YouTube Battle Escalates, Indies Turn To European Commission For “Emergency Assistance”
The battle between independent labels and YouTube over unfavourable royalty terms offered for a proposed streaming music service is escalating. Google-owned YouTube has reportedly refused to withdraw threats to labels. Continue reading
Moment.me Offers Free Event Microsites Well Designed For Music
Though Moment.me's event microsites are not specific to music they do have a lot of features that fit musicians' need to connect with fans and, when possible, monetize events more. Continue reading
Throwing Snow’s “Mosaic” Album Cover Enhanced With Layar’s Augmented Reality App
Layar is an augmented reality (AR) mobile app which presents additional content on your mobile screen when an encoded image is scanned. Throwing Snow (Ross Tones) used a Layar-coded album. Continue reading
Music Business Podcast – The Future of Music And Advertising In Cars
Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter. In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading
MUST WATCH: John Oliver’s Funny, Smart And Dead-On Explanation Of Net Neutrality
Net neutrality. “The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are ‘featuring Sting,’” says HBO host "Last Week Tonight" John Oliver at the start of his brilliant. Continue reading
Beats Never Mentioned At Yesterday’s Apple Event, But Dre Got A Phone Call
Among the dozens of major announcements during yesterday's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference there was not a single mention of its $3 billion purchase of Beats. In fact the word "Beats". Continue reading
Spotify Offers 66% Off Premium Subscriptions
Let the music streaming price wars begin! Spotify today announced its first-ever sale. Super Summer of Music offers three months of Spotify ad free Premium for $9.99 or 3 months for the usual. Continue reading
StubHub Launches Concert Discovery App As Part Of Bigger Push Into Music
Yesterday StubHub announced the launch of StubHub Music, a concert discovery app focused on San Francisco. This is the full launch of a StubHub Lab experimental app called ShowDrift. It. Continue reading
3 Charts Show Why Apple Bought Beats Music
Market analyst Puneet Sikka has been taking a look inside Apple's deal to buy Beats Music for a reported $500 miilion of the overall Beats purchase of $3 billion, from an. Continue reading
