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TuneSecure - "Let's Drive Music Piracy Underground, Make It Hard to Download."
It's still good to know that some tech-companies still have their thinking caps on. The solution to music piracy is to make it hard for the average person to download. This revolutionary idea comes by way of the Australian tech startup TuneSecure. We've heard this one before. They figure that file-sharing is all about convenience and ...
5 Ways Artists Can Use Foursquare to Engage Fans
This post is by Alison McCarthy. She's an intern at Hypebot. In an interview at MIDEM, Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai said the location-based social network is now valued at more than $250 million with over 6 million users, potentially increasing to 10 million by June. Though Foursquare is now seeing increased competition from Facebook and Twitter which have ...
Read the Letter CEO Roger Faxon Sent to EMI Staff After the Citigroup Takeover
CEO Roger Faxon has to be given credit for trying to move EMI forward in very difficult times. Amid staff cuts, lawsuits and now a forced shift in ownership to its banker, Faxon has sought to portray EMI as a music group in transition rather than one in crisis. Keeping his EMI team, buoyed by a ...
Creative Leadership Absent in Major Labels - Or Why the Record Industry is Fucked Nowadays
A new study suggests that people who express creative ideas are less likely to be identified as having leadership potential. In other words, when staff members in major label boardroom meetings talk about ways to move the record industry in profitable new directions, questions about their suitability for roles of higher leadership arise. Even though the ...
A/B Testing for Musicians: A Study in Facebook Ads
This guest post is written by Chris R. at CD Baby's DIY Musican blog. You can't trust your friends! Musicians are a suspicious lot. We tend to hold fast to our gut instincts. We heed the counsel of close friends and die-hard fans. We can be defensive and protective of our artistic “purity." We're afraid to do anything that smacks ...
How Do You Treat Your Biggest Fans?
Seth Godin has done it again. In few words, he has reframed how businesses should treat and view their best customers. Godin argues that most businesses just take the money of their best customers. Worse yet, they judge their loyalty by how much more money they're willing to pay than others. When businesses view their best ...
Quarterly Losses Widen at Warner Music Group
While not as bad as some analysts had expected, there was not much to smile about in Burbank as Warner Music Group filed its 1Q report with Wall Street this morning. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, WMG posted a loss of $18 million or 12 cents a share on $789 million in revenue, compared with ...
Hitlantis - Discover New Music at the Fringes
Another day, another music discovery tool. Hitlantis is a Helsinki-based startup that's striving to make finding music more visual. Bands placed at the center of the visualization are at the center while obscure acts reside at the fringes. Color signifies genre. Each dot on the heat map represents a specific artist. Bands can secure placement on the ...
It's Not Free - Last.FM to Charge for Mobile App
Starting February 15, Last.fm's mobile app will be paid-only. Their web radio service will remain free in the US, UK, and Germany. Why now? “On the Last.fm website an ad-supported, free-to-listeners model is what supports our online radio services in the US, UK and Germany," says Mathew Hawn. "In other markets and on emerging mobile and home entertainment ...
An Interview with Mog Ceo David Hyman on Youtube and Subscription Music Services
Friday afternoon, I spoke with David Hyman, who is the founder and CEO of MOG, a cloud-based music service. In this interview, David and I talk about the impact of YouTube on music and why free-trials on subscription music services need to be longer. What follows is a edited version of our AIM conversation. Hypebot: Afternoon ...
