Americans And Canadians Lead Nominations For MTV European Music Awards 2016 [FULL LIST]
American artists including Beyonce and Rihanna and Canadians including Justin Bieber and Drake dominate the nominees for MTV's 2106 European Music Awards. The EMAs will be broadcast around the globe from the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam,. Continue reading
Social Media Marketing For Musicians: Get More Fans Via Facebook
Regardless of genre, it's a goal of virtually every artist in every genre to grow a sizable fanbase and, if one plays their cards right, Facebook can be an excellent. Continue reading
Spotify Loses Two Top Execs: Deezer Nabs Riad Hawa, Early Hire Jonathan Forster Also Exits
Deezer has hired away Spotify exec Riad Hawa to expand its music hardware partnerships. Sales VP Jonathan Forster, one of Spotify's first dozen staffers and a close associate of CEO Daniel EK, is. Continue reading
TUE. BRIEF: Inside The New Apple Music • Rdio Failure Dissected • Sonos To Apple Stores • Dice • More
Tuesday 9.27.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple's music sage Jimmy Iovine on streaming: “I don’t think we know yet, I don’t think anyone knows yet.” Updated. Continue reading
All 3 Major Labels Sue To Stop YouTube Ripping
In recent months, YouTube has been under fire from the music industry, with mp3 track ripping from videos a major cause of friction. Now the major labels have taken aggressive. Continue reading
Former LinkedIn, Apple Marketing Exec Nick Bartle Joins Pandora
As they ramp up to launch two paid streaming music services, Pandora has announced that Nick Bartle will join Chief Marketing Officer. He joins Pandora from LinkedIn, where he served as. Continue reading
“Their technologies don’t and won’t last. Our art – if we do it right – will.” – T Bone Burnett’s AmericanaFest Keynote
Bashing Spotify and YouTube is easy. But T Bone Burnett did much more than that during his keynote address given at AmericanaFest, the Americana Music Festival & Conference last week. Continue reading
Drake’s Short Film “Please Forgive Me” Debuts As Latest Apple Music Exclusive
Early Monday morning Drake's highly anticipated short film "Please Forgive Me," which loosely accompanies his last album "Views" was released as an Apple Music exclusive. It joins 70 other Apple Music. Continue reading
