Chubby Checker Settles Hewlett Packard Penis Size App Lawsuit
Music icon Chubby Checker has settled his lawsuit with Hewlett Packard. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. But neither side has accepted liability and HP has agreed not to. Continue reading
Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 7.25.14: Randy Newman, Mariah Carey, Round Hill
Downtown Music Publishing has signed Randy Newman to an administration deal for North America. The six time grammy award winner is responsible for hits such as “Short People”, “I Love L.A.”. Continue reading
Marketing Your Music By Liveblogging At Reddit Live
After a short beta run, Reddit made their new liveblogging feature available to all this week. Reddit Live allows you to liveblog an event with a separate page for comments.. Continue reading
Shoutcast Launches Hosted Web Radio Service With Monetization Options
Yesterday Radionomy officially relaunched their Shoutcast service. Of particular note is the introduction of a new Shoutcast streaming service that gives webcasters free streaming and monetization options among other features.. Continue reading
What A Digitally Native Music Consumer Looks Like [INFOGRAPHIC]
Analyst Mark Mulligan and MIDiA Research have published a new report looking at the music attitudes and behavior of Digital Natives. Natives and Immigrants demarcate the digital world, according to the report. But. Continue reading
Facebook By The Numbers: A Quick Look At Impressive New User Stats
Americans spend an average of 40 minutes a day on Facebook, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. And while Zuck didn't quite share his math to back up the claim, the. Continue reading
YouTube Music Product Manager Christopher LaRosa Quitting To Join A Startup
Rolfe Winkler at WSJ's Digits dropped this one last night but surprisingly it doesn't seem to have spread yet. Winkler draws on a number of unidentified sources but he says. Continue reading
Open Labs Releases Stagelight 2.0, Downloads Near 1 Million, Dell and Lenovo Preload Deals
Yesterday Open Labs released Stagelight 2.0, their music creation app for Windows that costs $9.99. It comes with a variety of new features, including an in-app store, and will also. Continue reading
Amazon Prime Music Adds Lots Of Songs. Let’s Hope They Stop There!
Today Amazon announced the addition of "hundreds of thousands of songs and hundreds of new, expert-programmed Prime Playlists to the Prime Music catalog." Obviously this isn't the same as licensing. Continue reading
Ex-Google, SoundExchange Execs Launch Startup To Bring Gaming Revenue Model To Music
Two respected digtal music veterans, Tim Quirk and Brian Calhoun, are joining forces to launch Freeform Development, a new music tech startup. Quirk recently left Google Play and before that was an executive at Rhapsody.. Continue reading
