FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Resets Negotiations • Amazon, Pandora Prep Streaming Challengers • Inside Crowdmix Implosion • More
T.G.I.Friday 9.16.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Our former editor Kyle Bylin pointed out that this week marks Hypebot's 8th year. Thank-you Kyle and all of you who. Continue reading
Warner Music Group Signs Pandora Direct Deal Paving Way For New Spotify, Apple Music Competitor
Holdout Warner Music has become the last of the major music group to sign a direct deal with Pandora. The deal paves the way for Pandora to launch a full. Continue reading
Universal, Sony Team To Launch Low Cost Streaming Music Service
Sony and Universal Music have quietly teamed to launch their own budget streaming music service. Extending the popular NOW music compilation brand, Now That's What I Call Music+ will offer. Continue reading
Rapper’s Fans Launch Streaming Campaign To #SaveNelly
Rapper Nelly's fans are turning to streaming in order to help him with his $2.4 million tax lien. If the campaign reaches critical mass, it will be interesting to see. Continue reading
Apple Kills Tidal Bailout Rumors
After financial filings that shows Tidal losses doubling to $28 million last year and hints that Jay Z's music streamer was running out of cash, there were renewed rumors that. Continue reading
Hidden In Plain Sight: An Underground Dance Music Scene With Millions Of Fans
Although music has in many ways lost some of its potency as the driving force behind the world's increasingly sprawling subcultures, one particularly large subculture, the gaming community, has developed into a. Continue reading
Ole Lands $500 Million Credit Line To Fund Aquisitions
Independent music publisher Ole has received a $500 million credit line to fuel acquisitions. It part of a trend that has seen everyone from venture capitalists to established publishers vying. Continue reading
Are New Cheap Tiers From Pandora, Amazon Worth $4.99?
$5 a month has often been touted as the magic monthly fee which will precipitate a massive surge in subscriber growth, a theory which looks as though it's about to. Continue reading
Pianist Holly Bowling Creates Grateful Dead Tribute [INTERVIEW]
In this interview, PledgeMusic speaks with talented piano player and transcriptionist Holly Bowling about her latest work, a Grateful Dead tribute album titled Better Left Unsung, a followup to her. Continue reading
