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Pandora & Spotify Beat Beats Music As Top Ranking And Earning Music Apps

Yesterday morning, app analytics company App Annie released it's newest list of top performing apps in the Google Play store and Apple's App store. Pandora and Spotify were ranked first. Continue reading

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How Irving Azoff Plans To Collect 30% More For Songwriters Than BMI, ASCAP Does

After uber-manager and music industry deal maker Irving Azoff exited as Chairman of Live Nation last year, one of his many moves was to form Global Music Rights as part of his Azoff. Continue reading

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Ask a Music Journalist: 4 Things We Never Want to Read in Bios Ever Again

By Jamie Ludwig on Sonicbids.com A well-written bio is one of the best tools independent musicians have when it comes to making an impression on music journalists and editors. Before we even hear your. Continue reading

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How To Fund A Full Length Album

By James Shotwell, Social Media Coordinator at Haulix.com It’s funny how fast the music industry changes these days. A year ago many people would have claimed that crowdfunding was the future of. Continue reading

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Boomio Announces Snapchat Style Mobile App for Music Sharing

Now entering the arena of countless social networks, Boomio is stepping forward. Reminiscent of Snapchat in the way it shares content, Boomio allows the sending of full length, fully licensed songs. Continue reading

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The Cyber PR Guide to Creating an Effective Music Marketing Plan (Part 3 of 3)

In parts one and two of The Cyber PR Guide to Creating an Effective Music Marketing Plan, Ariel Hyatt highlighted the importance of having a sound online presence and went on to. Continue reading

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Where’s The Bump? Young Fathers Wins Mercury Prize 2014, Nomination Drives Just 561 Sales

Edinburgh hip-hop trio Young Fathers won the 2014 Mercury Prize for best British or Irish record of the last 12 months last night. Hopefully a win for the group means. Continue reading

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AM NEWS BRIEF: Mecury Prize, Azoff’s Songwriter Plan, Fluence, RIAA, Music Data, Merlin & More

THURSDAY 10.30.2014 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web  CLICK HERE  Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab 

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Universal Music Chairman Lucian Grainge Skeptical Of SoundCloud Revenue Model

Universal Music Group Chairman Lucian Grainge expressed skepticism of SoundCloud's business model and the benefit of doing a deal right now with audio platform.  There is an “opportunity for SoundCloud. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/29/2014 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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5 Ways To Influence Fans To Buy Physical Music

By Nick Moorhead on Sonicbids.com People don’t buy CDs anymore. I still buy a couple of CDs a month, but that’s because I’m a music journalist who's too lazy to steal music online like. Continue reading

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50% Of AM/FM Stations Will Be Gone In 10 Years, Says Top Analyst

Half of all AM/FM broadcast stations will disappear by 2024, according to a new report from top radio analyst Gordon Borrell. The reason? The rise of the so called "digital dashboard". Continue reading

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