SoundCloud Adds Payments To Some Artists, Labels and Ads To Pay For It
SoundCloud is adding advertising to fund payments to artists and labels who agree to participate in a new Premier Partner program. The terms of the invite only program were not. Continue reading
Pandora Staff Is Just 3% African-American, 4% Hispanic Despite Oakland Base
Kudos to Pandora for releasing an Employee Diversity Report. Shame on them for what it revealed. Despite being located in racially diverse Oakland, CA, just 3% of its 1,300 or so. Continue reading
One Musician Gets A Record Deal Through Tinder, Another Can Pay Her Rent Solely From YouTube
Here are two stories about musicians doing well that could be described as social media success stories. But Ryn Weaver's claim that "Tinder got me a record deal" is a. Continue reading
Ticketing Startup Ticketfly Acquires WillCall
Ticketing startup Ticketfly today announced the acquisition of events app WillCall. Ticketfly has shown impressive growth for their ticketing service which features a lot of music events but isn't limited. Continue reading
TuneWiki Disappears As Bills Go Unpaid
A little over a year ago TuneWiki, which dispayed the lyrics to the music you were playing, announced it was shutting down. It then earned a year long reprieve via. Continue reading
Spotify Launches Serendipity – A Real Time Global Listening Map, Artists In Residence Program
Spotify’s first media artist in residence, interactive artist Kyle McDonald, has created Serendipity, an animated world map that shows when and where someone else is listening to the same song. Continue reading
An Open Letter To Robb McDaniels, Founder And CEO Of InGrooves
By Philip Kaplan, Founder of Distrokid. Dear Mr. McDaniels, This is in response to an article you wrote on HypeBot (here) entitled, “5 musings from a digital music exec who’s. Continue reading
Slow Growth Ahead For Digital Music, Says New Juniper Study
There's not a lot of good news in a new report from Juniper Research which found that the digital music industry will experience slow growth in revenue over the next. Continue reading
What Does Free Streaming Mean for the Music Industry?
We hear more than enough about the negative impacts of free streaming in today's music industry. Pandora, Grooveshark, SoundCloud and so many others give us access to live streaming music. Continue reading
Mixcloud Adds Premium Accounts and Reposting, Announces Online Radio Awards Winners
Mixcloud today announced new premium accounts, "Premium for Listeners" and "Pro for Uploaders." But the ad-supported free tier remains with the promise, "Mixcloud will always be Free," and all accounts. Continue reading
