Discovering The Next Gotye With Social Media Data

By Liv Buli (@lbuli)), Resident Data Journalist for music analytics  company Next Big Sound. One second you had no idea who he was, the next you couldn’t get the haunting. Continue reading

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#SXSW 2013 Interviews with BandPage’s Chris Wiltsee and CD Baby’s Brian Felsen

The following excerpts and videos are from 2 days of interviews conducted by Helsinki based streaming company LiveMusicStage at SXSW 2013. These interviews were filmed and streamed live on Austin. Continue reading

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Adva Mobile Relaunches Fan Engagement Platform With Free HTML5 Mobile Apps For Musicians

About a year and a half ago I wrote about Adva Mobile's free mobile sites for musicians here at Hypebot. At the time the feature set looked promising but the. Continue reading

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Twitter Turns 7, Celebrates With Highlights Video

We all think of Twitter as an essential direct to fan communications platform, but since @jack tweeted "Just setting up my twttr" in 2006, Twitter has become a global town. Continue reading

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NPR Recognized By Wall Street Journal As Music Discovery Powerhouse! Who Knew?

A recent feature in The Wall Street Journal describes the "Improbable Rise of NPR Music." For those of us who are long-time NPR listeners and, increasingly, web followers, the fact. Continue reading

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How to Make Money Selling Recorded Music

Are you trying to sell your music? To do that, you have to show the value of your music and may have to pair your music with something else. According. Continue reading

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SFX Domination Of EDM Accelerates With ID&T, Sensation, Mysteryland Purchase

SFX Entertainment is continuing it's promised roll-up of major EDM properties with the acquisition of ID&T, the Amsterdam based event producers of Sensation an indoor house music festival held in. Continue reading

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YouTube Hits 1 Billion Monthly Users

Just 8 years after launching, YouTube has announced that 1 billion unique users watch videos on the site each month. And the Google owned company is monetizing those views better. Continue reading

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UPDATED NEWS BRIEF: Copyright Term May Drop 20 Yrs, Spotify Finally Gets Social, Rumblefish Buys Catalogik & More

FRIDAY 3.20.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  Click Here Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab

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With $2M In Funding, Artist Growth Revamps Musician Managment Toolkit

Last week, based Artist Growth completed it's Series A funding round rasing $2 million. The investors all come from Nashville's growing VC community including former label exec Joe Galante, Mark. Continue reading

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