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News: Interview

Tribal Leadership: Interview with Author John King

January 6, 2009

Part 1 of a 2 part post by our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Balin The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child," was used on Hypebot by Bruce as a reality check for Music 2.0. Black Stone Cherry adds onto those famous words of wisdom in their song 'You' ...

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News: Education

Daily D.I.Y. - Be a Student of the Music Business

January 6, 2009

This new daily Hypebot feature will be 90% practical and less than 10% philosophical. Enough people have already told you as artists, indie label staffers and new music industry professionals that “it's time for a new paradigm" and “remember the fan is king". This five day a week column will profile free and affordable artist services, ...

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News: Radio

3 Reasons Sirius XM Will Fail

January 6, 2009

I hope I'm wrong. I love creative broadcasting, but with its stock sitting around 12 cents a share... “...Sirius XM does have a serious flaw in its capital structure. Its costs, which include servicing its pile of debt, appear to be too high to make the business viable." - The New York Times ...

News: Technology

10 Music Industry Stories from the Holiday Break

January 6, 2009

WHILE YOU WERE OUT: There was a surprising amount of action in the music industry over the two week holiday break. Here is a quick compendium of top stories that you might have missed. Year end sales figures showed that: CD & ringtone sales fell and digital growth slowed Digital sales had their best week ever ...

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News: Technology

Could 2009 Be Music's Year of the Garage?

January 6, 2009

John C Abell at Epicenter resurrected the Rules Of The Garage a kind of 12 commandments of tech written by Bill Hewlett and David Packard that grounded the founding of Hewlett-Packard in their garage back in 1939 - to inspire tech startups battered by the economic downturn. In reading them, I realized that the rules could ...

News: Technology

2008 CD and Ringtone Sales Fall, Digital Growth Slows

January 3, 2009

For the 52-week period ending December 28th, according to retail data collected by Nielsen SoundScan: Physical album sales were down 20% Overall album sales dropped 14% after digital was added This follows a 15% drop in '07 and represents a 45% decline since a high in 2000 Digital track sales were up ...

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News: Technology

$800 Million Invested in Music Tech in 2008

January 3, 2009

On his Indie Music Tech blog, Duncan Freeman lists more than $260 million in investments by angels and and venture capitalists in music tech companies during 2008. After including deals where the exact terms weren't disclosed, as well as, more than $520 million in mergers and acquisitions, he totaled a whopping $800 million in music tech ...

News: Music Industry

By the Numbers: Digital Music Sales Hit New High

January 1, 2009

Weekly U.S. digital track sales set a new record Dec. 22- 28 with 47.7 million sold That's a 126% jump from the prior week Why the increase? Filling up iPods and redeeming download cards received as gifts Digital sales were up 27% from 2007 1.07 billion tracks were ...

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News: Video / DVD

Major Labels Explore Competing Music Video Site

December 31, 2008

Dissatisfied with the lack of revenue they are getting at YouTube and elsewhere, the four major label groups are exploring the launch of their joint video music site. “Plans under discussion include a partnership with Hulu, the online television and film joint venture between News Corp and NBC Universal; the creation of a premium ...

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News: Music Industry

3 Trends Driving the Music Industry in 2009

December 31, 2008

Predictions are easy. Being good at them is much harder. As I've been working on my predictions for the music industry for 2009, however, three recurring themes seem to be dominating the industry conversation as we begin the new year. DEMOCRATIZATION - Giving entrepreneurs, artists and even fans the tools to compete with the major labels ...