Month: February 2017

OFFICIAL: Prince Comes To Streaming This Sunday [UPDATED]

UPDATE 2: It's been music's worst kept secret for more than a week, but we now can confirm that Prince is coming to music streaming services this Sunday, the day. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Grammy Award, Hypebot, Jay-Z, Marcelo Claure, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, New York Post, Prince (musician), Spotify, Streaming media, Tidal (service)

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Pandora Stock Recovers Friday Morning Despite $343M Loss, Disppointing Forecast, No Listener Growth

UPDATE 2: Pandora stock fell as much as 5% more in after hours trading Thursday, but recovered 4% Friday morning to an 11AM price of $3.11. Yesterday's drop came as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Advertising, and amortization, Artificial Intelligence, Bing, Calendar year, Chief financial officer, Cloud computing, depreciation, Earnings before interest, Earnings Per Share (EPS), Extended-hours trading, Fiscal year, Generally accepted accounting principles, Initial public offering, LinkedIn, NASDAQ, Net income, revenue, taxes, Wall Street

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Musician’s Guide To Using Instagram Live

As the popularity of live streaming continues to grow across many a social media platform, Instagram is no exception. Instagram Live provides artists with a great way to trot out. Continue reading

admin on 02/10/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Facebook, Feedback, Instagram, Mobile app, Periscope (app), Self Incorporation, Snapchat, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube

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Weekly Music Publishing Update 2.10.17: Superbowl Spend & Sync

Arguably the best part of the Super Bowl each year is the slew of new commercials advertisers put together for the largest single television broadcast event in the US. Market. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 84 Lumber, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adtech, Advertising, Adweek, Super Bowl, Super Bowl commercials, Super Bowl LI, Television advertisement, YouTube

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FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Promotes Katy Perry • Beats Now Come w/ 3 Months Apple Music • Pandora Stumbles • More

FRIDAY 2.10.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Music's New 1%: Spotify may not believe in exclusives, but it certainly embraces selective artists marketing. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Billboard Magazine, Business Insider, Golden Axe, Grammy Award, New York, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, The Times

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Department Of Justice Should Drop 100% Licensing Push

A hotly contested and lawsuit-inducing issue from the start, the time has come for the Department Of Justice to ditch its push for a 100% licensing rule on songwriters particularly. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bill Schuette, Lansing, lawyer, Liquor license, Medical license, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Michigan State University, United States Assistant Attorney General

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Leadership Music Now Accepting Class Of 2018 Applications

Last year I had the honor of being part of the Leadership Music Class of 2016. I can honestly say that the days spent with my 47 classmates – "The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abortion, Brad Paisley, Charles Esten, Executive director, Frankie Ballard, George Strait, Kelsea Ballerini, music industry, Nashville, Tennessee, Tony Martell

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Bandcamp Makes Major Improvements To Help Sell More Merchandise, Physical Goods

Sales of music merchandise, along with other physical formats, continue to grow on Bandcamp. To accelerate growth, Bandcamp has unveiled major improvements.

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Action Bronson, Adam Savage, American Civil Liberties Union, Bandcamp, Do it yourself, Father Stretch My Hands, independent music, Kanye West, music industry, Soundcloud

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Trump Advisor Pens Useless, Uninformed Piece On Intellectual Property Theft

Although it's hardly at the forefront of current political issues, a recent and rather clueless piece in Business Insider regarding intellectual property and its theft from one of the members. Continue reading

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Tags: Activism, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Border barrier, Business Insider, China, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive order, President of the United States

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33% Of US Net Households Pay To Stream Music: Amazon Prime Music Surges 50% To #1, Spotify #2

A new study reports that a third of all U.S. broadband users now subscribe to a paid steaming music service. with Amazon Prime Music surging 50% in a single year. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

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