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Danish Company Says It Can Turn Piracy into Real Money for Artist
Monetizing the millions of music tracks and other files traded illegally each day has felt more like a fantasy than a serious business opportunity. Bo Schønemann and René Nygaard of Denmark's 7 Sky Media say they've developed a system which makes that fantasy a reality and they are out trying to get the licenses to make ...
Spotify Limits Free Model. Next Stop U.S.?
EU based Spotify has announced new limits on its popular free music service. As of May 1st, users not paying for a premium service will be able to listen to a song just 5 times and be limited to 10 hours per month after the first 6 months. The move reflects the cost of licensing music ...
Microsoft's Bing Control's 30% of Search and Why You Should Care
It's a basic rule of marketing. Customers (fans) need to be able to find you; and in the internet age that means search engines. Until now that meant where you show up on Google search. But a new Experian Hitwise numbers show that Microsoft's Bing now controls 30.01% of U.S. search" 14.32% from Bing.com and 15.69% ...
Soundcloud Founders Explain Why They Want to Fix Audio on the Web [video]
Soundcloud is clearly one of music tech's success stories; and that the music industry has embraced their service couldn't please the company's founders more. “The web...sound and music. That's really our life," explain Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in this short video that tells why they chose to devote themselves to make sharing audio on the ...
How to Increase Engagement in Facebook Wall Posts, a Statistical Review
Buddy Media, a company that provides a “social media platform" for Facebook marketing, recently released a free white paper titled Strategies for Effective Facebook Wall Posts: A Statistical Review. The report is based on Facebook posts made over a two week period by 200 users of the Buddy Media Platform described as the “world's largest brands" ...
Tuncecore CEO Jeff Price Responds: "When Artists Become the Product"
Last week, Hypebot published a guest post, “D.I.Y. Music—When Artists Become The Product“ by William Gruger which questioned the value of the growing “online industry dedicated to earning money and exposure." Today, Tunecore CEO Jeff Price responds. JEFF PRICE: The challenge with articles like this is they imply some sort of “magic wand" which, if waved, ...
Amazon Email Tells Labels Cloud Launch "Boosted MP3 Sales", "Not Looking For Licenses"
(UPDATED) In a letter obtained by Hypebot and sent by Amazon to record labels this week, the internet giant says that customers have “embraced" their controversial new cloud music locker and player. While offering no stats, Amazon told labels that by, “removing the friction associated with managing your personal music files, our launch of Cloud Player ...
Full Text of Amazon's Cloud Music Email to Labels
Amazon unleashed a storm of industry criticism recently when it launched it's music Cloud Locker and Cloud Player. Some even called it illegal. Yesterday, Amazon answered its crtics with a letter directly to the record labels. (Hypebot has detailed analysis of the letter and surrounding issues here.) Read the full text of Amazon's cloud music email ...
XM Settles, Agrees to Pay Indepedent Labels $3.6m
Independent music agency Merlin and other members of the indie music community have agreed to a settlement of $3.6 million in a long-running dispute with XM Satellite Radio over the Pioneer Inno recordable radio receiver. Out of court settlements had been reached with the four major record labels between 2007 and 2008. As a result of ...
Labels Could Owe Artists More Than $2 Billion in Unpaid Royalites
This guest post by Dave Kusek, a VP at Berklee College of Music and CEO of Berkleemusic was experpted with permission from his Future Of Music blog. If you are a recording artist or a manager and have been distributing music on iTunes under a deal with one of the big record labels, pay attention. ...the ...
