The Case Of The Disappearing Tracks: Your Music Is Not Safe On Apple’s iCloud
(UPDATED) Apple's iCloud appears to be a safe and useful place to store music. After all, few portable devices have the memory to store all the old CD's you've ripped,. Continue reading
BandPage Expands Fan VIP Experiences With Rhapsody Partnership
BandPage today announced a partnership with Rhapsody that expands the reach of it's fan VIP Bandpage Experiences offering. Rhapsody will now send targeted notifications,with links to purchase BandPage Experiences directly. Continue reading
Apple To Let Fans Collect Digital Autographs Of Downloaded Albums, Digital Content
A patent request filed by Apple last week points would allow fans to get digital autographs of an album download, eBook or other digital content. Like the old fashioned sharpie autograph,. Continue reading
New Hires, Titles & Deals @ Warner and Universal
Warner Music Group announced that Bart Cools will assume the role of Executive Vice President, Global A&R and Marketing, Dance Music, Warner Recorded Music. Universal Music Group has tapped music industry. Continue reading
Music Industry Execs Embrace Content Marketing To The Tune of $3 Million Annually
This week Venture Harbour released a Midem-sponsored report on a survey of 64 music industry executives and their take on content marketing. A related analysis of "over 15,000 pieces of. Continue reading
World College Radio Day Returns October 1st, Crowdfunded Album To Follow
The Second Annual World College Radio Day takes place October 1st. Last year's event involved 585 college stations in 29 countries with stations from at least 33 countries participating in. Continue reading
Amazon Finally Gets Closer To iTunes With Launch Of Cloud Player MP3 Store
Amazon inched toward actually being a true iTunes competitor today with a major update to its Cloud Player music application. It adds an integrated MP3 store, which will lets users browse. Continue reading
Who Are The World’s Best Paid Hip-Hop Artists?
Fortune Magazine has released it's latest list of best paid artists Cash Kings 2013: The World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists. Sean “Diddy” Combs hasn’t always agreed with Forbe's calculations. “[Screw] the Forbes list,”. Continue reading
Music Publishing Company TweelX Creates Music Stock Exchange
TweelX, a combined publishing company and "music stock exchange," is using the JOBS Act's loosened marketing restrictions to offer the opportunity to invest in songs based on royalties. Investors receive. Continue reading