Music Tech

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this trip down memory lane from the last seven days of music industry news, we revisit the damage done to after a massive DDOS attack, the spike in Janet. Continue reading

admin on 10/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ad hoc, Apple Music, Artist, Donald Trump, HBO, Hillary Clinton, Janet Jackson, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube

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RESOLVED: Day Long DDOS Attack That Brought Down Spotify, SoundCloud, Others Ends, Homeland Security Investigating

UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Web Services, AOL, Application programming interface, Disc jockey, Donald Trump, Entertainment Weekly, GitHub, Heroku, Internal Revenue Service, Internet of things, JSON, Soundcloud, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, YouTube

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Gig Salad Launches New Artist-Focused Podcast Series

Online live music marketplace GigSalad have launched a new podcast series featuring a humorous, behind the scenes look at the creative life, both on and off stage.

Bruce Houghton on 10/21/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2015 in England, Albany, Albuquerque Journal, Animals as Leaders, APM Music, Behavioral analytics, Ben Affleck, Google, New York, podcast, The Pointer Sisters

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FRI. NEWS: New Prince Music • Deezer Does Grime • The Sample Show • Musical.ly • More

FRIDAY 10.21.16 Music Business News From Around The Web It's rare that a day's headlines are all about music. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 10/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abuse, Access Hollywood, Aditya Chopra, Adulthood (film), Al Franken, Albany, American Cancer Society, Americans, Donald Trump, Google, New York

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Are Accelerators, Incubators Really Helping Founders And Creatives Build A New Music Business?

Bas Grasmayer takes a close look at startups and accelerator programs within the music business, and how well they work to help young artists and entrepreneurs advance their careers.

Guest Post on 10/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Chief executive officer, David Cohen (entrepreneur), Entrepreneurship, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, Soundcloud, Soundhound, Startup company, Techstars, Youth culture

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Amazon Loses $2 A Month On Every Subscriber To Its New Music Service

After departing from an industry trend and offering their unlimited streaming service for the low price of $7.99 per month, it looks as the payouts Amazon will need to subsidize. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alcoa, Apple Inc., Before the Bell, Brexit, CD Baby, Email address, Reuters, Share price, Spotify, Subscription business model

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Smart Home Technology Is Revolutionizing The Music Industry

With the rise of the Internet of Things and the increasing connectivity of smart home technologies, the way in which the industry operates in relation to consumers is changing, as. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alexa Internet, Amazon Echo, Digital media, Gartner, Internet of things, IPhone, LG Blu-ray Home Theater Systems, music industry, Smarthome, United Kingdom

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THU. BRIEF: Facebook App Adds Tickets • Streaming Prices Too High • R.I.P. Phil Chess • More

Thursday 10.20.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Facebook adding in-app ticket purchases is great news. Unfortunately, they've linked with only a few big ticketing providers. Updated under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 10/20/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: apps, Australia, Business Insider, Craigslist, Diwali, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Google, List of Facebook features, social media

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SoundCloud Go Launches In Canada

SoundCloud has launched its paid on demand music streaming service in Canada. Alongside the paid launch, the music streamer is adding ads to its free service with a portion of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Australasia, Google Play, IOS, IPhone, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube

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How Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat Count Video Views Differently

Video views are critical for measuring success not only to artists, but also labels, advertisers, and anyone else attached to the video in question. Unfortunately, measuring these views is not. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Active noise control, Apple Inc., Bose Corporation, Facebook, Headset (audio), Instagram, record label, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube

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CHANGES @ ADA • Sony/ATV • ie:music • UPMG

Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), Warner Music Group’s independent distribution and services arm, has hired Christine Taylor as Senior Vice President, Finance. Taylor joins from Island Records. MORE:

Bruce Houghton on 10/18/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Executive Counsel Limited, Independent record label, Internet radio, License, Merlin Network, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Music Group

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