. Continue reading
10 Easy Ways to Protest DRM
Today has been declared a "Day Against DRM" and here are 10 suggestions for easy protest from organizers Defective By Design: Email your friends and family, use our prepared text.. Continue reading
LA Times Podcasts Conversations With Legendary Critic Robert Hilburn
In a wonderful series of podcasts new LA Times pop music critic Ann Powers talks music and the music industry with her predecessor, the legendary Robert Hilburn. Episode 1: Ann. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday October 3rd, 2006
– Last weekend’s annual Farm Aid concert in NJ draws a positive review. (Billboard) Raises $1.5 million. (AP) – Listen to full length streams of new releases by Beck, Lindsey. Continue reading
