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UPDATE: Juice WRLD Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 21

[UPDATED] Rising Rapper Juice WRLD, one of a new crop of singing rappers who first found an audience on SoundCloud has died. He was 21. Cook County, IL authorities have. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: Golden Globe Nominees • Juice WRLD Remembered • Capricorn Reborn • More

MONDAY 12.9.2019 • Music Business News From Across The Web Updated Continuously Under The More News Tab Above

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Rolling Stone To Launch Billboard Competitor ‘RS Pro’

[UPDATED] Rolling Stone Magazine is readying the launch of a music industry news and analytics site that will be a direct competitor to Billboard. Dubbed “RS Pro,” the site will. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators inside the music industry this week weighed in on the steep price of Spotify’s paid promotion, what you need to know about pursuing a career in music, and why. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

In our tips and tricks section for DIY artists, we this week offered advice on how to make YouTube premiers work for you, the best way to find a PR. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Music Education • Becoming A Great Composer • Tour Decisions • More

This week on MusicThinkTank, our contributors shared articles on the state of music education in the US, what it takes to become a great composer, how to decide between national. Continue reading

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this scroll back through a busy week of music industry news, we revisit Spotify’s preservation of its market share, this season’s best holiday sweaters from your favorite artists, Iceland’s. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Some of the most popular articles from Hypebot this week dug into why most indie artists and labels can’t afford to use Spotify’s new paid promotion tool, SoundCloud’s new lossless. Continue reading

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YouTube Premiers: Everything You Need To Know

As creators and the technology they use continue to evolve, companies are doing their best to keep up and reinvent themselves as necessary. In the case of YouTube, the platform. Continue reading

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Spotify Maintains Market Share In Battle For Paid Subscribers [Mark Mulligan]

Despite the growing global competition, Spotify maintained its paid music subscriber market share for the 12 months ending in June 2019, according to MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan. But that doesn’t. Continue reading

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Don’t Miss These Official Holiday Sweaters From Your Favorite Artists

For bands and artists, the holidays can offer up a fun opportunity to experiment with new and sometimes unconventional types of merch. Here we look at sixteen different ‘ugly’ holiday. Continue reading

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