People Consume More Music So Why Do Sports Get More Money?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. People spend way more time listening to music than watching sports. And yet sports programming generates six times more money than the recorded music. Continue reading
The Future of Music Marketing: Direct to Device
We talked last week about technology and how its rapid evolvement is revolutionizing the world we live in and this week, we want to continue that conversation. Music marketing isn't. Continue reading
SFX Buys Stereosonic Festival For $75 Million
In its first acquisition since last week's $260 million IPO, EDM giant SFX has purchased Australian company Totem OneLove Group, the promoters of the massiveStereosonic festival. The purchase was promised in it's initial. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: VH1 Hosts Super Bowl Concerts, Billboard’s ‘Ridiculous’ Chart , SFX + Stereosonic & More
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Musician's Guide To Prep For A Publicity Campaign Google+ For Musicians Warner Music's New $16 Million Per Year Office Beats Launch Details Leak DeliRadio Raises $9.35M Thom Yorke: "Spotify is. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Complete Musician's Guide To Preparing For A Publicity Campaign How to Record and Release Cover Songs: An Interview with HFA Hip-Hop Lyft Combines Music and Micro-Entrepreneurship For A Unique Riding. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
So, That's Where The Money Goes: Warner Music's New $16M Per Year NYC Office Beats Music Launch Details Leak Infographic: 4 Million Songs On Spotify Have Never Been Played DeliRadio. Continue reading
4 Million Songs On Spotify Have Never Been Played (STATS, INFOGRAPHIC]
(UPDATED) Spoitfy turned 5 this week, and to celebrate the released an inforgrpahic and some stats. Interestingly, subscriber (6 million) and active user (24 million) stats have not been updated since. Continue reading
Viral Video Propels Kayne West’s ‘Gone’ To Billboard #18 Debut 8 Years After Release
"Gone", a song from Kayne West's 2005 sophomore album "Late Registration" debuts in Billboard's Top 100 songs at #18 thanks to viral video by writer and comedian Marina Shifton. The. Continue reading
