Results for "HypeBot"

News: Technology

Tunecore's CEO Responds to Widget Controversy

October 21, 2009

Last week Hypebot reported on some major upgrades that Tunecore had made to the widget it offers its users. One useful feature captured information from fans. Data capture and use has gotten many internet companies from Facebook to iTunes in hot water with both users and privacy experts as they struggle to find the right balance; ...

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Minds for the Future: Why Digital Immersion Matters

October 19, 2009

“If we hope to head towards a bright future in the digital age, then, it begins with preparing Digital Natives and other young kids to help lead the way." Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor To be sure, the term “Digital Native" is misleading, because no two Digital Natives are created equal. Each of them has ...

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Nielson Study: Adult Women Love Music Sites

October 18, 2009

Think that music is a man's world? As it has in many other ways, the internet is leveling the playing field, at least for female fans. A new Nielson NetView study showed that inAugust, women made up 56.1% of the traffic to music sites or 42.5 million unique female visitors. The female traffic is not just ...

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piracypayback.org - The Cure for P2P Remorse

October 10, 2009

Feeling guilty about all that file sharing that you did last night? Pop on over to PiracyPayback.org and make a donation to lesson your guilt. There's no mechanism for compensating individual artists, but every quarter checks are sent to various copyright collection organizations for music, film and gaming. “giving music away...lacks imagination and is a cop ...

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RIAA Says "Couldn't Have Says It Better" on P2P

October 10, 2009

Or maybe they could have said nothing... From the RIAA blog: Sometimes something is said so perfectly that it's not worth summarizing or paraphrasing. After documenting the extensive computer security and legal issues associated with illegal file sharing sites, an editorial entitled “Responsible Use of Eastern Network Every Student's Responsibility" in the Daily Eastern News, the ...

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News: Music Industry

Nobody Cares About You, so Raise Your Baton

October 8, 2009

The new music industry offers the opportunity for an artist to go it on their own without a record label, a manager, agent, publicity firm, merchandise company or publishing company. The same is true at startups - bootstrapinstead of buying your way in, use open source tools, virtual offices, online colloboration, Skype, Google tools and more. ...

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Is Streaming Bad for the Music Industry?

October 7, 2009

First it was, “Fans want to feel it." Then it was, “Fans want to own it." Now it's, “Why own when I can save?" One of the unforeseen impacts of the global economic downturn on the music industry is the accelerated rate of consumers' adoption of streaming music... And this means trouble for the already wounded ...

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Midem Adds Showcase for Digital Music Startups

October 7, 2009

I tipped you off to this several weeks ago, but now its official. Midem has launched its new technology showcase dubbed MidemNet Labs and named the judges who will sift through submissions to find the new best of the best. The 15 most promising companies will be invited to present at MIDEM in January 2010 in ...

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Can Classical Music Be Cool Again?

October 4, 2009

The audiences attending symphony performances and classical music concerts has been dwindling for years, and the solutions offered have been many. From ensembles created more for their beauty and novelty then their talent, to orchestral rock music concerts like The Machine performing Pink Floyd in hugely successful shows with the San Diego and Pittsburgh Symphonies, purveyors ...

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Two YouTube Musicians Start an Indie Label for Other YouTube Musicians

October 4, 2009

Small indie label DFTBA - which stands for “don't forget to be awesome" - focuses entirely on acts that gained their first attention via YouTube and is run by online video stalwarts Alan Lastufka (fallofautumndistro) and Hank Green (vlogbrothers). To date, DFTBA Records has released 10 ...