Midem Hack Day 2014 Winner: DJ Spotify
18 projects were built over the last 48 hours at Midem Hack Day 2014 and the participants voted DJ Spotify the winner. The hack gives users the ability to play. Continue reading
Midem Announces Midemlab 2014 Winners
On Monday, Midem announced the winners of three Innovation Factory competitions – Midemlab, Music Hack Day & Music Marketing - designed to encourage innovation in the music and music tech space. First. Continue reading
Deezer Is Coming To America: Hires U.S. CEO
In the latest sign that Deezer will launch in America this year, the French based music streaming service has hires a U.S. CEO. Tyler Goldman, the former chief of now defunct. Continue reading
Lyor Cohen’s 300 To Use Big Data As A&R Early Alert System With Twitter Deal
This weekend Lyor Cohen revealed more about 300 at Midem where he gave a keynote interview with Tom Silverman. The primary new information seemed to be the Twitter deal for. Continue reading
18 Hacks From Music Tech’s Best Created At Midem Music Hack Day 2014
25 of the best that music tech has to offer just spent 48 hours ignoring the delights of the French Riviera locked in room creating music hacks at Midem Music. Continue reading
The Week In Music Commentary
Upward Spiral: Why Having To Constantly Hustle Is Bad For Artists Bruce Houghton: A Personal Thank-You To Pete Seeger Will Major Music Publishers Allow Last.fm To Go YouTube Only? I. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Topspin Cuts Staff 44% SoundCloud Launches New Visual Player and Adds $60 Million New Funding Independent Music Wins 50% Of 2014 Grammys Prince Sues Fans For $22 Million Then Drops. Continue reading
3Plet Publishing Taking Music Albums As Mobile Apps To The West @Midem
Back in 2010 you may have heard of FlySoft and the launch of the Appbum, a music album in app form. In 2012 the music project relaunched as 3plet Publishing. Continue reading
Merlin Taps OTTO For New Member Dashboard Just In Time For Midem
One historical problem facing musicians at all levels of the industry is the lack of transparency in much accounting of sales and royalties. OTTO, by Ottomate, is one solution being. Continue reading
Topspin Cuts Staff 44% – CONFIRMED
UPDATED: Topspin has now confirmed that cut 14 employees yesterday, or about 44% of staff. While the company declined further comment, the move is being described by some as redirecting the. Continue reading
