MusiXMatch Raises $3.7M For Lyrics API
Lyrics API musiXmatch announced today at SF Music Tech that it has raised $3.7 million in Series A funding from Francesco Micheli Associates. The funds wll enable musiXmatch to expand. Continue reading
Mark Cuban Has Big Plans For Music On HDNET
Outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban has big plans for music on his HDNET network. "Traditionally music hasn’t worked on television but now that sets are high. Continue reading
NARM’s Bill Wilson: Music, Investment, Innovation & The New Music Business
This guest post comes from NARM's VP of Digital Strategy and Business Development, Bill Wilson on the first day of NARM's Annual Convention in LA. The sound of schadenfreude is. Continue reading
SF Music Tech Today
Hisham Dahud (@hishamdahud) will once again be covering SF Music Tech today for Hypebot. Be sure to say hello and tell him what you're working on, so we can share. Continue reading
China Begins New Era Of Copyright Protection
(UPDATED) This guest post is by Mathew D, Vice-President of R2G/wa3.cn, one of China's leading digital music distributors. He blogs on the music industry and copyright reform in at The. Continue reading
News Brief: Google Music Launch Details, Live Nation + GroupOn, Higher WMG Bid, Amazon & More
Google Music Launch: At the Googe I/O Conference the company quietly showed off a new portion of it's Marketplace that is a web based version of iTunes. WeAllMakeMusic is reporting. Continue reading
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Interns, Demand, Dreams, and the New Music Industry
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Aubrey Burton: The Music Intern: Five Tips for Success Minh Chau: Generate Demand for Your Music Music On The Make: 5 Easy Steps. Continue reading
REWIND: Music Industry’s Week In Review – WMG Sold, EMI vs. ASCAP, Spotify vs. iTunes, MTV & More
The big news of the week was the $3.3 billion purchase by Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik and his Access Industries of Warner Music Group. The deal should close in the. Continue reading
The New Music Industry is Not Coming
According to Taurean Casey on MusicThink Tank, the new music industry is already here. Different business models are reshaping how we market and distribute music. Change is inevitable and the. Continue reading
RootMusic Upgrades Free & Paid BandPages Facebook App
RootMusic has released a major upgrade for both free and paid users of its BandPages Facebook app. BandPage is the social network's #1 music app with 150,000 musicians driving 22. Continue reading
Tell Us What You Think Of Warner Music $3.3 B Sale
What do you think of today's sale of Warner Music Group to a Russian billionaire for $3.3 billion? Good news, because someone else will be running WMG? Bad news, because. Continue reading
