If You Ever Ran Or Contributed To A PledgeMusic Campaign DO THIS NOW!

With PledgeMusic entering the UK equivalent of bankruptcy and calls for an investigation intensifying, the future of all of the data stored on the platform is seriously in doubt. Whether. Continue reading

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Americana Music Awards Nominations 2019: Women Take Center Stage [FULL LIST]

The Americana Music Association has named nominees for its 18th annual Americana Honors & Awards. Women dominated the 2019 nods with Brandi Carlisle Carlile, Rhiannon Giddens, Kacey Musgraves and Mavis. Continue reading

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Tencent Music Reports Subscriber, Revenue Growth Amid Management Shakeup

Tencent Music announced that  co-president Guomin Xie has abruptly resigned. The dominate music streamer in China also reported that monthly actives increased 4.6% from 625 million in Q1 2018 to. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Beatport Debuts DJ LINK • Woodstock 50 Suit Adjourns • Americana Nominees • A2IM Libera Awards • More

WEDNESDAY 5.15.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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The Quickest Way To Improve Your Music PR

Email has established itself as the frontrunner when it comes to music PR, but the more people figure this out, the more crowded inboxes are getting, making it that much. Continue reading

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Spotify ‘Storyline’ Let’s Artists Tell Stories Behind Their Songs Instagram Style

Spotify is widely testing its own version of Instagram Stories for musicians and songwriters. "Storyline" provides curated commentary about each song running slideshow-style as the song plays 

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SoundCloud Adds Pioneer DJ Integration

SoundCloud has launched its latest DJ software integration with Pioneer DJ. Through its We DJ app, SoundCloud users can instantly stream and mix SoundCloud’s catalog of 200 million tracks from . Continue reading

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BUSINESS OF INDIE: Why Downtown Bought CD Baby • Vinyl vs Mother Earth • Canada’s Indie Awards • More

In this week's edition of the Business Of Indie, Downtown music's CEO speaks out on why they acquired CD Baby, confronting the environmental impacts of vinyl records, Canada's 2019 Indie. Continue reading

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A Brief History Of Record Deals

While artists have always been responsible for music's artistic future, technology and the recording industry have always shaped how that future has been implemented. Here we look at record deals. Continue reading

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Maren Morris Warns Streamers About Bro-Heavy Playlists

Marren Morris has found country music stardom with big does of help from Spotify, Apple Music and other music streamers. Her album ‘Girl’ notched 24 million streams in the US. Continue reading

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Getting What You Want In The Music Industry Without Burning Bridges

In an industry as challenging as the music business, your practically guaranteed to find yourself in any number of difficult interpersonal situations when trying to get what you want, and. Continue reading

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