Congratulations! We all made it through another week. Don't forget that every Saurday, we publish REWIND: The Music Industry's Week in Review and highlights from a week of posts on our sister blog Music Think Tank. I've been talking to... Read more »
More Music Industry News: U.S. Legislation Stalls, Windfall For EMI, Trademarking Music & More
Categories: Music Business - Tags: blogging, Social media
Anonymous Wishes The RIAA Would ‘Go The Fuck Away Altogether’ And ‘Remove The Barbaric Laws’
In an interview with Panda Labs, a member from Anonymous, the group behind the attacks that forced the RIAA and MPAA sites offine, clarified their position in the file-sharing debates. First and foremost, they’re advocates for piracy. That we knew.... Read more »
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Unprofitable VEVO Has "10′s Of Millions" In Revenue
Vevo's revenue is in the "tens of millions," collected through sponsorships and advertising, but the site is still not profitable, CEO Rio Caraeff told an audience at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday. "Vevo is an experiment on a grand scale,” according to... Read more »
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The First iPad Street Musician?
Well, this is a case of ‘it was bound to happen.’ Yet the idea of a street musician playing a sitar on an iPad is still very intriguing. According to Alex Shpil, the publisher of the video, she used the... Read more »
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A New Age Of Extremes: Why The Social Media Hype Machine Kills What It Creates Too
Are file-sharers killing the careers of artists that the record and music industries create? Or, are we? We—broadly defined as the social media hype machine that we've played our part in fueling—both as professionals and fans. It's as if our... Read more »
Categories: Music Business - Tags: blogging, Social media
Giga Tools Launches, A New Event Management Tool; 25 Free Accounts Offered To Hypebot Readers
GigaTools is a promotional tool for DJ's, musicians, record labels and booking agents to manage, promote and share their event schedules online. Artists can integrate their events schedule with any number of sites and social networks. Management and agents can... Read more »
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Justin Timberlake Says He Would’ve File-Shared Too
At a time when the RIAA and other trade organizations are trying their damnedest to disrupt the culture of file-sharing and persuade teenagers and college students alike to feel guilty for downloading music off the web, one of the most... Read more »
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