Jay-Z’s Dropped Hyphen Takes To Craigslist In Search Of New Job
The rapper/entrepeneur formerly known as Jay-Z officially dropped the hyphen in his name last week. There's no word on what motivated the move, but we have now learned that the. Continue reading
MavenSay Launches Rithm Music Messaging App
Rithm, a new music messaging app, is now officially available for iOS. It joins the growing world of messaging apps with a focus on sending music with related text messages,. Continue reading
MP3.com Domain For Sale For $1M+, Is It Worth It? [Michael Robertson]
By Michael Robertson, a seriel music tech entrepennuer and founder of the original MP3.com. His current projects include Dar.fm. I recently got a call from the owner of this iconic. Continue reading
The Reasons Paid Music Downloads Are Going Downhill
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Paid downloads, the songs people pay for individually the way they do with CDs, have officially stopped their ascent. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, digital. Continue reading
Audiam Brings YouTube Revenue Service To U.S., Increases Royalties To Musicians
Audiam, a recently launched service by TuneCore co-founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells, helps artists generate revenue from their YouTube videos as well as use of their music in others'. Continue reading
Leap Motion’s New Motion Sensor Expands Music Control
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Leap Motion released an $80 motion sensor on Monday, which works with Mac and Windows. On launch day, Leap’s Airspace app store had 14. Continue reading
Facebook Stock Up 25%, These Charts Show Why
(UPDATED) Facebook stock soared in after hours trading Wednesday, after the company posted better than expected earnings. That upward trend continued on Thursday morning for an overall gain of 25%.. Continue reading
Live Nation CEO On Ticketing, Irving Azoff and The Future Of Live Touring [VIDEO]
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino sat down with Fortune Magazine's 's Adam Lashinsky at this year's Brainstorm Tech for a wide-ranging discussion about the current and future state of the. Continue reading
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Facebook Daily Users Up Just 4.8% Last Quarter
As part of it's Second Quarter 2013 report to Wall Street, Facebook shared updated user and financial stats. Daily active users (DAUs) were 699 million on average for June 2013, up. Continue reading
The “New” Pandora: Blue Ocean To Bloody Water
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm) of Sidewinder.fm and Live Nation Labs. In late 2010, Pandora set out to create a new Internet radio experience. Pandora wanted to rebuild the popular service. Continue reading