Digital Label Anthology Mines The Obscure & Out-Of-Print
The long tail is definitely part of the business plan for Anthology Recordings which may be the first all digital reissue label for rare and out-of-print music of all eras. Continue reading
BtiTorrent Adds Windows DRM. Warner Music Group’s Kaplan Says NO!
Even as the industry is moving towards mp3’s and less DRM, BitTorent Inc. (flush with new venture dollars and the purchase of UTorrent) is surprisingly working it into their system.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday December 8th, 2006
> Apparently former Columbia Records President Will Botwin will join Coran Capshaw’s Red Light empire, overseeing both the ATO label and management companies based in the N.Y.C. Reach him @. Continue reading
More Activity EMI As Execs Summoned To London
HITS writes: "…there’s word from inside the company of a sudden flurry of activity, with various executives being summoned back to London and staffers being told to cut back dramatically. Continue reading
Could FreedomMP3’s Slightly Restricted MP3’s Be The Answer?
PassAlong’s new FreedomMP3 technology enables seller created rules-based systems that allow consumers to transfer music to other PCs and play songs on portable players including iPods and MP3-enabled cell phones. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: eMusic’s CEO Reacts To Major Label MP3 Experiments
HYPEBOT: Do you believe the Norah Jones mp3 download is an isolated experiment or that EMI and other majors will embrace mp3’s in the near future? DAVID PAKMAN: I believe. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday November 7th, 2006
> Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. expects mobile music and videos to outstrip Apple’s iTunes as the premier source for digital music and videos. Bronfman also hopes that. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 12-03-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BEATLES|LOVE 2 INCUBUS|LIGHT GRENADES 3 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 4 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 5 JAY-Z|KINGDOM COME 6 CLIPSE|HELL HATH NO FURY 7 YOUNG*NEIL & CR|LIVE AT THE. Continue reading
EMI Adds Norah Jones & More To MP3 Experiment
Unrestricted mp3’s of new EMI singles from Norah Jones and Christian rockers Relient K are now being sold via Yahoo! Music. Last It week we broke the news of EMI’s. Continue reading
Music 2.0 Marketer Skyline Innovations Launches
Hypebot’s parent company Skyline Music, a national booking agency with an eclectic roster of artists including Roger McGuinn, the subdudes, Solomon Burke, Victor Wooten, George Winston and Hot Buttered Rum,. Continue reading