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SF MusicTech Names Winners Of 2016 Startup Competition

After careful consideration and many impressive entries, the winners of the SF MusicTech Summit 2016 Startup Competition have been announced. Each winner will be showcasing onstage during the Summit on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2016 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2 Live Crew, Accenture, Africa, album, Americas, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, SF MusicTech Summit, Supply chain, Supply chain management

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Doc McGhee, Leon Russell, Rod Essig Among 2016 Nashville Association of Talent Directors Honorees

The Nashville Association of Talent Directors (NATD) has announced the music industry figures who will be recognized at this year's 6th Annual NATD Honors Gala including Doc McGhee, Leon Russell and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Cleveland, E Street Band, Grammy Award, Green Day, Joan Jett, Lou Reed, Marching band, New Jersey, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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Spotify Finally Launches In Japan, World’s 2nd Largest Music Market, Debuts New Lyrics Feature

Spotify has finally launched in Japan. The world's second biggest music market is a notoriously finicky one and slow to change. CD's still sell in large numbers there, despite early. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2000s in the music industry, Apple Inc., Apple Music, CD Baby, Compact disc, IPod, music industry, Recording Industry Association of America, Spotify, Streaming media

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Spotify, SoundCloud Deal May Not Happen [New Report]

Late Wednesday came reports that Spotify was in advanced talks to acquire SoundCloud, and that an announcement of the deal could be made very soon. Now, a new report asserts. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Deezer, Financial Times, France, IOS, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter

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THU. BRIEF: Shazam – 1B Downloads, Profitable • Spotify Adds Japan • SoundCloud + Spotify Reaction • More

Thursday 9.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Soundcloud deal or not, Spotify's rate of expansion and innovation is accelerating impressively, but I'd still rather own stock in Shazam. . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazoncom, Apple Music, Deezer, Financial Times, France, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter

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Spotify In ‘Advance Talks’ To Buy SoundCloud

[UPDATED] Spotify is reportedly in advance talks to buy Soundcloud. We'd heard months ago that Soundcloud was hemorrhaging cash, after efforts to monetize had been slowed by label talks. The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Deezer, Disc jockey, France, IOS, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter

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Capitalizing On Remix Culture: Beatport’s Former CEO Has A New Mission

In this article former Beatport CEO Matthew Adell weighs in on the founding of MetaPop, a company working to bring labels, producers, and remixers together as well as discussing why. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), bEATPORT, Extended play, Facebook, Google, iTunes, Microsoft Windows, Mobile app, Remix, YouTube

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PledgeMusic Finalizes Acquisition of Set.fm, Matt Peterson Named GM PledgeMusic Austin

PledgeMusic today announced that it had finalized deal to acquire Set.fm. Set.fm Founder and CEO Matt Peterson will add the title of PledgeMusic GM, Austin.

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amsterdam, Apple Music, Artist, AT&T, Mobile content, Noisetrade, North America, PledgeMusic, Vice president, YouTube

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Abbey Road Adds 3 Promising Music Tech Startups To Incubator

Abbey Road Red, the music tech accelerator based at the iconic Abbey Road Studios has named its latest group of startups. It's the second class for the only music tech. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AngelList, Asia-Pacific, Asian supermarket, Australia, Corporation, GoCatch, IOS, LinkedIn, Online marketplace, YouTube

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WED. BRIEF: Snapchat Sells Tickets • Karl For Concerts • Google Play To India • What Is Americana? • More

Wednesday 9.28.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Music On The Web 4.0? Ticket sales on Snapchat, bot concert recommendations, virtual reality… Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 09/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Augmented reality, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Evan Spiegel, Facebook, Financial Times, Google Glass, GoPro, Snapchat, Vergence Labs, virtual reality

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New Drone Service Delivers On Demand Vinyl. Just Kidding! Sort Of

In this op-ed, CMO Taishi Fukuyama of the company Qrates discusses how is organization is working to capitalize on the recent vinyl boom, and working to push the boundaries of the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/27/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, iTunes, music industry, playlist, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media, Twitter, YouTube

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