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Worthy reading: Music Bloggers Roundtable Part 1 & 2

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:37:40 -0400

Worthy reading: Music Bloggers Roundtable Part 1 & 2:

Five years ago, in August 2004, The Morning News asked six music bloggers to talk about “the newest frontier in online music sharing”:

Roundtable: MP3 Bloggers, August 2004

With the help of…

The Miracle in July

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:44:16 -0400

The Miracle in July:

The Miracle in July is a modern love story told in the most modern way possible: via a vibrant set of photos, music and maps all published via an elegant Wordpress installation.

The…

First ever free download, new radio show & favorites shuffle!

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:07:40 -0400

First ever free download, new radio show & favorites shuffle!:

3 bits of news today:

First free download ever »

Today, we’ve teamed up with Metric to give away the Adam Freeland remix of “Sick Muse”. It’s the first free download we’ve ever given away! Just…

On Integrity & Advertising

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:52:12 -0400

On Integrity & Advertising:

Last week, we ran what’s called a “site takeover” for a new single by P. Diddy. A site takeover, or skin allows the advertiser to customize the look of many prominent parts of a website. Today,…

Nick Hornby on music blogs

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:42:21 -0400

Nick Hornby on music blogs:

Nick Hornby (the writer of High Fidelity) has much to say about music blogs today in the Guardian Observer:

“But it’s easy. Look at Hype Machine (hypem.com) to begin with: in the top…

Weekly Newsletters are Ready!

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:01:47 -0400

Weekly Newsletters are Ready!:

We’ve just started sending out the first of our personalized weekly newsletters today.

The newsletters are customized based on what you and your friends do on the site. The more active you are,…

Yellow Bird Project’s Indie Rock Coloring Book world tour

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:30:01 -0400

Yellow Bird Project’s Indie Rock Coloring Book world tour:

Our favorite Canadians at the Yellow Bird Project are taking their Indie Rock Coloring Book on the road this month, and we haven’t been this excited for arts and crafts since we…

Punkphoto.com’s 5th Anniversary Exhibit opening tonight!

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:30:00 -0400

Punkphoto.com’s 5th Anniversary Exhibit opening tonight!:

Abbey Braden, our kickass radio show host, also takes a ton of concert photos and publishes them at Punkphoto. Today, Punkphoto turns 5 and to celebrate, some of the best photos are…

Reblog This Concert: A music showcase by Tumblr in New York today

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:52:59 -0400

Reblog This Concert: A music showcase by Tumblr in New York today:

Reblog this Concert!

Our friends at Tumblr are putting on a show today!

It’s fittingly called “Reblog This Concert” and features The Urgency, Bamboo Shoots, Shinobi Ninja, and…

Hype Machine 2009 User Survey Results

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:40:26 -0400

Hype Machine 2009 User Survey Results:

Our annual user survey went over really well this year. Over 2600 of you responded and we gave away some great prizes. Below are some highlights, but check out our demographics page for the full…

Connect your Hype Machine account to Twitter and Last.FM

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:36:52 -0400

Connect your Hype Machine account to Twitter and Last.FM:

One of the benefits of having a Hype Machine user account are the cool ways to share the music you discover.

Connect your account to Twitter and the machine will auto-tweet your favorite songs,…

The Interactive Twitter Music Chart

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:30:45 -0400

The Interactive Twitter Music Chart:

We’ve been frustrated by a few things about music charts recently. One is the issue of chart integrity, the lines between manipulation & engagement and how to keep such a system honest while…

More on Integrity and Promotion

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:29:04 -0400

On Chart Integrity

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:34:35 -0400

On Chart Integrity:

We’ve recently made some changes to the popular page so that it reflects the number of people who’ve favorited the track in the past three days.

Shortly after we made the change, we were alerted…

The new Popular page

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:38:00 -0400

The new Popular page:

Having reviewed feedback and site activity in the past couple of months, we’ve just published a change to our Popular page.

Here is what’s on the page now:
Popular (default view) - the most…

Hype Machine Radio Show #6 + #7

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:19 -0400

Hype Machine Radio Show #6 + #7:

This week’s episode of the Radio Show is now live! Listen below or check out the Radio page to see the full set list and featured blogs.

And just in case you missed last…

I recently did a shirt swap with one of my favorite internet...

Fri, 08 May 2009 11:33:09 -0400

I recently did a shirt swap with one of my favorite internet shows ever. This is Gopher from the show rocking our Hype Machine shirt :)

Watch Dorm Life on Hulu!

Take Our Annual User Survey, Win Prizes!

Thu, 07 May 2009 19:53:32 -0400

Take Our Annual User Survey, Win Prizes!:

It’s that time already! Our Annual User Survey is our time to gather basic details of who you are, how you use Hype Machine, and what you think we can do to improve! It’s only 2 pages and…

Hype Machine Radio Show: Episode 5 + iTunes!

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:40:26 -0400

Hype Machine Radio Show: Episode 5 + iTunes!:

This week’s Radio Show is now live, go check it out! Featuring a slew of awesome New York based music blogs and of course the week’s most popular tracks.

We’re also excited to be accepted into…

Hype Machine Radio Show 3 + 4

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:40:20 -0400

Hype Machine Radio Show 3 + 4:

Oops, forgot to post about this last week but that just means twice as much fun for you. Our awesome show has been gaining some great traction and Dev + Abbey have been amazing at producing…