More Music Industry News: KKBox To US, Rockhose Launches, Microgen To DDEX & More

/ By Bruce Houghton / in Music Business/ No comment

It was great meeting so many Hypebot readers yesterday at the LA New Music Seminar. And congrats to Tommy and Dave for putting on such a great (and successful) event.

Interactive Grammys reach most viewers in 6 years. (Wired)
Taipei-based KKBOX, which currently provides a catalog of ad supported songs from all four major labels plus Chinese-language music, has signed up 200,000 paying users in Taiwan and Hong Kong for its desktop and mobile streaming music service - and is now setting its sights on the U.S. (GigaOm)
Three former ECHO Ticketmaster execs have launched Rockhouse Partners. The technology-based entertainment agency will focus on connecting sponsor brands to consumers in the music and sports industries. Co-founders Tawn Albright, Kevin Brown, and Joe Kustelski. (press release)
DDEX marches on: Microgen has been accepted as a Charter Member of the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), a standards organization that is working to improve information sharing efficiency for the digital music industry. (press release)
HP to launch music service dubbed The Music Station in Europe. (Reuters)
Industry Chat: Marc Weinstein, Founder of Amoeba Music (Paste)
Essay: Can Music Stand on Its Own in Today’s Entertainment Culture? (Creative Deconstruction)