To help launch their new Orient Apple flavour, the vodka people Absolut have teamed up with all cool RCRD LBL to give away some music. The music is distinctly non-boozy dance or upbeat stuff, by including people like Bon Iver they’re heading for a lounge...
The second series of Boardwalk Empire – the acclaimed HBO series – will be released alongside a soundtrack featuring tracks from the series. Artists include Martha Wainwright and Regina Spektor. nme.com...
Twitter users’ ‘likes’ will now appear on the news feed – allowing for a wider more Facebook-esque system sharing, but will also give big names and brands the chance to spread news quicker when revealing big news. allthingsd.com...
Fred Perry have confirmed that the planned upcoming Amy Winehouse clothing range will still be releases. The late singer had designed two ranges which will be released over the next two season – all proceeds will go to charity. nydailynews.com...
After the burning down of Sony’s DADC warehouse (where Pias Distribution keep their stock) during the recent London riots many indie’s are going to struggle with finding the funds to reprint CDs and Vinyl – fans aqre being urged to help the labels by downloading...
News Corp’s profits have risen 8% this year, whether that truly shows the outcome of the recent hacking scandal is still to be seen. brandrepublic.com...
China’s spending of advertising will increase to $38.3billion this year, overtaking the current #2 (Japan) by just over $5billion. emarketer.com...
Due to a recent re categorisation by Soundscan in the US by including label ownership into their market share breakdowns. The stats reveal that indies lead album sales by 31% this half of the year. digitalmusicnews.com...
The phone producer HTC have invested $300million into Beats Electronic to take a majority stake in the business. BE makes headphones and artist branded gear. allthingsd.com...
Sifteo Cubes are here to bring physicality back to digital gaming. The three cubes interact with each other to create puzzles and patterns. Though very expensive at the moment, the need to bring back physicality to the abstract digital world is quickly becoming an important...