Music Tech

Facebook Discovers More Broken Metrics

In a follow up to their realization that they had accidentally been inflating a key video metric, Facebook recently revealed that were several additional audience metrics which have been being. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/23/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Advertising, Advertising (Media Watch), Business Insider, ComScore, Earned media, Facebook, Facebook Instant Articles, Integral Ad Science, IPhone, Nielsen ratings

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CD Baby Acquires Show.co, Soundrop To Expand Artist Services, Pledges New Distribution Approach That Favors Constant Creation

CD Baby has acquired music marketing platform Show.co and its defunct app Soundrop. The deal continues a trend of established new music industry players including ReverbNation, PledgeMusic, TuneCore acquiring startups to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/23/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, CD Baby, independent music, iTunes, music industry, Never Miss a Beat, PledgeMusic, Soundcloud, Spotify, Tunecore

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How One Top Music, Entertainment Analyst Did Predicting 2016 Industry Trends

Here the analysts at MIDiA research review their predictions for 2016, having placed big bets on what the year would bring for the music and entertainment industry.

Guest Post on 11/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Chromebook, Google, Google Account, Google Contacts, Google Play, IOS, IPhone

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TUE. BRIEF: Instagram Live Video • “We Shall Overcome” Lawsuit • Amazon Expands Ticketing • More

TUESDAY 11.22.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Facebook continues live video push with mew Instagram feature. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Blog It, Business Insider, Facebook, Instagram, Lahore, social media, Social network, Twitter, Video hosting service

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Music Industry Seeks To Ban Concert Ticket Buying Bots

Having choice seats snatched out from under them by the ticket bots of a third party ticket broker is an all-to-common occurrence for a lot of ticket buyers, and while. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/21/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), ARIA Award for Best Male Artist, concert, music industry, Spotify, StubHub, Summerfest, Talent manager, Ticketmaster, United States

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MON. BRIEF: Radio Sues Azoff’s Global Music • Rightscorp Cash Crunch • R.I.P. Sharon Jones • More

Monday 11.21.16 Music Business News From Around The Web A new lawsuit could prove the viability of Irving Azoff's attempt to take on BMI, ASCAP. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/21/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: music, music business, musicians

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REWIND: New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this journey back through a lively seven days of music industry news, we revisit ReverbNation's new Fader partnership, Live Nation's direct sale of tickets to scalpers, SoundCloud's pledge to. Continue reading

admin on 11/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: music

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A Look Inside Spotify’s Redesign Process

In the wake of a recent overhaul and update of their icon suite, Andrea Limjoco and Rob Bartlett discuss the four month process of building and implementing the six hundred. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/18/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: . design, music, Spotify

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Streaming Music: Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now [Glenn Peoples Of Pandora]

Here Glenn Peoples of Pandora explores the differences in royalty payouts between services which offer highly interactive on-demand streaming versus those that provide a more basic digital radio option, and how. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/18/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Pandora, Spotify

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