Blog Profile / Hypebot
| URL : | http://www.hypebot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment Industry / Music Industry | |
| Posts on Regator: | 7608 | |
| Posts / Week: | 49.4 | |
| Archived Since: | June 11, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
BeatDeck: Free Online & Social Metrics For Musicians
BeatDeck, a new web metrics service, launched this week with free service for musicians. It's the first stage of a larger vision but the key for musicians is the offer of a free dashboard for tracking one's social media and fan activity across multiple accounts. Show More Summary
Hang W/ And Upfront Debut Contrasting Approaches To Monetizing Social Media For Superfans
As musicians transform into stars, they begin to receive a lot of attention at varying levels of intensity. How to find a way to make things personal yet focus on superfans is a difficulty. Hang W/ and Upfront offer solutions that monetize social media and networks with an emphasis on videos and exclusive content. Show More Summary
Interview: Google Music Chief On What Makes Google Play Music All Access Different
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We’ve been writing a lot about Google’s new music subscription service this week, because of course we would. Google is a force to be reckoned with — and now, that force is reckoning with the likes...Show More Summary
Eircom To Close Music Streaming and Download Hub
Irish ISP Eircom is closing it's music streaming and download service as of June 30th. Indie labels licencing via Merlin were informed in an email this morning. No reason for the closure was given, but Eirsom has said it will report and pay royalties for all usage up until closing. Show More Summary
AM NEWS BRIEF: Deezer Hits 4M Paid, Disney's Digital Music Hub, Pandora Stock Up, Rhapsody App Upgrade & More
FRIDAY 5.24.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above
International Music Summit Ibiza 2013: Day 2 [EVENT RECAP & VIDEO]
Fame House's Hisham Dahud is in Ibiza, Spain helping put on the International Music Summit. IMS is a high level music industry conference attended by the global industry leaders in the dance music scene and signals the official launch of the Ibiza season. Show More Summary
Arrested Development Radio Is Here With Bluthify.me
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. If you were to build an online radio station that could channel characters from Arrested Development, what would you call it? Clearly, “Bluthify.” A free Arrested Development-themed web app, Bluthify.me lets you tune into radio stations “created” by all the main characters on the show. Show More Summary
Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" Sets Spotify Records With 27 Million Streams
Since it's release last Monday, 20th May, Daft Punk’s album ’Random Access Memories’ has already set a number of records on Spotify including the single ‘Get Lucky’ being streamed over 27 million times. If trends hold, ‘Random Access Memories’ will top Mumford & Son's ‘Babel’ as the most streamed album ever in the week of release for the US. Show More Summary
After Pandora Earnings Reports, Slacker CEO Reminds Why Competitor May Never Be Profitable
Minutes after Pandora reported record, but still unprofitable, earnings and user growth, Slacker CEO Jim Cady took aim at his competitor's business model: “Pandora grew revenue, but will continue to struggle with profitability until they rethink their licensing structure,” Cady said. Show More Summary
Pandora Reports: 70M Active Users, 2.5M Paid Subscribers, Revenue Up 55%
“Mobile listening hours and mobile ad revenue reached record highs, with growth in mobile ad revenue exceeding growth in mobile listening hour, said Joe Kennedy, Chairman & CEO of Pandora as the music streamer reported to Wall Street today. Show More Summary
6 Reasons You Think People Will Support Your Music Crowdfunding Campaign (And Why You're Wrong)
By Ian Anderson of music crowdfunding blog Launch + Release. As a musician, you typically have no problem imagining how awesome your new idea is going to turn out… It’s sorta like picturing how your ex will suddenly take you back when they hear your song. Show More Summary
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories Marketing Adapts Well To The Web
Daft Punk is back with a wide-ranging marketing campaign for their new album "Random Access Memories." Though using teasers and promos is normal for high profile albums, Daft Punk has brought a special flair to their promotions that has been matched in many respects by the response of their fans to their return. Show More Summary
4 Music Law Myths That Indie Musicians Need To Unlearn
By Mita Carriman Esq. (@nymusiclawyer), NYC entertainment lawyer at Carriman Law Group and band manager. As an entertainment attorney who was once an indie artist myself involved in a few different artistic disciplines, I know that the bridge between law and art doesn't always seem straightforward. Show More Summary
Special Music Event? Splash Offers A Solid Free Combo Of Promo Website, Email & Ticketing
Splash is an events website that provides serve yourself event pages, email and ticketing services for special events. It looks great, but at first I considered it overkill for most musicians' needs until reading some of Solveig Whittle's comments about using Splash for a special CD release party. Show More Summary
AM NEWS BRIEF: Yap Adds Music, Shazam & Rdio Upgrade, RIAA Yanks 20M Google Links, Yandex & More
THURSDAY 5.23.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above
Twitter #Music Launches Charts
A month after launch, Twitter #Music is certainly not setting the world on fire, In fact,as of yesterday it had fallen out of the top 100 free music apps. They are, however, already iterating to improve the offering. Today, Twitter added...Show More Summary
Pandora Makes Sharing Music On Facebook Easier
Pandora today launched a new Timeline app and site upgrades that make it easier to share music on Facebook. Pandora lusers can customize what they want to share (songs, radio, etc) with music activity appearing in the News Feed, Activity Log and Music section of timeline as determined by Facebook's ranking algorithms. Show More Summary
Amazon & Book Publishers Just Made Music Industry Look Like Neanderthals
Who knew that the people running book publishing empires were far more forward thinking than your average music exec? After all, they are still, for the most part, peddling paper. But Amazon's new deal to licence some of publishing's...Show More Summary
Teens Are Moving From Facebook To YouTube [Pew Study]
Facebook adoption and use by teens is flattening off, according to a new Pew Research study. But Twitter uses is slowly but steadily growing. Eight in ten online teens use some kind of social media, says Pew. Twitter is still not in the same league as Facebook, which attracts 77% of online teens. Show More Summary
DIY Music Tech News: SoundCloud x Songkick, Piki, Topspin x Dropbox, Google+ Hangouts
Iteration is today's music tech news theme as multiple startups continue to take solid steps forward most of which involve DIY music tools. SoundCloud offers another space to post Songkick concert dates. Piki takes its mobile music app to the desktop. Show More Summary