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Twitter Stock ↓10% Despite 5th Consecutive Quarterly Profit, Rise In Daily Active Users

UPDATE: Twitter posted its fifth profitable quarter in a row on Thursday in a pre-market report to investors. But that was not enough to satisfy the market which sent the. Continue reading

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Music Streaming Rates 2018: Per Stream Rates Drop and YouTube’s Value Gap Is Very Real

[UPDATED] 2018 saw music streaming come into its own as the dominant source of recording music revenue. But as streaming volumes swelled, the YouTube value gap and its pitifully small. Continue reading

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PledgeMusic Advises Artists To Suspend All Campaigns [UPDATE]

Pledge Music has sent an email to artists with active crowdfunding campaigns advising them to "suspend" them immediately, Hypebot has confirmed. The company also suspended new fan contributions to all. Continue reading

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Spotify’s Podcast Play Not A Sure Winner says MIDiA Analyst Mark Mulligan

Spotify declared itself an "audio-first' streaming service on Wednesday with a $500 million push into podcasting led by the acquisition of Gimlet Media and Anchor, with other deals in the. Continue reading

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Why A Trademark Can Be Valuable To Your Music’s Brand

If you've gone to the trouble of cultivating a specific logo or brand for your music, there are a number of benefits to "making it official" by getting it trademarked.. Continue reading

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NMPA Warns Spotify May ‘Declare War’ On Songwriters Over 44% Royalty Rate Increase

The NMPA and its member music publishers are reminding songwriters and other publishers that Spotify and other digital music streamers thus far "won’t say" if they plan to appeal the. Continue reading

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Instagram Soon To Allow Sharing Of Links To Entire Stories

In what could be an exciting new marketing opportunity for artists and bands, the popular photo sharing platform Instagram will soon allow user to share links to their entire stories.

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Musiio Raises $1M To Bring Spotify-Like AI To Other Music Services, Labels, Publishers

Musiio has raised a $1 million seed round to continue development of its use of artificial intelligence (AI) which brings Spotify-like discovery and curation tools to other music services and. Continue reading

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How Does Imagine Dragons Create Memorable Melodies?

We've all gotten songs stuck in our heads, or found that, decades after hearing a piece of music, we are able to recall it with full clarity – but what. Continue reading

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Spotify (SPOT) Stock Continues To Fall

Spotify (SPOT) stock fell 2.83% Wednesday after the streamer's Q2 earnings report and news of two major acquisitions. The stock was trading down another 2.21% at $132.46 in pre-market trading. Continue reading

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