Music Tech

Jay Z To Take On Spotify With $56 Million Acquisition Of WiMP and Tidal Streaming Music Servies

Can musicians "save" a broken music industry? More than on successful artist turned entrepreneur certainly intend to try. Following in the footsteps of Dr. Dre (co-founder of Beats) and Neil. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/30/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Aspiro, Beats Electronics, Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, Scandinavia, Spotify, Streaming media, WiMP

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Music Licensing: An Insider’s Perspective

Guest Post by John Steen I had a chance to talk with Adam McCants from The Music Bed on a recent podcast, and he gave me the raw scoop on how. Continue reading

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Tags: Dallas, Doctor of Philosophy, Facebook, Instagram, iTunes, MBA, Miscegenation, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Twitter

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How Creative Industries Are Refining Automation For Discovery

By John Kohl, Leader and Founder of music discovery platform TuneGO. Recent discussions around automation are centered on making sense of the mass of data that lives online. After all, there’s. Continue reading

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Tags: Facebook, Google, internet, MTV, MySpace, Soundcloud, Television channel, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube

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Rdio Dropped From Zenbu Pre-1972 Music Lawsuits

(UPDATED) Just 5 days after Google, Apple's Beats, Sony, Rdio, Songza, Slacker and Grooveshark were served with simultaneously filed lawsuits alleging exploitation of pre-1972 sound recordings without license or payment, the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/28/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Class Action, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act, Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Sirius XM Radio, Sony, SoundExchange, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Turtles

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TuneCore Artist Earnings Top $134 Million In 2014

(UPDATED) This morning, TuneCore announced over $134 million dollars in 2014 artist earnings, up 11% from 2013 and totaling $504 million since 2006. In addition to an impressive uptick in artist. Continue reading

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Tags: Bandcamp, folk music, Google, independent music, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Unsigned artist, YouTube, Zoe Keating

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MusicTank Introduces First Think Tank Of 2015 – Is Data The New Oil?

MusicTank, University of Westminster, has opened the floor for its first Think Tank Debate of 2015: Is Data The New Oil? The question originated from the observation of the unrelenting. Continue reading

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Tags: Apple Inc., Companies House, iTunes, London, music industry, Musicmetric, Semetric, Spotify, Streaming media, United Kingdom

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New Apple DRM Patent Points To Music Sharing, Two Tier Pricing In Beats, iTunes Relaunch

Apple has obtained a patent that could enable music and video sharing and along with other features by adding a new layer of digital rights management (DRM). "The systems and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/26/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Store, Cryptocat, Encryption, IMessage, iTunes, music industry, Spotify, Subscription business model, WhatsApp

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Record Label Exec’s View On New Media Strategy

In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we talk with Theda Sandiford, who is the VP of Commerce at Republic Records and Island Records, where she. Continue reading

admin on 01/23/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Compact disc, Free music, Freemium, Internet radio, Pandora Radio, Soundcloud, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Vevo, YouTube

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Melboss Launches To Serve As Accelerator For Musicians Seeking To Build Careers

Melboss Co-Founders, Francisco Buendia and Filippo Tartari saw a need for an inclusive music hub and open marketplace and aim to fill that deficit with Melboss. Melboss prides itself on being an. Continue reading

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Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Alice Tully Hall, Ellen DeGeneres, L.A. Live, Los Angeles, music industry, Nokia, People's Choice Awards, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Google Tells Zoe Keating: Sign Music Key Deal or We’ll Block Your YouTube Channel

Google has cut deals with the major labels and most independents to launch YouTube Music Key, a paid music and video subscription service. But truly indie artists like Zoe Keating. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/23/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (6)

Tags: Artist, Bandcamp, Barack Obama, Billboard Hot 100, Captain America, Facebook, Google, Search engine optimization, Twitter, YouTube

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