Music Tech

Music Video Reset: YouTube, Vevo, Facebook Rethink Streaming’s Killer App [Mark Mulligan]

Music video is streaming music’s killer app, says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan. 45% of consumers watch music videos on YouTube or Vevo every month. Now both video services are in the middle. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Pandora Stock Recovers Friday Morning Despite $343M Loss, Disppointing Forecast, No Listener Growth

UPDATE 2: Pandora stock fell as much as 5% more in after hours trading Thursday, but recovered 4% Friday morning to an 11AM price of $3.11. Yesterday's drop came as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Advertising, and amortization, Artificial Intelligence, Bing, Calendar year, Chief financial officer, Cloud computing, depreciation, Earnings before interest, Earnings Per Share (EPS), Extended-hours trading, Fiscal year, Generally accepted accounting principles, Initial public offering, LinkedIn, NASDAQ, Net income, revenue, taxes, Wall Street

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FRI. BRIEF: Spotify Promotes Katy Perry • Beats Now Come w/ 3 Months Apple Music • Pandora Stumbles • More

FRIDAY 2.10.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Music's New 1%: Spotify may not believe in exclusives, but it certainly embraces selective artists marketing. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/10/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Billboard Magazine, Business Insider, Golden Axe, Grammy Award, New York, Spotify, Streaming media, The New York Times, The Times

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Department Of Justice Should Drop 100% Licensing Push

A hotly contested and lawsuit-inducing issue from the start, the time has come for the Department Of Justice to ditch its push for a 100% licensing rule on songwriters particularly. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bill Schuette, Lansing, lawyer, Liquor license, Medical license, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Michigan State University, United States Assistant Attorney General

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Leadership Music Now Accepting Class Of 2018 Applications

Last year I had the honor of being part of the Leadership Music Class of 2016. I can honestly say that the days spent with my 47 classmates – "The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abortion, Brad Paisley, Charles Esten, Executive director, Frankie Ballard, George Strait, Kelsea Ballerini, music industry, Nashville, Tennessee, Tony Martell

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Bandcamp Makes Major Improvements To Help Sell More Merchandise, Physical Goods

Sales of music merchandise, along with other physical formats, continue to grow on Bandcamp. To accelerate growth, Bandcamp has unveiled major improvements.

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Action Bronson, Adam Savage, American Civil Liberties Union, Bandcamp, Do it yourself, Father Stretch My Hands, independent music, Kanye West, music industry, Soundcloud

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Trump Advisor Pens Useless, Uninformed Piece On Intellectual Property Theft

Although it's hardly at the forefront of current political issues, a recent and rather clueless piece in Business Insider regarding intellectual property and its theft from one of the members. Continue reading

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Tags: Activism, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Border barrier, Business Insider, China, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Executive order, President of the United States

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Google Combines YouTube, Google Play Music Teams, Unified App Appears Likely

Google's multiple music platforms – Google Play Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Red – have always presented a confusing and even competing mix, portions of which have failed to gain. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: ADD Definitions, Amazon Kindle, Apple Music, Facebook, Google, Google Assistant, Google Play Music, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube

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THU. BRIEF: Twitter Stumbles • HitsMeUp To Launch Video Hub • Songwriters Fight DOJ • Stars Curate Vinyl Service • More

Thursday 2.9.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Shades Of MySpace: Twitter is far from done, but its struggles serve as a reminder of the danger of building a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: -elect, Abuse, Animal, Black Twitter, Bounty (reward), Comprehensive campaign, Donald Trump, Hashtag, Jack Dorsey, Twitter

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CHANGES @ INgrooves • A2IM • United Talent Agency • Wembley Arena • More

Indie distributor INgrooves has nabbed global digital distribution and label services with ONELOVE music group. Now in its 15th year, the top Australian-based EDM music brand is involved promoting, touring,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/08/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AB de Villiers, Abuja, Australia, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Granit Xhaka, ICC ODI Championship, Nintendo, One Day International, Order of Australia, Virat Kohli

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