Apple teases big announcement: ‘Get ready, music is about to change forever.’
Apple is teasing a major Apple Music announcement. “Get ready,” a graphic on the site reads, “music is about to change forever.” Clicking on the graphic leads a video of. Continue reading
What everyone gets wrong about audio discovery – but Facebook, Spotify might get right
Word-of-mouth remains the main driver for how listeners typically discover new audio, and while many in the audio industry have found this this a nebulous and elusive marketing channel to. Continue reading
TuneCore adds Director US & Canada from the indie label community, partners with Groover, Loopcloud
TuneCore has named Dan Rutman as its Director, US & Canada. Dan Rutman founded Solitaire Recordings which accumulated over 100 million streams over its lifetime. The indie label was established. Continue reading
Twitch makes issuing DMCA strikes against streamers easier
Responding to label demands, Twitch has added a new tool that will make slapping its creators with DMCA notices easier than ever. Timothy Geigner of Techdirt calls foul. Op-ed by. Continue reading
AI-powered rapper FN Meka has 9M, 1B followers on TikTok
AI-powered robot FN Meka has more than 9 million followers and a billion views on TikTok. So much for the power authenticity… Rapper FN Meka is the creation of Factory. Continue reading
Top 10 YouTube video presenter greetings
When it comes to releasing content outside of a music video, it’s customary to include some kind of audience greeting – here, we look at the results from a new. Continue reading
Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, Jay-Z, Foo Fighters lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2021 inductees
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 inductees: Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren, and Tina Turner. LL Cool J, Billy Preston, and. Continue reading
What next for music as streaming growth slows? [MARK MULLIGAN]
MIDiA top analyst Mark Mulligan looks at what’s next for music and the music industry. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog The pandemic-defined 2020 was an. Continue reading
How to find and contact the right playlists
PlaylistSupply CEO Benjamin Stein guests on the Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss how to research and find playlists. PlaylistSupply was designed to level the playing field and avoid scam-like. Continue reading
Distrokid claims 30-40% global new music market share, upgrades Splits royalty distro
Self-service music distributor Distrokid says that it is now ingesting a staggering 35,000 new tracks every day. Distokid’s full catalog is now just shy of 20 million tracks from more. Continue reading
