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MON. BRIEFING: Does Spotify Bury “Exclusive” Acts? • Britney Is NOT Apple Exclusive • Nashville Gets 100K Watts Of Americana • More

Monday 8.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Streaming 2.0: The debate over exclusives is the best thing that's happened to music fans so far this year. Updated continuously. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/29/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: business, Hypebot, Interactive television, music industry, Mutual fund, News agency, Personal finance, Reuters, Small business, Stockmarkets

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week, knowledgeable commentators from within the music industry give voice to their thoughts on the artist services arms race in online music, whether we ought to buy into the. Continue reading

admin on 08/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Award, Arms race, Artist, Facebook, iTunes, ITV Studios, music industry, Russia, Spotify, Unsigned artist

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Questlove Hearts Pandora, Carpool Karaoke is Dope for Artists, and Puppies Are The Shiznit: Liv Buli’s This Week in Music and More

Another week has ended and its time for a bit 'o buli, as in Liv Buli, who as Data Journalist for Pandora's Next Big Sound has the bestest job title. Continue reading

admin on 08/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Boys Don't Cry (film), Channel Orange, Def Jam Recordings, Endless.com, Frank Ocean, Friday (1995 film), The New York Times

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How Piracy Altered Music Discovery & Licensed Services Pushed It Forward

Bas Grasmayer takes a look back at the multitude of different tech platforms (many of them a haven for piracy) which have allowed us to access music over the years,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., ITV Studios, List of online music databases, music industry, Napster, record label, Rhapsody (online music service), Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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Dice Adds $6 Million For Music, Concert Discovery

London based startup Dice has added $6 million in funding to expand its app which facilitates hassle free music discovery and fee-free ticketing. The Series A round was led by Evolution Equity. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/26/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Designer Fund, DICE FM, Europe, Google DeepMind, Kima Ventures, London, New York City, Series A round, TechCrunch, United Kingdom

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Spotify Adds Full “Concerts” Tab To All Artist Pages, Expanding Songkick Partnership

Spotify has added a Concerts tab to all artist pages. It's part of a trend that's seen Spotify, Pandora and YouTube add features that help artists communicate with and monetize. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/26/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Google, Google Play, Internet radio, music industry, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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FRI. BRIEF: YouTube Goes D2F w/ Backstage • Dice Adds $6M • Frank Ocean Fallout • Sleevenote • More

Friday 8.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web YouTube is smartly adding a suite of direct to fan features. Is BandPage integration next? Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 08/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Application programming interface key, BandPage, Facebook, Frank Ocean, Google, Hypebot, Spotify, YouTube

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Songkick Adds $15M From Access Industries To Expand Concert Discovery, Artist Ticketing

Songkick has added $15 million in funding. The startup has established itself as a leader in online concert listings, thanks to partnerships with Spotify, MTV, YouTube, SoundCloud and others. But efforts. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Conference call, Initial public offering, IOS, List of online music databases, record label, Sony, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Spotify Paid Subs Up 9 Million In 6 Months, Working To Offer Artists “A Full-stack Solution”

Spotify now has 39 million paying subscribers, up 9 million from 30 million in March. By comparison, Apple Music announced 15 million in June and TIDAL has about 4 million. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/25/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Artist, Bandsintown, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Facebook, iTunes, music industry, Netflix, Pandora, record label, Songkick, Spotify, YouTube

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Why Hip-Hop, Dance Are Leaving Rock Behind In Streaming Era

In all the fuss surrounding the recent streaming exclusive deals being struck between artists and streaming services, rock music has been conspicuously absent. Here we look at why genres like. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/25/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Adobe Flash Player, Apple Inc., Brian Eno, David Bowie, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, New York City, Pharrell Williams, YouTube

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