Results for "HypeBot"

Who Says Satellite Radio is Dying?

January 20, 2010

Sirius XM Adds 257,000 4th Quarter Subscribers (UPDATED) A poor economy and competition from free internet radio did not stop Sirius XM Radio from adding 257,000 net subscribers in the 4th quarter of 2009. The service. ended 2009 with 18.8 million radio subscribers. The company also reported that it had $100 million in free cash flow ...

Don't Confuse the "Music Industry" with the "Record Industry"

January 20, 2010

"The term 'music industry' is a misnomer. In reality the 'music industry' is not one industry, it is several independent industries. This is an important distinction because if we say that there is a “crisis in the music industry" it suggests an equal amount of misfortune for everyone (musicians, the recording industry, the live-music industry, Internet ...

Study Suggest That You Need Label Help to Cross Music's "Obscurity Line"

January 20, 2010

"In 2008 there were 1500 releases that sold over 10,000 album units. Out of that there were only 227 of them that were artists that had broken 10,000 for the first time. So in the whole year only 227 of the artists were artists that had broken what we call the “obscurity line." When ...

Brian Eno: "Recorded Music Equals Whale Blubber"

January 20, 2010

"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time..." “It was a bit like if you had ...

Selling Sex: The "Other" Shiny Plastic Disc Business

January 20, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor These days, it's becoming clearer that the record industry's plight in the digital age hasn't happened in a vacuum - that, in all actuality, its troubles aren't that unique at all. Many industries in fact, particularly those whose content can be turned into zeros and ones, are finding themselves struggling to ...

Apple Sends Invites to Jan. 27th Mystery Event

January 20, 2010

Apple has confirmed a much rumored mystery event by sending invitations (above) to select media outlets. It will take place at 10AM PT Wednesday, January 27 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and seems almost certainly to be centered around the release of a new Apple tablet. But how the company ...

MySpace Works to Turn the Tide

January 19, 2010

In recent months, MySpace has struggled under pressure from the Facebook juggernaut. It's purchases of iLike and imeem we're designed to strengthen its position in music. More recently MySpace has been integrating Facebook Connect into its own platform. The feature allows users to sign into MySpace using their Facebook ID. It's live on MySpace's Fan Video ...

Myspace Finally Activates imeem Playlists

January 17, 2010

Dimensional Raises Bid to Take the Orchard Back

January 17, 2010

Dimensional Associates has once again raised its bid to purchase digital distributor The Orchard and take the company private. Dimensional which is the private equity arm of JDS Capital and also owns eMusic, is alrady The Orchard's majority stock holder. From an initial offer of $1.68 a share, Dimensional had up their bid to $1.84 and ...

When Will Digital Music Sales Surpass CD's?

January 18, 2010