Pandora Earnings Disappoint, Stock Plunges, $439M Paid To Rightsholders In 2014
UPDATE: After falling as much as 26%, Pandora stock rose slightly in after hours trading, settling at $14.90, still down almost 20%. Pandora stock fell on news that the music. Continue reading
YouTube Offers A More Interactive Experience With Multi-Angled Video Experiment
YouTube doesn't sit still long enough to get comfortable. After the launch of YouTube Music Key, YouTube is now playing around with yet another way to engage viewers – a. Continue reading
Jay Z’s HD Streaming Music Service Tidal To Expand To 22 More Countries
[UPDATED] Jay Z's deal to acquire Aspiro, the Scandinavian company that owns streaming music and video service WiMP and its hi-def audio cousin Tidal for $56 million, still needs final. Continue reading
Pandora Joins Internet Trade Association, Hires New D.C. Lobbyists
by Alec Byers POLITICO’s in “Morning Tech”. Pandora – and most of the music industry – has a big year ahead of it as D.C. grapples with several music policy. Continue reading
Promoting Tracks on the Internet – Some Do’s and Dont’s
Today it seems that everyone can place a song out on the internet and call it "promotion." However, because everyone has the accessibility to post anything on the internet, there. Continue reading
Is Broadcast Radio Losing American Teens?
By Kyle Bylin, author of Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution. Edison Research, a New Jersey-based market research firm, introduced its “Share of Ear” study. Continue reading
Bandsintown Launches Free Artist Analytics Tool
[UPDATED] Concert discovery and marketing app Bandsintown today introduced a free analytics tool that taps into its user base of 15 million concert goers. Bandsintown Manager allows musicians and their. Continue reading
NAMM 2015: The Best Of The Worst Demos
Guest Post by Brock Golden on Medium.com NAMM 2015 made it feel like Christmas came twice this year. It was the year that forced every major to cave in to the decades. Continue reading
By The Numbers: How Did the Music Industry Do in 2014?
Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on Sonicbids Blog Now that 2014 is through, it's time to kickstart a new year with plenty of resolutions and new ideas of what 12 more months can. Continue reading
