Bloom.fm: Just 10 Days To Find Angel Funding After Only Investor Withdraws
UPDATED: Music streaming service Bloom.fm says they're shutting down (see update after the jump) due to a surprise withdrawal of funding by their sole investor, Russian TV channel TNT. Founder. Continue reading
TuneCore Adds KKBOX, Asia’s Top Digital Music Subscription Service
TuneCore today announced that its has added KKBOX, which it described as the largest digital music subscription provider in Asia, to its flat fee independent digital music distribution service. KKBOX serves. Continue reading
14 UK Musical Acts To Receive Support Of £250,000 Export Fund
The UK's Music Export Growth Scheme began awarding funds to support marketing music acts overseas earlier this year as part of a multi-year plan that will ultimately distribute £2.5 million. Continue reading
Festival Volunteers Bring Class Action Against Live Nation & Insomniac
UPDATED: See Insomniac's response after the jump. Live Nation and their EDM partner Insomniac Events, producers of the hugely successful Electric Daisy Carnival series, have been hit with a class. Continue reading
The Next Woodstock: Mysteryland USA 2014
The legacy of Woodstock has been capitalized upon with a variety of festivals including one of the most notorious since Altamont, Woodstock '99 aka Rapestock. With the major EDM festival. Continue reading
Vevo Launches In Mexico
Vevo has launched in Mexico, making it the 14th country for the music video streamer. Vevo already had over 500 million views on it's YouTube artist channels in Mexico last. Continue reading
Steve Albini and Damon Albarn On Art, Business and The Internet
Two artists that can always be counted on to say something interesting recently held forth on tech, the internet and the art and business of music in separate interviews. Steve. Continue reading
Selling Music Audiences To Advertisers Is The Future Of Recorded Music Revenue
By Audience Development Executive Paul Goldstein of The Content Is King. [OpEd] Uncertainty rocking both the broadcast radio and record industries has opened an enormous opportunity for recording artists and. Continue reading
26% Of UK Youth Who Purchase Music In Physical Formats Don’t Buy To Listen
Prior to Record Store Day research firm ICM released a report on the music buying and related listening habits of UK respondents. Though online buying predominates, CD's were found to. Continue reading
