REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
- 20 Of The Worst Band Names Ever
- What's "Failed" Musician Mark Montgomery Got To Teach You? A Heck Of A Lot About Business!
- An Industry Insider Explains Why Streaming Music's Already Profitable
- Free Updated Music Metadata Style Guide 2.0 From Music Biz
- This Infographic Untangles The Complex Web Of U.S. Music Royalties
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- Hypebot's Music Industry News and Jobs
- 10 Biggest Album Release Flops Of 2014
- Who Gets Paid From Radio Play?
- SFX Losses Up 77% Despite 199% Revenue Growth, Stock Jumps 6%
- Google Testing New Music Ads
- Raging Bull Precedent Leads To Reversal In Lawsuit Over Jay Z's Big Pimpin'
- New Zealand Works To Attract International Artists
- Revolt TV's First Revolt Music Conference Is A Gathering Of True Power Players
- Nielsen Study: Asian Americans Key Driver of U.S. Digital Music
Changes
- Morrissey Dropped By Label 3 Weeks After New Album Release
- Rebekah Alperin Exits Kobalt For UMPG
Mobile
- TourStar Releases Engaging Music Industry Mobile Game For iOS
- Music Marketing With The Yo Messaging App
Social Media
- Snapchat Use Is Exploding Among Teens, Leaves Twitter In The Dust
- Facebook Bans Like-Gating, Google Incentivizes Secure Websites
Retail/Ecommerce
- Music Industry Mulls Single Global Release Day
- Featuring.Me Creates New Music Revenue Stream With Customizable Songs
- Google Play Music Adds 9 Countries
- Sony Brings Daily Album Deals App To U.S., Already Affecting Charts In Germany
- Radical.fm Now Accepts Bitcoin
- Prerelease Power: 26% Of All Album Release Clicks Happen Before It Drops
M&A
- Online Video Monetization Heats Up: Q&A With Rumblefish Founder/CEO On Acquisition By SESAC
- Agency Group Acquires Bobby Roberts Company
Funding
- Music Tech Startup Muzooka Raises $3 Million
- Neil Young's PonoMusic Turns To Equity Crowdfunding To Raise $2.5 Million
- $30,000 Kenny Loggins Kickstarter Living Room Concert Is Funded
- Vadio Raises $2 Million, Partners With VEVO
- Music Biz Crowdfunding: Alt-Fest, Neverland Ranch, Hard Rock Hotel, Hearo.fm, Rob Zombie
Spotify
- Spotify Has Begun Canadian Rollout
- Next For Spotify: Launch In Japan, IPO
- Spotify, BandPage Partner For Artist To Fan Sales
- Blue Music Group Pulls Music From Spotify Citing "Pitiful" Rates
Streaming
- Streaming Music Moves: Uprise.fm's Coming, Guvera And Saavn Battling Spotify
- Pandora Does Not Cannibalize Radio, Says New Study
- Grooveshark Redemption? Google Adds Music Streamer To Chromecast
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