Month: March 2017

Coachella Website Hacked, User Data On Almost 1 Million Attendees For Sale On Dark Web

The Coachella festival website has been hacked and user data stolen. Promoter Goldenvoice confirmed the data breach in an email to attendees.

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ashley Madison, Cyber-attack, Dark web, Data breach, Email address, Password, Personally identifiable information, User (computing), Verizon Communications, Yahoo!

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Twitter Tips, Tricks, And Best Practices For 2017

The massive scale of Twitter's user base makes it a valuable platform for reaching large swathes of fans, particularly those outside of what might be described as your typical demographic. Here. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/01/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Anthony Noto, Budweiser, Chief financial officer, Daily active users, Donald Trump, Facebook, Followerwonk, Monthly active users, President of the United States, Twitter

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What The Music Industry Can Learn From The Gaming Industry

Here Bas Grasmayer explores the unprecedented growth of gamer personalities, the business models they use, and what the music industry can do to learn and directly benefit from the gaming. Continue reading

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Tags: Antisemitism, Casey Neistat, H3h3 Productions, List of YouTubers, Maker Studios, PewDiePie, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, YouTube, YouTube Red

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Crowdmix CEO Alleges “Gangster” Investor Used “Blackmail” To Gain Control Of Company

Crowdmix was one of music tech's most spectacular failures ever. After raising more than $18 million, the startup quickly went down in flames without ever launching a public product.

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Allen Lau, Brexit, Business Insider, Christian and Nick Candy, East London Tech City, Europe, European Union, Legal case, London, United Kingdom

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How Cracker Barrel Earned Dolly Parton A Grammy

Already no stranger to the Grammys, Dolly Parton received her ninth award recently for her performance alongside known a cappella group Pentatonix. Part of the reason for the success of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adele, Anderson East, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, Jane Fonda, Pearl Jam, The Story (Brandi Carlile album)

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Sound United (Polk Audio) Acquires D+M (Denon, Boston Acoustics)

Two of the biggest names in consumer audio Sound United, parent company to Polk Audio, Definitive Technology and Polk BOOM has acquired the D+M Group, owner of the Denon, HEOS. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Asia-Pacific, Best Buy, Bose Corporation, Chromecast, Denon, Google Home, Polk Audio, Sonos, Wi-Fi

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MusicThinkTank: Share Your Ideas, Join Our Community

MusicThinkTank.com, Hypebot's sister site, was built to share music industry opinions, ideas and best practices To give our community the best content possible, we are putting out the call for submissions.

admin on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Consumer Technology Association, Eli Pariser, graphic design, Graphic designer, Joe Montana, Las Vegas, music festival, Music Think Tank, Rewind (radio program)

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Sunrise Music Saves 70 HMV Records Stores

Indie music retailer Sunrise Records announced that they will take over 70 of HMV's brick and mortar retail locations across Canada.

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Agora Theatre and Ballroom, Airway Heights, Ak-Chin Pavilion, Anaheim, Apple Music, Bluebird Records, California, Canada, HMV, New York City, Washington, Winnipeg

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WED. BRIEF: Liberty Denies Pandora Merger • Sound United Acquires D+M • Spotify Expands Daily Mix • More

Wednesday 3.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Pandora is not really looking for a buyer, but every hint of interest or rejection sends it stock on a rollercoaster. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: ABN AMRO, Alibaba Group, Artificial Intelligence, Barcelona, BBC, Breaking news, Burger King, San Francisco, United Kingdom, virtual reality

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