Amp’d Mobile To Offer 99 Cent Over The Air To Cell Downloads
Some believe that the convenience and immediacy of carrying your music around inside an expanded cell phone may provide the final tipping point converting many more from physical CD’s to. Continue reading
Plug Awards Celebrate Indies’ Best
The annual Plug music award nominations are out. Celebrating almost every permeation of the Indy alternative music scene, the nominations include such current "it" artists as Antony And The Johnsons,. Continue reading
How To Start A Label On A Shoestring And Sell Millions? Just Ask Victory’s Tony Brummel.
How do you start and run a record label on a relative shoestring that nurtures several acts that easily sell 500,000 copies each without much radio play, MTV, or expensive. Continue reading
Net Music Promotion Coming Of Age
The net is not just the music promotion vehicle of the future; it’s the preferred promotion engine of today. Hypebot has written a lot about MySpace and internet success stories. Continue reading
LA Times Investigation Names Top Sony BMG Execs Invloved in Payola
Anyone who has been in the music business for more than 15 minutes is familiar with the realities and rampant nature of (until very recently) payola, pay for play, "promotional. Continue reading
LA Indy Music Store Aron’s To Close
R.I.P. We’ve been writing a bit lately about indy CD stores struggling in a big box/download world. Now comes the sad news that venerable and eclectic LA landmark Aron’s Records. Continue reading
KCRW’s Celia Hirschman Criticizes FCC For Lack Action On Payola
Celia Hirschman’s weekly commentary of the music industry "On The Beat" for LA’s KCRW-FM featured a strong commentary on NY Attorney General Elliott Spitzer’s major label payola probe, the effects. Continue reading
WMG Sales Report: Less Is More
In a shareholder report that showed losses at the Warner Music Group narrowing, digital downloads now make up 6% of sales even CD sales declined by 6.3%. Sell less and. Continue reading
HYPEBOT’S DIGITAL MUSIC WEEK IN REVIEW
– Music sales continue to slide for the year with the kick-off to the holiday buying season doing little to turn things around. Sales dropped nearly 13 percent year-over-year even. Continue reading
Humor Magazine The Onion Skewers RIAA
This tongue-firmly-in-cheek "news story" appeared in the always hilarious ONION under the headline – RIAA BANS TELLING FRIENDS ABOUT SONGS The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it. Continue reading
