Streaming Music Revenue Up, But Per Song Rates May Have Dropped In 2018
In this piece, Bobby Owsinski breaks down some complex recent streaming data, which highlights the disparity between the royalty rates paid out by major streamers (with YouTube coming up particularly. Continue reading
Bandsintown Relaunches Facebook Event Export
Bandsintown and Facebook have partnered to relaunch the popular concert discovery platform's Facebook Event export feature. Once a day, Facebook scans Bandsintown events and automatically populates the Events tab on. Continue reading
Meet The 9 Startups Named To Techstars Music 2019 Class
Techstars Music has named international nine music tech startups to its class of 2019. The startups for this third edition of the mentoring and accelerator program were chosen from about. Continue reading
Music Supervision and Sync News: Lady Gaga • Bohemian Rhapsody • Red Dead Redemption • BMG • More
This month's music supervision roundup from Emma Griffiths at Synchtank surveys the world of film, tv, advertising, gaming, business and more for the best and most interesting synch placements and. Continue reading
PledgeMusic Advises Artists To Suspend All Campaigns [UPDATE]
Pledge Music has sent an email to artists with active crowdfunding campaigns advising them to "suspend" them immediately, Hypebot has confirmed. The company also suspended new fan contributions to all. Continue reading
Spotify’s Podcast Play Not A Sure Winner says MIDiA Analyst Mark Mulligan
Spotify declared itself an "audio-first' streaming service on Wednesday with a $500 million push into podcasting led by the acquisition of Gimlet Media and Anchor, with other deals in the. Continue reading
Musiio Raises $1M To Bring Spotify-Like AI To Other Music Services, Labels, Publishers
Musiio has raised a $1 million seed round to continue development of its use of artificial intelligence (AI) which brings Spotify-like discovery and curation tools to other music services and. Continue reading
Spotify (SPOT) Stock Continues To Fall
Spotify (SPOT) stock fell 2.83% Wednesday after the streamer's Q2 earnings report and news of two major acquisitions. The stock was trading down another 2.21% at $132.46 in pre-market trading. Continue reading
Article 13 Moves Forward As France, Germany Sign On
Article 13 is moving forward to full adoption after France and Germany signed on to a revised version. The on again off again controversial EU copyright directive legislation is set. Continue reading
