Beats Music Sells Topspin To Transom Capital Group
(UPDATED) Beats Music has sold the Topspin music ecommerce platform to Transom Capital Group, owners of BandMerch and Cinderblock. They will continue to operate the ecommerce and fulfillment operation under the Topspin. Continue reading
Us Vine Their Way To Major Label Deal, Shorty Awards with #6SecondCovers
Us, aka UsTheDuo, is a husband-and-wife musical team that turned some quick promo Vine videos into a following that's helped them get on tv and land a major label record. Continue reading
Haulix Fights Promo Leaks and Piracy, Adding DMCA Takedown Services
Haulix is a music promo and watermarking service that provides indie labels and publicists with a great tool for preventing leaks and piracy via promo tracks. Watermarks are inserted upon. Continue reading
Neil Young’s Pono Kickstarter Passes $5.2 Million, But Younger Music Fans Show Little Interest
Neil Young's Kickstarter campaign to launch Pono, a better-audio player and download store, has passed $5.27 million pledged. But younger music fans are showing less interest in Pono than older. Continue reading
David Byrne and Friends Address Money, Art On His Relaunched Website
Back in February David Byrne relaunched his official website with an emphasis on new content and guest writers. Since then he's continued to address artist revenue topics in his now. Continue reading
Beats Music Names Boz Saint John SVP, Head of Global Marketing
(UPDATED) Beats Music has added Bozoma (Boz) Saint John as SVP, Head of Global Marketing. Saint John had served as head of the Music and Entertainment Marketing Group at Pepsi-Cola North. Continue reading
Spotify Unveils Major Redesign, ‘Your Music’
Spotify, which has been more of a functional music service than an elegant one, today unveiled a major redesign across aimed at changing that. The new look is sleeker, darker. Continue reading
Creative Music Marketing: Unlocking Amatorski, Daft Punk x The 70s, Little Dragon Phones You
These days interesting music marketing approaches tend to include lots of experimentation with tech including Amatorski's use of an interactive page that unlocks music by the millisecond to encourage social. Continue reading
Best Music & Tech April Fools Pranks 2014
YouTube announces that it secretly produced every viral video ever and announces "Upcoming Viral Video Trends" for 2014. [watch video after the jump] Lefsetz Letter's "Apple Buys Beats" Spotify. Continue reading
How We Discover Music [CHART]
Streaming music online is exploding, but is it driving music discovery? A new report from Edison Research and Triton Digital says it is, but perhaps not quite as much as. Continue reading
