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Deezer Names New CEO, Adds Lyrics To Streaming Music Via LyricFind

UPDATE: Along with adding lyrics today, Deezer announced the appointment of a new Global CEO, Dr. Hans-Holger Albrecht. He joins from Millicom where he was President and CEO of the telecom and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2 Chainz, Ariana Grande, Arlo Guthrie, Artist, Billboard charts, Billboard Hot 100, Borg (Star Trek), Brand New Key, lyrics, musiXmatch

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LINE Messaging App Acquires Microsoft’s MixRadio

Japan based free call and messaging app LINE has reached an agreement with Microsoft to acquire MixRadio, a free personal music streaming service. With with 170 million monthly active users in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adidas, Arrangement, FAQ, India, Microsoft, music industry, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Subscription business model, YouTube

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TuneCore Acquires DropKloud, Opens Innovation Lab

TuneCore has acquired musician focused app maker DropKloud and will add its co-founders, James DeNino and Kedar Frederic to the TuneCore team. The two will open a TuneCore office in Boston, where they. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/18/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, Accel Partners, Adobe Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Bain Capital, Belgium, Berklee College of Music, Boston, New York City, San Francisco

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Bandcamp Launches Indie Label Portal

Direct to fan digital sales platform Bandcamp has launched an accompanying portal designed to better serve independent record labels. The new Bandcamp For Labels adds unified accounting and stats across. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advent calendar, Artist, Chief operating officer, Compact disc, digital marketing, Disc jockey, Do it yourself, Dubbel, independent music, record label

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BandPage Now Only Spotify Merch Seller As ArtistLink’s Topspin Exits

Topspin, now owned by ArtistLink, has discontinued their merchandise integration with Spotify, leaving BandPage the only option that artists and labels have to sell merchandise on the popular music streamer.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Cumulus Media, Digital Music News, Forbes, House of Medici, List of online music databases, Music download, NPD Group, patreon, Spotify, YouTube

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Apple Prevails In $1 Billion iPod Lawsuit

After deliberating for just a few hours, a federal jury found in favor of Apple in a $1 billion class-action lawsuit brought over alleged anti-competitive behavior in relation to the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ancient history, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., California, Class Action, Competition law, IPod, iTunes, Oakland, Steve Jobs, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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AdRev Acquires Digital Music Distributor DashGo

YouTube music administration service AdRev has acquired music distribution and marketing platform DashGo for an undisclosed sum. With the addition, AdRev’s parent, AudioMicro, positions itself as a player in the evolving rights management. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Charli XCX, Duran Duran, Honorific nicknames in popular music, John Frusciante, Nick Rhodes, Record producer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rock Mafia, Selena Gomez, YouTube

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Deezer Expands U.S. Presence, Names Beth Murphy Chief Marketing Officer

As it expands further into the crucial U.S, market, digital music streaming service Deezer has named Beth Murphy as Chief Marketing Officer. She will be focused on leading Deezer's global. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2014 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Chief marketing officer, Corporate title, Deezer, IOS, iTunes, marketing, Marketing management, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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Bose Is Building Their Own Streaming Music Service

Audio manufacturer Bose is hiring staff and moving "quickly" to build and launch its own "next generation streaming music platform". While Bose could integrate their music service within their own audio products,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: AccuRadio, Compact disc, Inherent Vice, iTunes, Joanna Newsom, Jonny Greenwood, Minnie Riperton, Neil Young, Paul Thomas Anderson, Radiohead

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Jack Conte Of Pomplamoose And Patreon Looks Back At 2014

Jack Conte, multi-instrumentialist of Pomplamoose and co-founder of Patreon joins us today to Hypebot.com's year end virtual panel. When asked about effect of ubiquitous music online and what the "Taylor Swift Debate" means for music. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 12/15/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., BBC, Billy Bragg, Google, Google Play, Rdio, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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