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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

18 Hacks From Music Tech's Best Created At Midem Music Hack Day 2014 Google Pushes You Tube To Top Of New Music Search Results Want To Reach 18-35 Year Olds. Continue reading

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Replace Your Mouth With Tinie Tempah’s Or Enjoy A Music Video Made Of Vines

Tinie Tempah now has a rap app that lets you replace your mouth with his. There's got to be a better way to describe it but you'll get what I. Continue reading

admin on 02/07/2014 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Digital Performance Royalties For Older Songs Considered By Tennessee Legislature

Musicians of all genres today are building on the legacy of earlier songwriters. But digital performance royalties are not paid to artists for music recorded before 1972. Two Tennessee legislators. Continue reading

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Twitter Use Is Tiny Compared To Facebook [CHART]

Twitter gets a lot of press and remains a powerful promotional tool for some.  But its overall monthly active usage is dwarfed by Facebook.

Bruce Houghton on 02/07/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Beats Music Licensing Indies with Merlin, Pays Same Royalty Rate As Majors

Beats Music and Merlin yesterday announced a licensing agreement that includes a commitment on Beats part to pay all rights holders equal royalty rates. With Merlin cosigning Beats announcement, talk. Continue reading

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Rdio and Shazam Integration Goes International, Leaves Spotify In The Dust

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Rdio and Shazam extended on Tuesday a joint feature in Shazam’s app that lets music fans preview and collect songs they’ve tagged from speakers. Continue reading

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Union Square Venture’s Partner Andy Weissman Talks Music Startups

Subcribe to the Upward Spiral podcast in iTunes, play recent shows on SoundCloud, or follow us on Twitter.  In this episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we. Continue reading

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iTunes Radio Listeners Are Not Buying Music

Apple did not use the phrase "iTunes Radio" in their late January earnings call and one has to wonder if they're disappointed with listenership or with the possibility that few. Continue reading

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Google Pushes You Tube To Top Of New Music Search Results

Users searching for a song or music video on Google will now find YouTube prominently at the top of new search results. For example, a fan searching for "Sunray Venus. Continue reading

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Beats Music, Rdio Coming To Google Chromecast, Spotify Lags Behind

Streaming music services Rdio and Beats Music both took to Twitter to share news that their working in integration with Google's popular streaming stick Chromecast. But Spotify's only statement on. Continue reading

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