Jody Gerson Exits Sony/ATV To Become CEO Of Universal Music Publishing
Jody Gerson has been named the Chairman and CEO the Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), effective January 1, 2015. Gerson, who currently serves as Co-President of Sony/ATV Publishing, will be. Continue reading
Twitch Debuts Live Streaming Music Concerts, Twitch Broadcasters Can Play Host
Twitch is an odd seeming thing, a platform primarily for live streaming video gameplay, that is incredibly popular. Since at least May various reports have it that Google is buying. Continue reading
Exec In Charge Of Launching YouTube Music Service Exits For Spotify
YouTube's executive for consumer products, Shiva Rajaraman (pictured left), has exited the Googleplex for Spotify. One of Rajaraman's chief responsibilities in recent months has been YouTube's yet to launch subscription music service.. Continue reading
Viral Music Videos Have Huge Impact On Sales [CHART]
Although many factors can drive song sales, a new Nielson study suggests that viral videos play an increasing role – sometimes dramatically. Sales of Katy Perry’s “Peacock” spiked 64% within. Continue reading
Facebook Goes Down, Musicians Tremble…
UPDATE 4 12:37– Facebook went offline just before Noon on Friday, but was back up 40 minutes later. No reason for the outage has been given, so far; but it. Continue reading
Beats On Their $3 Billion Sale: “There’s a new instrument in the Apple family.”
Apple has finalized its $3 billion deal to purchased Beats. To announce that the two companies are now one, both exchanged welcome announcements online. Apple used theirs to heap praise. Continue reading
Knoxville’s MediaWorks Demo Day To Include 4 Music Tech Startups
MediaWorks is a new digital media accelerator emphasizing education and mentorship. It's a program of the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) and next week they're holding a demo day for the. Continue reading
SESAC Acquires Video Music Licensor Rumblefish
Video music micro-licencing service Rumblefish has been acquired by for-profit performing rights organization SESAC. Details of the deal were not announced. Rumblefish will operate as an independent subsidiary of SESAC with founder. Continue reading
How To Get Press For Your Band Like The PR Pros Do
By Rachel Bailey from the Sonicbids Blog. When promoting a record, there are a couple of different philosophies about the most effective way to get your music heard. One, the. Continue reading
Apple Completes $3 Billion Beats Deal, Vivendi Universal Nets $404 Million For 13% Stake
UPDATED: It's official: Apple has completed the $3 billion deal to buy Beats Electronics and Beats Music. Overnight, also came news that Universal Music Group's parent company Vivendi had completed its. Continue reading
atVenu Rakes In Over $100 Million From 4.2 Million Units Of Merch
atVenu launched in January 2013 offering merchandise management via the web and mobile apps, including warehouse and trailer inventories and Soundscan reporting, and have gone on to great initial success.. Continue reading
