NEWS BRIEF: iTunes Streaming, Topspin Connects With MTV, EMI Deal Update, India’s SOPA & More
A stronger than average rumor circulating at SXSW is that Apple is planning an iTunes streaming music service. One of the bigger official announcements coming SXSW Music was Topspin's new. Continue reading
Topspin Connects With MTV For Direct To Fan Artists.MTV
In a deal announced today at SXSW, Topspin and MTV launched Artists.MTV, a platform that gives artists using the direct to fan service access to the millions of fans reached. Continue reading
Inside The Mind Of The Music Elitist [INFOGRAPHIC]
With SXSW in full swing, the team at Sonos decided to peer into the mind of one type of particularly discriminating attendee: the music elitist. What will you find crammed. Continue reading
Gracenote To Help Streamline Musician’s Verified Twitter Accounts
At SXSW, Gracenote announced it has teamed with Twitter to make it easier for musicians to request official verification for their Twitter accounts. Under the deal, Gracenote will use it's. Continue reading
Music Video Sharing = Music Marketing With Cull.tv, Flickr, Chill
Some people say that discovery has replaced search. In that case, sharing has replaced advertising. I hate absolutes but it seems pretty obvious that sharing is a friendlier way to. Continue reading
Artist Growth Adds Mobile Registration For Live Performances Royalties
(UPDATED) The artist management application Artist Growth has been dubbed as a “Swiss army knife” for the music industry by Business Insider, and for good reason. When we last reported. Continue reading
ReverbNation Develops Venue Submission Dashboard For D.I.Y. Gig Booking
[Updated] After reviewing BandWagon's gig booking site, I got a demonstration of ReverbNation's new Submission Dashboard designed to facilitate gig booking for artists and venues using ReverbNation's services. It too. Continue reading
Sean Parker: “There’s Blood In The Water For Labels” Over Spotify Royalty Payments
The size of Spotify payments to artists has led to an ongoing and often contentious debate. But Napster co-founder and Spotify investor Sean Parker sees it more as a problem. Continue reading
Wahwah.fm Turns iPhones Into Local, Global Radio Stations
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Wahwah.fm lets you turn the music stored on your iPhone into an internet radio station that gets broadcast worldwide, or to other. Continue reading
Ovelin Wins #SXSW Music Tech Accelerator, Rexly & 45 Sound Runners Up
(UPDATED) Finland's Ovelin, an iPad game that makes learning to play the guitar fun, won top honors yesterday at the SXSW Accelerator music tech contest. Rexly and 45 Sound also. Continue reading
