SXSW Announces 2016 Music Hackathon, Accepting Applications
The SXSW Music Hackathon will return on Tuesday, March 15th. For the third year, SXSW showcasing artists will join with hackers, designers, programmers and industry judges for 24 straight hours. Continue reading
Why the Pandora, Rdio Deal Makes a Lot of Sense [Cortney Harding]
Pandora has acquired the assets of music streamer Rdio for $75 million and will use them to add to its paid offerings. Does the deal make sense and should it. Continue reading
TuneCore Reports 90% Streaming and Download Growth, But Just 6.3% Rise in Payments To Artists
D.I.Y. digital distributor TuneCore announced today that is artists had a collective 3.6 billion downloads and streams in the last 3 months. That resulted in 90% increase versus the same. Continue reading
Spotify Launches “Fan Insights” Free Artist Analytics Platform
Imagine if an artist could concentrate their touring only where your fans are? Imagine music marketers could concentrate more effort into magnifying new fan interest as it happened? These are. Continue reading
Spotify Users Now Log 1.7 Billion Listening Hours Monthly
Spotify announced that its "more than 75 million" users now listen 1.7 billion hours monthly. As Music Ally points out, that matches Pandora listener stats from its 78 million users.. Continue reading
Bye Bye Beats, So Long Zune – Apple, Microsoft Retire Major Digital Music Brands
Two major digital music brands are being retired. Apple is shuttering its Beats Music service and pushing users to Apple Music; and Microsoft is shuttering one of the original digital. Continue reading
Overheard @SFMusicTech
Last week, SF Music Tech, the gathering of the music tech tribe, held its latest session. As usual, attendees looked forward rather than complaining about the past and present. Playlists. Continue reading
Gigmor, A New Music Tech Startup, Tests The Waters Of Equity Crowdfunding
Gigmor is a music tech startup that works to connect musicians with each other and, in the near future, venues. They are currently in the process of a crowdfunding campaign. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
There's been plenty to say in the music industry this week, with commentary from Chad Lawson on achieving DIY success, an examination of gender inequality in the industry, and why users of. Continue reading
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week's most popular articles included a helpful how-to guide for artists looking to use Snapchat, David Lowery's request that the New York Attorney General investigate Spotify, and why the. Continue reading
