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Why Apple Really Bought Lala
Apple's Lala Purchase Creates New Minefield For Labels & Fans As the dust settles on the recent deals and launches in the digital music space, the motivations behind each is becoming clearer. But none of the shifts are more dramatic than the changes that appear ahead at Apple and iTunes as signaled by its purchase of ...
Can VEVO Recover from a Rough First Day?
Yesterday was a tough day for new music video site VEVO. The backing of 2 major labels, $300 million form Adu Dhabi and tech from Google and you still couldn't sign up or get a page to load. Many that could get on to look around were seriously underwhelmed. Hypebot Associate Editor Kyle Bylin wrote in: ...
The Square = More Mechandise Sales
This guest post is from Christopher Joel, an independent musician from Nashville, TN who plays with The Intrepid Travelers and is the author of Your Band Blog: How to Use WordPress As Your Band's Website. I just read about a new product coming out early next year that will be a massive help to performing musicians ...
Tube Time Continues to Rise
Nielsen's latest Three Screen Report shows strong year over year viewing growth with online video up 34.9% and DVR use up 21.1%. Given the consistent spike in usage among the three screens of television, Internet and mobile, consumers are actually adding video platforms to their schedule, rather than replacing them. click on image to enlarge Read ...
Billboard and the Hollywood Reporter Sold
Are Layoffs Ahead? (UPDATED) A variety of sources are reporting that Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter have been sold to group led by James Finkelstein and Pluribus Capital Management. Rupert's son, Lachlan Murdoch reportedly dropped out of the purchase group at the 11th hour. Also included in the sale are Adweek, Mediaweek, Brandweek and Backstage.
MySpace Opens API. Issues Developer Challenge.
MySpace has announced a suite of new API interfaces to encourage developers to leverage public data (status updates, music, photos, videos) in real time and create applications to socialize content on and off the site. To encourage developers, MySpace has launched a Developer Challenge competition, which kicks off January 4, rewarding developers who create ...
Economy Doesn't Slow Move to Portable
Even the weak economy isn't slowing the migration to mobile and portable devices and shipments will grow more than 10% in 2009 over the previous year according to market research firm, In-Stat. The category includes MP3 players, portable media players, digital radio receivers, e-readers, edutainment toys, handheld game consoles and personal navigation devices, is expanding to ...
Music as Commerce: Understanding a Mindset
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor It is unfortunate, that, at a time when the record industry is coming to terms with some of the most complex, multifaceted problems it has ever faced -- that what is being talked about, debated about, and is at the fore-front of this conversation is not music as culture, the role ...
More on MySpace Music's imeem Purchase
Sources tell Hypebot that the primary reason for yesterday's abrupt shift of imeem users to MySpace Music was because the deal only worked economically if imeem were shuttered. That meant that they no longer had the licenses or assets to continue operating the site. MySpace essentially bought the few parts of imeem that it cared about ...
Imeem to be Integrated Within Myspace Music
(UPDATED) Beginning today, imeem will quickly cease to exist; with only select remnants finding a new home within MySpace Music. As part of an announcement making it's acquisition of imeem public, MySpace let users know that imeem playlists will be temporarily disabled and directed to MySpace Music. Unlike after its iLike acquisition, which saw its executives ...
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