Townsquare Media Adds Tiny Mix Tapes, CoS and More To Growing Music Site Portfolio
Townsquare Media, who already own Paste, PopCrush, Taste Of Country, Loudwire and more than 25 other top music sites, has acquired Consequence of Sound (CoS), Tiny Mix Tapes, Pretty Much Amazing, Potholes. Continue reading
Jay-Z’s Dropped Hyphen Takes To Craigslist In Search Of New Job
The rapper/entrepeneur formerly known as Jay-Z officially dropped the hyphen in his name last week. There's no word on what motivated the move, but we have now learned that the. Continue reading
MP3.com Domain For Sale For $1M+, Is It Worth It? [Michael Robertson]
By Michael Robertson, a seriel music tech entrepennuer and founder of the original MP3.com. His current projects include Dar.fm. I recently got a call from the owner of this iconic. Continue reading
The Reasons Paid Music Downloads Are Going Downhill
By Tom Dillon of Evolver.fm. Paid downloads, the songs people pay for individually the way they do with CDs, have officially stopped their ascent. According to Nielsen SoundScan data, digital. Continue reading
Audiam Brings YouTube Revenue Service To U.S., Increases Royalties To Musicians
Audiam, a recently launched service by TuneCore co-founders Jeff Price and Peter Wells, helps artists generate revenue from their YouTube videos as well as use of their music in others'. Continue reading
Facebook Stock Up 25%, These Charts Show Why
(UPDATED) Facebook stock soared in after hours trading Wednesday, after the company posted better than expected earnings. That upward trend continued on Thursday morning for an overall gain of 25%.. Continue reading
Live Nation CEO On Ticketing, Irving Azoff and The Future Of Live Touring [VIDEO]
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino sat down with Fortune Magazine's 's Adam Lashinsky at this year's Brainstorm Tech for a wide-ranging discussion about the current and future state of the. Continue reading
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Facebook Daily Users Up Just 4.8% Last Quarter
As part of it's Second Quarter 2013 report to Wall Street, Facebook shared updated user and financial stats. Daily active users (DAUs) were 699 million on average for June 2013, up. Continue reading
Spotify’s 50 Most Played & Shared Tracks [U.S. & UK]
Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" tops the Spotify US and UK play charts, but the ivral charts hold some surprises. The Spotify Top 50 is the most-streamed songs of the previous week, market-by-market.. Continue reading
