Streaming Music Reduces Artist Revenue and Waters Down Creativity
Op Ed by John Dilley from HighSpeedInternet.com. When iTunes launched 10 years ago, it became the model for buying and legally downloading music. Soon services like Spotify came along and. Continue reading
Twitch To Mute Videos With Infringing Audio, Delete Videos Marked “Save Forever”
Twitch is known for livestreaming gameplay action and is rumored to be in some stage of acquisition by Google/YouTube. Live videos can also be stored and highlights videos can be. Continue reading
Increasing Your YouTube Views
YouTube has been and continues to be a driving force in the music industry. As more and more people turn to live streaming for their music fix, album sales become. Continue reading
Warner Music Group Losses Grow 300% Despite Revenue Increase
In its first report since acquiring the Parlaphone Label Group, Warner Music Group Corp. today announced its third-quarter financial results for the period ending June 30th. Despite a revenue increase. Continue reading
Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital Closes $5 Million Series A Round
Russell Simmons' digital music and media conglomerate All Def Digital has closed $5 million in Series A financing. The round is led by new media venture firm Greycroft Partners along with. Continue reading
Electric Zoo Drug Campaign: Please Don’t Do Drugs! (Wink! Wink!)
Last year the Electric Zoo music festival cancelled the third day due to two deaths that occurred on the first two days. This year they're doing a publicity and education. Continue reading
Peter Hollens Built His Own Music Career And That Got Him Signed To A Major Label
Peter Hollens is a YouTube star who emerged out of the a capella scene to build a careeer of his own based largely on posting cover songs to YouTube in. Continue reading
Add Your Favorite Record Store To Discogs’ New VinylHub
Discogs is a combined music database, marketplace and community featuring both vinyl and CDs though I mostly associate it with vinyl. This week they launched a new site, VinylHub, as. Continue reading
Will More Musicians Go D2F And Build Their Own Social Networks? [CASE STUDY]
By Ohmare “International O” Washington from International O. I recently posted an article from Hypebot about Garth Brooks releasing an digital album and creating his won social media site .. Continue reading
Marketing Music During The Middle East Conflict
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). Marketing is used in everything. Unfortunately it is even used in war. While my eyes are glued to television about the latest news in. Continue reading
