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WED. BRIEF: UMG Valued At $22B • Songwriters Push For Reform • Twitter +9M Users • National Concert Day • More

Wednesday 4.26.17 Music Business News From Around The Web 5 years ago many thought major labels were headed for extinction, today UMG is valued at $22 billion. Updated continuously. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/26/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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New Survey Says Millennials Pay For Streaming Services And Use Pirate Streams When Content Isn’t Legally Available

In a further sign of change coming to the music industry, a new survey has revealed that millennials, and those younger, while willing and happy to pay for streaming services, are. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Best Buy, Blu-ray, DVD, IPhone, ISO image, millennials, Netflix, ripping, The Walt Disney Company

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24 Best Music Tech Conferences: FREE Ebook from PR Firm Rock Paper Scissors

Music Tech Conferences: A Guide for Startups is available for free. This 31-page guide will help anyone – from startups to seasoned veterans – navigate the many music and tech. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: conferences, music, music business, music tech, musicians, startups, tech

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iHeartMedia Stock Fell 24% Monday As Radio, Streaming Giant Flirts With Bankrupcy

iHeartMedia stock fell 23.64% to $2.04 Monday after the company admitted to shareholders that it might not survive the year.

Bruce Houghton on 04/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Alexa Internet, Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Amazon.com, iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, IHeartRadio Music Festival, Napster, Reuters

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TUE. BRIEF: Twitch Pays Live Streamers • Streams Propel Latin Music • FCC Net Neutrality Rules Wed. • More

Tuesday 4.25.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Amazon owned Twitch is helping live streamers monetize their efforts much as YouTube does for musicians, vloggers. Updated under our More News tab.

Bruce Houghton on 04/25/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: music, music business, musicians

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Spotify Is Planning Its Own Music Hardware, Voice Control

[UPDATED] Two jobs listings point to a major expansions of Spotify's ambitions to include music hardware with voice control. While details are scarce, they hint at a wearable device "akin. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alexa Internet, Amazon Echo, Amazon.com, Amazoncom, App Store (iOS), Google, Google Home, IFTTT, Spotify, TuneIn

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Neil Young Announces Xsteam ”Adaptive” Streaming Music Service

Neil Young is pivoting his hi-res and high cost Pono Music download service to streaming. The as yet unlaunched subscription service will be called Xstream.

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Compact disc, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Initial public offering, Pandora Radio, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media, The Wall Street Journal, YouTube

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Former Pandora, Sirius XM Exec Chris Harrison Named CEO Digital Media Association

Digital music veteran Chris Harrison has been named the CEO of the Digital Media Association (DiMA), a trade group representing Spotify, Apple, Pandora and other online distributors of digital music,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, F8 conference, Facebook, RSS, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius XM Holdings, Spotify, Trade association, Willie Nelson

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MON. BRIEF: Roc Nation Renews w/Live Nation, Seeks Label Cash • iHeart On Edge • Neil Young Announces Xstream • More

Monday 4.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Live Nation loves Jay Z, but wants out of the label business just as running a label gets profitable again. . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Beyonce, Chanel, Frank Ocean, iTunes, Jay-Z, Spotify, The Creator, Tidal (service), Twitter, Tyler

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this meander back through the biggest music industry news from the past seven days, we revisit Apple Music's challenge of Spotify as streaming leader, whether streaming has actually stopped. Continue reading

admin on 04/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, F8 conference, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Google Play, record label, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media

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