REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this cycle back through a busy week in the music industry, we revisit BTS's meteoric rise past five billion Spotify streams, the decline of playlists and rise of podcasts,. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Hitting the top of the charts among Hypebot readers this month, we had articles looking at BLACKPINK's beating out of Ariana Grande and BTS for biggest YouTube debut, the distressing. Continue reading
Spotify [SPOT] Gets Boost From Mad Money’s Jim Cramer
[UPDATED] During his daily Mad Money Lightening Round Thursday, CNBC host Jim Cramer gave a very positive shout out to Spotify. "I think it's only a matter of time before. Continue reading
PledgeMusic Says Its In Negotiations With Potential Buyer
It has been more than two months since PledgeMusic suspended all crowdfunding campaigns on the platform, leaving hundreds of artists unpaid. But a PledgeMusic staffer is now telling former clients. Continue reading
Music Industry’s Growth Continues Thanks To Streaming
According to the latest report from the IFPI, the music industry has now seen its fourth uninterrupted year of growth, reaching $19 billion in revenue, a an increase which has. Continue reading
dotBC Adds Digimarc’s Barcode For Audio Watermarking
dotBC and Digimarc have partnered to add Digimarc's Barcode for Audio watermarking technology to the dotBC offering. This will connect the metadata and rights ownership information supplied by artists, songwriters. Continue reading
Songwriters Urge Users To #CancelSpotify
#cancelspotify A growing group of songwriters are taking to social media to urge users to #cancelspotify in protest of the streamer's decision to challenge a US Copyright Royalty Board decision. Continue reading
YouTube Music Had 3X Better 1st Week Than Spotify In India
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and global head of music Lyor Cohen are in India to celebrate the launch of YouTube Music there and announce that the app was downloaded 3. Continue reading
‘You Have Used Us,’ Spotify Secret Genius Songwriters Tell CEO Daniel Ek [Full Letter]
Nile Rogers, Frank Dukes, Teddy Geiger and Babyface Edwards were among the dozens Spotify Genius Award nominated songwriters who signed an open letter to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek over the streamer’s. Continue reading
