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Zappa Catalog Hits iTunes, Amazon 7/8
I'd post this for the photo alone, but in fairness Tunecore scores again with the delivery of some long out-of-print Frank Zappa CD's to digital as of 7/8. The Zappa Family Trust will celebrate Independence Day by making Zappa's "Beat The Boots" series, totaling 148 tracks, for sale online.... Read more...
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Celebrate Independents Day '08
July 4th is Independence Day in America, but worldwide it's also a celebration of independent music. Starting in New Zealand and ending in the US, activities include an auction of independent music memorabilia via eBay and limited edition albums featuring independent talent from all over the... Read more...
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Pirate's Dilemma: Best Stuff Is A Steal
In his controversial book "The Pirate's Dilemma - How Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism" author Matt Mason argues that most innovations are drawn from the previous creations of others. Attempts to stop "borrowing" slows progress and stifles creativity according to Mason and... Read more...
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Shakira Inks $70M Live Nation 360
Shakira has inked a full 360 with Live Nation for a reported $70-$100 million. The concert giant will now handle the pop star's recording, touring, merchandising and other rights. But first she must deliver three records to Epic: one English, one Spanish and a greatest hits. These deals leave... Read more...
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Today's Music Briefing: Mid-Year Sales, NIN, Guitar Hero & More
> Thanks to a 30% rise in digital, overall music sales are down only 11% in the first 6 months of the year compared to 15% drop last year. (Billboard Mid-Year Sales) > iHipHop has launches as an online community offering hip hop music, videos, news, forums, commerce and social networking... Read more...
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Last.fm Streams Radiohead On Demand
Radiohead is using Last.fm for free, ad-supported on-demand streaming of "In Rainbows". The full album will be made exclusively beginning this afternoon here. The rights were licensed through the one stop digital licensing platform that Radiohead and publisher Warner/Chappell Music created last... Read more...
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Revenue Streams Tipping For UK Labels
Figures released by UK record company trade organization BPI show that label revenues other than physical or digital sales increased 13.8% to £121.6 million in '07 from £106.9m in '06. These additional revenues now account for 11.4% of UK label income. 360 deals with newer artists helped grow... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Starbucks To Close 600 Stores
On the heels of an announcement that Starbucks is cutting back on music for sale in stores to a mere 4 CD's, comes word that they are closing about 600 underperforming company-operated stores in the U.S. including 100 targeted in a previous announcement. Starbucks also expects to open fewer than... Read more...
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CIMS Indie Store Top 200 Chart
For the week ending June 29, 2008 TW LW Artist Title1 D SIGUR ROS MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM END2 1 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA3 D ESCOVEDO,ALEJANDRO REAL ANIMAL4 4 LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III5 2 MY MORNING JACKET EVIL URGES6 6 FLEET FOXES FLEET FOXES7 D LESS THAN JAKE GNV FLA8 D MOTLEY CRUE... Read more...
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Wednesday's Music Briefing: EMI Layoffs, MySpace Inflators & More
> The layoffs continue at all EMI labels. I hear new sad stories almost daily coming from almost every corner except publishing and digital. Artist managers are telling me they have no one to talk to and see few left to market their releases. Inevitably this is a transition for the label... Read more...
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Nokia's Comes With Music Adds WMG
Warner Music Group has added its catalog to Nokia's Comes With Music service and the Nokia Music online stores. Universal, EMI and Sony BMG have previously inked deals that are said to have come with a hefty price tag. (Correction: EMI is still in negotiations with Nokia.) Comes With Music is... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

SoundCloud: Free Track Transfer
200 EXCLUSIVE INVITES FOR HYPEBOT READERS Sometimes I need to send tracks to 10 or even a 1000 people on a media lost or fan club. Up until a Hypebot reader who thought it should have made my Top 10 Music Marketing Tools told me about SoundCloud there was no good solution. This free online... Read more...
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