Spotify: The Music Industry’s Life Support?
In his Grammy night speech, Neil Portnow let loose on Spotify, decrying their failure to properly compensate artists for their music, but with the streaming service paying large portions of its. Continue reading
MySpace Bought By Time Inc. – New Life Or Deadpool?
Although its glory days seem long passed, MySpace was once again in the news after being purchased, as part of a larger package deal, by the company Time Inc, although. Continue reading
WED. BRIEFING: Facebook Enhances ‘Like’ • Magna Bets On PledgeMusic • Spotify Joins Google Cloud • More
WEDNESDAY 2.24.2016 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web PledgeMusic, Spotify, Kobalt – three leaders in the new music industry – move the goalpost for the entire sector. Updated continuously under. Continue reading
Radio Paradise Pens Letter To David Byrne, SoundExchange Seeking Royalty Relief For All Small Webcasters
New rates set in December by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board and collected by SoundExchange without warning eliminated a lower tier for small net broadcasters. The result is that most,. Continue reading
The Realities Of Touring Revenue [David Lowery]
Although many assume that artists should be able to make up for the decline in recorded music sales simply by touring more, the reality of the finances behind touring reveals. Continue reading
What I Learned Working At A Record Label That Failed
Why do some record labels fail while others succeed? We explore what can be learned from watching a record label go under even after a promising start, and how such. Continue reading
SoundCloud Pulse Now Available On iPhone, Musicians Rejoice!
Already popular on Android, SoundCloud's creator app, Pulse, has finally come to the iPhone. SoundCloud Pulse is a companion to SoundCloud’s existing app and enables creators to manage their accounts.. Continue reading
Music Meets “Internet Of Things” With Aivvy’s Smart Headphone, Pandora-Like Music Platform [VIDEO]
From the turntable to the Walkman and iPod to Sonos, as music discovery and consumption evolves, so do the devices that deliver it. In the last year have we started. Continue reading
Tumblr For Musicians [Part 2]
Here we guide artists who may be new to the microblogging site through the process of setting up a Tumblr account, how they should conduct themselves for maximum traction with. Continue reading
This Simple Trick Will Increase You Twitter Engagement
Ever start to retweet and with the addition of the "RT @________ " it exceeds Twitter's 140 character limit? Don't make that mistake by keeping your tweets 10-15 characters under. Continue reading
Dr. Luke Releases Statement: “Kesha Is Already Free”
Following last week's ruling where a judge denied the request from Kesha for a temporary injunction against her record label Sony Music and her longtime producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald,. Continue reading
