REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
John Oliver's Funny, Smart And Dead-On Explanation Of Net Neutrality Zoe Keating Faces A New Challenge, Can You Help? Apple iOS 8 Adds Hands Free Shazam Song Recognition, But No. Continue reading
After SoundCloud Deletions, Kaskade Plans His Own Music Platform
On Wednesday, in a series of Twitter posts, electronic music dj and producer Kaskade revealed that he was getting SoundCloud takedown notices for many of his posted tracks and that. Continue reading
Music Publishing Weekly Roundup 6.6.14: DoJ BMI ASCAP Review, Music Market Report, Amazon
The US Department of Justice has began a review of the BMI and ASCAP consent decrees. The DOJ has invited interested parties including Publishers, Composers, and Licensees to provide opinions. Continue reading
Mayo Music: “Learn from artists who are killin’ it”
Mayo Music is a new interview series on Tumblr/YouTube. Dan Polaske has been posting very in-depth interviews for the last couple of months with musicians who've had some specific success. Continue reading
Nimbit Introduces New Research-Based DIY Music Marketing and Sales Platform
PreSonus introduced the new and improved Nimbit this week. Nimbit is a service that provides music marketing and sales tools for DIY musicians. It's a freemium service that includes a. Continue reading
SF MusicTech Announces Fall Date, May Be It’s Last
SF MusicTech has announced that its next summit will be held on November 11th at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. (Early registration is open here.) Sadly, this 16th must-attend gathering. Continue reading
Apple Quietly Adds Lightning Lossless Audio Capability
There were strong indications that Apple was working on improved audio prior to the Beats deal. Now hints of likely synergies are already starting to emerge. Apple has quietly introduced new. Continue reading
Report Shows Music Industry Poised For 5 More Years Of Upheaval [INFOGRAPHIC]
A new Price Waterhouse Cooper analysis shows the music industry is poised for 5 more years of change and upheaval. There aren't any real surprises here, but its useful to see. Continue reading
Before SoundCloud Deal Died, Twitter Considered Acquiring Pandora and Spotify
Twitter certainly is on the hunt for a music strategy. We already knew they'd seriously considered buying SoundCloud. But now comes word that just months after closing #Music, Twitter also. Continue reading
Mixify Announces $1.8 Million Series A Round, Launches Clubcast Livestreaming
Mixify, a livestreaming platform for djs, today announced a hefty $1.8 million Series A round from investors including CMB Capital, Tim McGee, Richard Mergler and Tommy Trash. They also announced. Continue reading