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Jamendo Reports 50% Licensing Growth For 5000+ Indie Artists

Indie hub Jamendo is reporting 50% growth for its music licensing platform. 5000 of the 40,000 indie artists that have uploaded music to the platform have licensed a total of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Burger King, Google, Google Home, Jimmy Kimmel, New York City, Restaurant Brands International, Television advertisement, Whopper, Wikipedia

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Facebook Announces Full Spotify, Apple Music Messenger Integrations

UPDATED: "Music will play a much larger roll in messenger this year," promised Facebook's head of the Messenger platform David Marcus on stage Tuesday during Facebook's F8 developer conference before. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Artificial Intelligence, David A. Marcus, F8 conference, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, iTunes, Jay-Z, Snapchat, social media, Spotify, Streaming media, TechCrunch, Universal Music Group

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Spotify Premium For Students Adds 50% OFF Subscriptions In 33 More Countries, Partners with SheerID

[UPDATED] Spotify has launched its Spotify Premium for Students in 33 new countries. Spotify Premium for Students allows all registered students to enjoy Spotify Premium, including all of the benefits that. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alcohol by volume, Australia, Beer, Canada, Cancer Council Victoria, Electronic cigarette, European Union, New Zealand, Spotify, United Kingdom

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WED. BRIEF: Spotify, Apple, Analytics, #AR @ F8 • New Prince EP Draws Lawsuit • ASCAP Expo Recap • More

Wednesday 4.19.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Interesting music related announcements at Facebook's F8 yesterday, but still no overarching music strategy or or promise of payments to rightsholders.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: analytics, Android (operating system), Anthropomorphism, Application software, apps, Artificial Intelligence, Core product, Emoji, Facebook, Facebook Messenger

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Spotify Has Launched A Facebook Messenger Bot For Music Discovery And Sharing

UPDATE 2: Spotify has launched a bot for Facebook Messenger that lets friends share music within chats. The bot includes search, recommendations, sharing a 30 second song clip within Messenger,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2017 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 1-800-Flowers, Android (operating system), Anthropomorphism, Artificial Intelligence, Business Insider, Chat room, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Google Wallet, IOS, Snapchat, TechCrunch, Vietnam, WhatsApp

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Streaming May Have Slowed Piracy, But It Certainly Hasn’t Stopped It [CHART]

The convenience of streaming has unquestionably slowed music piracy. But it certainly has not stopped it. According to a late 2016 study by Ipsos for the IFPI which surveyed 12,600 internet. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Alphabet Inc., Amazoncom, Compact disc, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Google, Music licensing, Spotify, Streaming media, Television, YouTube

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TUE. BRIEF: Cash Money Sued For Missing Drake $’s • CAA Launches In China • Grammy Museum, Foundation Merge

Tuesday 4.18.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Cash Money appears determined to keep alive the tradition of the dishonest record label. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/18/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adrien Broner, Ani DiFranco, Apple Bank for Savings, Atlantic Records, Barry Weiss, BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify

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Discogs Attacked By Pirate Spam On Two Fronts

Popular crowdsourced music database Discogs is being attacked on two fronts – one by pirates posting links to illegal downloads and the other by an anti-piracy outfit filing takedown demands. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/17/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bosaso, Cargo ship, Dubai, Galmudug, Indian Navy, piracy, Piracy off the coast of Somalia, Puntland, Reuters, Somalia

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If You Want To Save Net Neutrality, Don’t Bother Waiting For Google, Netflix Or Facebook’s Help

As the gutting of neutrality and killing off of privacy protections continues to proceed, companies like Netflix, Google, and Facebook, although making something of show of lobbying against such things,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Accessibility, AT&T, DirecTV, Federal Communications Commission, internet, Internet access, Internet service provider, net neutrality, Netflix, Republican Party (United States)

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MON. BRIEF: Universal May Nullify Prince Deal • Discogs Attacked • Mysteryland Fest Canceled • More

Monday 4.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web The complexity of Prince's Warner Music deal is causing headaches and lost revenue for Universal. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 20th Century Fox, Abdullah II of Jordan, All the Reasons Why, Angola, Apple Music, Burt Bacharach, Charles, Prince (musician), Prince Harry, Prince of Wales, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group

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