McDonald’s Big Digital Push Includes Music As A Customer Reward
A series of new hires and job listings for McDonald's Global Digital Team are catching attention as business writers and competitors consider their plans to create an ecommerce platform and. Continue reading
ReverbNation Closes Reverb Store, Turns To MerchOutfitters For Artist Merch [Updated]
ReverbNation has closed its Reverb Store offering merch-on-demand. Apparently use by musicians was limited and ReverbNation will now be offering musicians a discount on merch in bulk orders through MerchOutfitters.com.. Continue reading
Declaration Of A New Alternative: No Pop
(UPDATE 2) By Toronto music blogger/reviewer The Lonely Vagabond. In the digital age, in the age of social media, in an age where the music business model has virtually disappeared, the silos. Continue reading
MTV #LookDifferent Campaign Brings Ferguson, MO To Last Night’s VMAs [VIDEO]
MTV used the recent shooting in Freguson, MO to encourage a larger discussion on racial tolerance during last night's Video Music Awards. The network ran two related commercials before and during. Continue reading
Major U.S. Concert Promoter Suffers Data Breach
Austin-based promoters C3 Presents, the company behind the Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits festivals, suffered a major data breach last week. The breach appears to have occured following the physical theft. Continue reading
Building Your Music Career While Keeping Your Day Job
By Farah Joan Fard from the Sonicbids Blog. Does going to your 9-5 and then playing a gig that night ever make you feel like a Clark Kent/Superman combo? Do. Continue reading
Stephen Blackwell Goes 100% Digital As New SpinMedia CEO
Somebody needs to do a SpinMedia infographic. These last couple of years have been pretty complicated. New CEO Stephen Blackwell says that SpinMedia is now "100 percent focused on digital". Continue reading
MTV Video Music Award Winners 2014 – The Full List
Beyonce was the big winner at last night's MTV Video Music Awards taking home 3 Moonmen including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. But she lost the biggest prize, Video of. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Robb McDaniels: 5 Musings From A Digital Music Exec Who's Been Doing This A Long Time And Isn’t Even That Old Philip Kaplan: An Open Letter To Robb McDaniels, Founder. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
What You Need To Know About Music License Agreements Before Signing One Musician Gets A Record Deal Through Tinder, Another Can Pay Her Rent Solely From YouTube The Rise Of. Continue reading