Results for "HypeBot"

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Kyte Offers Turnkey Framework for iPhone Music Apps Creation

February 25, 2009

Mobile video service Kyte is now offering a turnkey framework that streamlines the creation of custom music applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Similar apps are gaining popularity both with artists and fans. Using built in RSS feeds and links the apps deliver video, music, news, tweets, chat and links to purchase. Interscope Geffen A&M ...

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A Conversation with the Hype Machine's Anthony Volodkin

February 25, 2009

GUEST POST: Australian based digital strategist Nick Crocker sat down for Hypebot with The Hype Machine's Anthony Volodkin. For music lovers, Hype Machine is an essential filter. With increasing ad-revenue and affiliate sales, the site's founder Anthony Volodkin has assembled a small team to manage the expanding Hype Machine community. Volodkin has been working on Hype ...

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News: Music Industry

Follow Live Nation Tickmaster Senate Hearing Live

February 25, 2009

This afternoon (Tuesday 2/24 at 2:30 EST) The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights will begin hearings on “The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger: What Does it Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?". Witnesses include super manager and Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, Jerry Mickelson, ...

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Daily D.I.Y. - Take Your Promo Old School

February 25, 2009

As they should, every artist and label has an email list, blog and social networking pages. But the assault of online information is overwhelming and it's harder and harder to get your message heard above the chatter. In addition to your online activities, why not also use some old school methods to reach your fans. For ...

News: Music Industry

Congress Looks at Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger

February 24, 2009

IRVING AZOFF, MICHAEL RAPINO & JERRY MICKELSON TO TESTIFY Scrutiny of the proposed merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster takes center stage this week as both the House and Senate hold Congressional hearings. The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights begins hearings on Tuesday. Uber-manager and Ticketmaster ...

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Teens Prefer Music to Sex and Have No Intention of Paying for It

February 24, 2009

Forget free love. Today's teens are far more interested in free music. A new survey of 1000 UK youth showed that 70% of 16-19 year olds would rather go without sex than music for a week. Broaden the age group to 16-24 and the go without sex group only falls to 60%. 61% of the same ...

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Daily D.I.Y. - Local and Regional Sponsorship

February 24, 2009

Ever wonder how that new indie buzz band got a sponsorship from Red Bull? Forget about it. They had a label, agent or sponsorship guru hook them up, and that's unlikely to happen to your project. But that doesn't mean that sponsorship is out of reach for you; even if your tour consists of your hometown ...

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Despite Ringtone Slide Mobile Music to Hit $14.6 Billion by 2013

February 24, 2009

A sharp fall in ringtone sales will be more than offset by growth in full track downloads, streamed music services and ringback tones, according to a new report from Juniper Research which forecasts that global revenues from mobile music services will reach nearly $14.6 billion by 2013. The report found that many of the key hurdles ...

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The Digital Natives: Online Fandom and Community (Part Four)

February 24, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Digital Community With the almost staple experiences behind me as music fan, these interactions with technology provided the necessary building blocks for me to take my next step into the digital world. At this point, I found that I had a passion for writing poetry and ...

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The Digital Natives: Youth Culture (Part Three)

February 24, 2009

Some of the earlier experiences that I've had with music seem more easily related to than those that I've encountered in recent years. After getting my first boom box stereo, of course, one of the first things I found, either through my own inquiry or (perhaps) someone else's example, is that I could record songs off ...