New On Our Music Industry Jobs Board: Music Licensing And Royalty Positions @ SiriusXM Radio
Sirius XM Radio is looking for both a Director of Music Licensing and a Senior Manager of Royalties. More on this gig and others on Hypebot's Music Industry Jobs Board. HIRING? Here's how to post. Continue reading
How To Make The Most Of Your #SXSW Shows
Getting any attention at somewhere as busy and crowded as SXSW can be a challenge, fortunately (and just in time for the event itself) Jeff Kilgour has some helpful advice. Continue reading
8 Strategies For Selling Music Online
As streaming becomes more and more popular, actually trying to sell music online can seem pointless, and many artists simply aren't very good at it. Here we look at eight effective strategies for. Continue reading
Magna Takes “Major Position” In PledgeMusic
Recent hires at Kickstarter signal that the crowdfunder is ramping up its music industry outreach. To counter that move and expand its own successful footprint, music centric competitor PledgeMusic has. Continue reading
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
