Month: October 2017

FRI. BRIEF: Google Takes On Shazam • “Blurred Lines” Appeal Begins • Miles Leonard To Exit Parlophone • More

FRIDAY 10.6.17 Music Business News From Around The Web So much music and music tech news involves big players. Does that signal a shift back to just a few mega-gatekeepers?. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/06/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Audiovisual, Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Music Ally, music industry, Sound recording and reproduction, Spotify, Streaming media, The Fader

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Spotify Partners With Lin-Manuel Miranda To Support Hurricane Maria Relief, Superstar Track Drops Friday

Spotify is working with composer and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda to support Hurricane Maria relief efforts. The Tony and Pulitzer winner has recruited an all-star line-up of artists for a tribute single dropping. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Carmen de Lavallade, Deborah Rutter, Donald Trump, Gloria Estefan, Hulu, Instagram, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center Honors

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More Than 50% Of Americans Check Facebook “Several Times A Day” [CHART]

American's check their Facebook page many times each day, according to a new survey. Only a single social network – a messaging app – even comes close.

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 40Billion, 40billion.com, AltspaceVR, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Music Ally, Social network, Social networking service, Twitter, YouTube

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Spotify Expands Voice Control To All Android Devices via Google Assistant

Voice control, some analysts believe, is the killer app that will take music streaming mainstream, as well as, encourage more paid subscribers. This week has been flooded with major voice. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4K resolution, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Music, Amazoncom, Apple, Apple Music, Google, Google Play Music, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming media, tech, YouTube

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Holding The Line On Statutory Damage Tradeoffs

Here Chris Castle warns of a suspected upcoming 'omnibus' bill of amendments to the Copyright act as the 2018 campaign season gets underway, and the importance of preventing Big Tech. Continue reading

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Tags: Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, Ajit Varadaraj Pai, Alexa Internet music, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Facebook, Google, internet, kickstarter, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, net neutrality, Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, tech, YouTube

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Las Vegas Attacker Appears To Have Considered Similar Attack On Life Is Beautiful Festival

New evidence suggests that alleged gunman accused of killing 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas on October 1st may have been planning a similar attack on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Afro-punk, Amalie Arena, Amazon, Andrew McCabe, Apple, Apple Music, Damon Albarn, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Google, Gorillaz, Instagram, Las Vegas, Los Angeles International Airport, Mandalay Bay, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, tech, YouTube

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You Can Now Cross-Post Instagram Stories On Facebook

Instagram has become a go to social marketing tool for most musicians and marketers, in part because of ease of use, in addition to its large audience. Many use a. Continue reading

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Tags: 40Billion, 40billion.com, Advertising, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Social marketing, social media, TechCrunch, Twitter

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How Social Media Acts As Online Word Of Mouth

Regardless of age or location, the vast majority of those affiliated with the music industry have in some way participated in a social network, as connections on social media grow. Continue reading

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Tags: 5 Seconds of Summer, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Artist, Billboard Music Award, brand, British Phonographic Industry, Facebook, Google, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, MySpace, Pandora, Social network, Spotify, tech, Twitter, YouTube

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Tom Petty’s Music Genome And His Legacy-Defining Traits

Following Tom Petty's passing on Monday, numerous obituaries and remembrances have been released, often similarly describing his music as a 'soundtrack for the road." Here we look at some of. Continue reading

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Tags: Amen break, American rock, Billboard Magazine, Cardiac arrest, Electroencephalography, Los Angeles Police Department, Music Ally, TMZ, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Google Yanks YouTube From Amazon Echo – Control Issue Or More Corporation On Corporation Violence?

In a surprise tech-world twist, Google recently decided to sever ties with YouTube for its Amazon Echo Show product, an additional feature of the Echo which allows users to watch. Continue reading

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