Music industry news from Hypebot:
Sony Music's web efforts bear fruit as site traffic hits top 10.
Warner Music is forced to pay $217,000 for rapper Roxanne Shante's PHD.
Universal Music goes direct to fans with Echospin.
Exclusive Hypebot report:
Bruce Warila on The State Of Music Industry Investing
An unsuccessful plan by Ticketmaster, Irving Azoff and some of the countries biggest ticket scaplers dubbed Project Showtime is revealed.
Apple has approved the Spotify streaming music iPhone app at a crucial time for both companies.
Social networking only works when it's real; plus some Seth Godin wisdom.
Terry McBride: "A Profound Shift From Content Is King". Join the discussion.
OurStage and MTV launch an emerging artist program.
Music blog network MOG gets another $5 million in financing.
Industry vet Dick Wlngate joins Ted Cohen's TAG consulting team.
Motel 6 offers select touring bands free rooms. Don't worry; another round is on the way.
Videos: Rhapsody's proposed iPhone App, Alice Cooper goes from throwing TV's out the window to selling them.
To celebrate it's 5th Anniversary, Hypebot is reposting some of it's top articles:
Where You Make Music Matters
The Best Of Bylin's Interviews
Infiltrating Columbia Records Site With An Anti-Label Ad
The Musical Middle Class
See ProHipHop's Hypebot Industry News category for past roundups.
