Music Tech

Did Pandora Pay Too Much? Shares Fall After $450M Ticketfly Acquisition

Shares of Pandora [P] fell as much as 7% yesterday on news that the music streamer had acquired indie ticketer Ticketfly for $450 million. While the deal could lead to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/08/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Atmel, Dialog Semiconductor, Internet radio, music industry, National Association of Realtors, New York City, Pandora Radio, The Home Depot, Wall Street, Weatherford International

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Hypebot To Host Our 4th San Francisco Meetup Next Week

Hypebot will host its fourth San Francisco Music and Tech Meetup next Wednesday, October 14 from 7-10PM at Upcider in San Francisco. Let's grab a drink and talk about Apple Music, Spotify, and Happy. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bus, Hypebot, Los Angeles, Meetup, music industry, San Francisco, Science fiction, Silicon Valley, Spotify

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Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450 Million [NYSE:P]

Pandora has acquired independent ticketing company Ticketfly. It's a move that diversifies the music streamer's portfolio within the music vertical, and it could also be goods news for artists and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/07/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AbbVie, Anthony Noto, Ashland Inc., Atmel, AutoZone, Goldman Sachs, music industry, North America, The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street

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Jack White, The Mob And The Seven-Foot Tall Music Video Jukebox

In 1961 a music video jukebox called the Scopitone was spreading through the United States like wild-fire. People thought the machine would popularize the music video, that is until the Scopitone’s mafia connections came to light.

Guest Post on 10/06/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Agence France-Presse, Azores, Cary, Chicago, Clichy, France, Groupe Casino, Hauts-de-Seine, Illinois, Paris, Seattle, Starbucks

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THE PITCH: Skoove – A Music Learning Platform

Today's PITCH comes from Skoove – a music leaning platform that centers around an interactive online piano lessons. Like other startups featured in THE PITCH, Skoove has just 100 words. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/06/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Baidu, Berlin, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Cary, Chicago, China, Google Chrome, Illinois, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

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Dart Music Specializes In Classical Streaming

Classical music hasn't exactly been the dominant genre in the age of streaming but Dart Music, a fresh face in the world of digital music, is looking to change that, in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/06/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Application programming interface, Brooklyn, Google Play, IOS, iTunes, metadata, music industry, Spotify

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‘Bitcoin For Rock Stars’: An Update From D.A. Wallach Part 1 [INTERVIEW]

In a followup to an article he wrote in 2014 regarding the potential for cryptocurrency to revolutionize the music industry, recording artist/songwriter D.A. Wallach recently did an interview with Forbes in. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Calvin Klein, Daft Punk, Joe Jonas, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, New York Fashion Week, Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Wiz Khalifa

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Merchbar Simplifies Band Merch Sales And Discovery

In this episode of Music Biz Podcast, we talk to with Ed Aten, who is the CEO and co-founder of Merchbar, a website and mobile app that allows people to. Continue reading

admin on 10/05/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: .NET Framework, Android (operating system), App Annie, App Store (iOS), Facebook, Google Play, IOS, iTunes, Mobile app, United States

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Parola Raises $2M For Collaborative Music App, Here’s Their PITCH

Parola, a collaborative music app, has raised $2m from angel investors. The seed round was led by Michael Cohen (Capital International), Yanki Margalit (Innodo) and Miki Tunis (SVP at The. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising, Alternate ending, Android (operating system), Andy Warhol, Angel investor, App, AQuantive, Arab League, Arab people, Crowd funding, Crowdsourcing, Facebook, Google, IOS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile device, music industry, Ongoing series, Personal computer

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Spotify Extends To More Cars With MirrorLink RockScout App

The ability to stream music in the car is crucial to the format becoming mainstream. But with dozens of global auto manufacturers, each with their own standards, that's been a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/05/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Advertising, Android (operating system), Cary, Chicago, Cross-platform, Drum rudiment, Extended play, Illinois, Mobile app, Mobile device, Twitter

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