Music industry news from Hypebot:
Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter and Backstage have all been sold.
Overheard at this week’s San Francisco Music Tech convention.
What was behind MySpace’s purchase of imeem and why did they shut the site down so quickly.
Universal and Sony backed music video site VEVO suffered major technical difficulties after launching, but now that we know VEVO’s target audience, the problems may not matter.
Why Apple really bought Lala. Look for big changes next year at iTunes, Plus analysis from around the net.
Ian Rogers is excited that Apple bought Lala but Bruce Houghton is not.
A Kyle Byline essay that’s spreading across the web – Music as Commerce: Understanding a Mindset.
EMI and IODA signed on with ad supported download music site Guvera. Look for an 2010 launch in the U.S.
Cory Doctorow on “Why Music Streaming Will Fail“. Express your opinion in a poll.
How to create better YouTube videos.
Video: A First Look @ Georgia Wonder’s Free Recording Experiment
Top 10′s: Digital Downloads Of The Decade and The Most Viral Videos Of 200.
See ProHipHop’s Hypebot Industry News category for past roundups.
