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
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
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
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
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
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
Indiegogo and Island Records Partner For A&R and Music Crowdfunding At Fan Republic
Indiegogo's having a big 2014. They announced $40 million in funding last month and now they're partnering with Island Records for a new music crowdfunding site called Fan Republic. While. Continue reading
Pandora’s Stock Plunges, Twitter’s Tumbles After Wall Street Sees New Numbers
Pandora and Twitter stocks each took a beating Wednesday, during what was generally a positive session for the overall market. Twitter fell as much as 18% in after hours trading. Continue reading
Switchcam Relaunches With Galleries Of Live Show Pics and Videos Made By Fans
Switchcam began life as a HackLolla project that broke some interesting new ground and initiated a process of development that would allow musicians to create videos of live shows out. Continue reading
Music Businesses Of All Types Now Crowdfunding
Music crowdfunding has grown to encompass all aspects of music from study, recording and touring by musicians to music businesses in the broadest sense. The following campaigns, some still in. Continue reading
