MusicThinkTank, Hypebot Join The Bandsintown Family

I’m proud to share that MusicThinkTank and our sister blog Hypebot.com have been acquired by Bandsintown. Both sites will still operate as independent publications, which Owen Davie I will continue to edit.

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REWIND: The Music Industry's Week In Review

Every day MusicThinkTank’s sister blog Hypebot, covers news of the music industry, music tech and the d.i.y. music movement.  Each Saturday we’ll share with you the week’s top stories.

• Limewire settled with the RIAA and labels for $105M, but it appears artists won’t see a dime.
• WMG Sale Update - A shareholder filed a lawsuit to block the sale to Access Industries.  At the same time Access is looking to add EMI to it’s portfolio.
• Major Label Losses: Universal Muisc’s revenue fell 5%, sales were down 2.7% and losses widened at WMG.
• As MySpace pageviews dropped another 50% within the last two months, founder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe pondered making a comeback. 

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Music Think Tank Logo

I just passed this logo over to Bruce and Kyle at Hypebot, but it occurred to me that others may need it also.  Without further introduction, may I present…the Music Think Tank logo (as a PNG).

MTT Founder Bruce Warila Wants To Meet You At Midem

Music Think Tank co-founder and frequent contributor Bruce Warila is heading to Midem and wants to connect with as many MTT contributors and commenters as possible.

The best way to reach out is via his echo louder blog or come to the meetup on Sunday night where he and current Music Think Tank and Hypebot publisher Bruce Houghton will be sharing some fun and conversation along with co-sponsors Topspin, Mobile Roadie, MXP4, SoundCloud and SongKick. Details on the meetup here.

What If You Owned Music Think Tank?

It’s been a few months since the Hypebot team has taken over the stewardship of Music Think Tank. In that time, we’ve published some really spectacular material along with a couple of things that did not deserve to be featured in this thoughtful forum. Along the way, we’ve learned and are (we hope) slowly improving how we do things and the quality of the content.  But now that we’ve got our bearings, it’s time to ask for feedback: If you ran Music Think Tank, how would you do things differently?

For example:

• Should we more or less selective with the articles that we publish on the home page?
• Does the current level of self-promotion in some posts bother you or is it payback for sharing their content?
• Are there additional voices that you wished were represented here?
• Are there topics that you wish we’re covered more on MTT?
• Do you listen to MTT Radio and if so, how can we improve it?
• (Your great idea here.)

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