The Orchard Acquires RoyaltyShare, Invests In Korrect To Offer Music Royalty Processing

Sony owned The Orchard is extending its label services with the acquisition of RoyaltyShare and a strategic investment in Korrect. Details of the deals were not disclosed, but RoyaltySare had. Continue reading

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10 Questions Music Tech Startup Founders Should Ask Before Choosing An Accelerator or Incubator

"Choosing a program requires more research and assessment than knowing your startup is likely to get a feature on TechCrunch as a benefit of being a Y-Combinator startup. What’s more, founders of music. Continue reading

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Accordion Games: Why Spotify’s Free Service Should Constantly Grow And Contract

Spotify is feeling pressure from Universal Music Group and others to drop or drastically reduce free streaming.  But Jon Maples argues its not an either or proposition.

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Ex Live Nation Labs, Warners Exec Ethan Kaplan Joins Gracenote As SVP Music

Unsurprisingly, it didn't take digital music veteran Ethan Kaplan long to land well after the breakup of Live Nation Labs. Today Gracenote announced he's getting a prime office in their executive. Continue reading

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New On Hypebot’s Music Industry Jobs Board: Night Owl Productions, Jamplify, Citrus & More

New on our Jobs Board are a music projects manager for NYC’s Night Owl Productions, a biz dev job at live music analytics leader Jamplify and a talent buyer for LA’s Citrus‘. Continue reading

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iTunes Adds Indie Genre Page To iTunes Store

iTunes has been actively making changes to it's US store for quite some time. After catching heat for seemingly catering to major labels, one of the iTunes store's additions is an. Continue reading

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Email Autoresponders For Musicians: How To Get Fans Engaged Right Away

Just about anyone who has music available is using the song-for-email strategy. If you’re not on board, basically you trade music in exchange for an email address. It’s a great way. Continue reading

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Jay Z’s TIDAL HD Music Service Expands Globally, Launch Event Monday 3/30

Just days after Jay Z completed the purchase of music streamers TIDAL and WiMP, he's consolidated the brand under the TIDAL moniker, announced a global expansion and is planning a star. Continue reading

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The Music Streaming Generation Gap [CHART]

We know that Pandora and Spotify are the dominate music streamers and one can guess that younger listeners use them and similar services more than older folks do.  But just. Continue reading

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WED. NEWS BRIEF: Jay Z’s Tidal Rollout, HP + Bang & Oflson, White Label App, YouTube Live, Sia & More

Wednesday 3.25.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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