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Azoff Invests in Digital Brand Architects

Irving Azoff's Azoff Music Management has announced an investment in social media marketing and online talent management agency Digital Brand Architects . In addition to digital marketing consulting, DBA applies the talent. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/04/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Azoff, business, digital marketing, Irving Azoff, Live Nation, Marketing and Advertising, social media marketing, William Morris Endeavor

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music

Steve Aoki's Manager On Getting Famous Online: Stop Promoting and Start Entertaining Music Marketing With Facebook's New Shared Photo Albums DIY Jazz Artist Carsie Blanton Shifts Sound To Seduce Listeners. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/31/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Disc jockey, Do it yourself, Facebook, kickstarter, music, Shopping, social media, Steve Aoki

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Twitter Forefronts Conversations, Tips Ecommerce Plan That Could Sell More Music

Wednesday Twitter introduced "conversations," a new way of displaying the first tweets of a discussion in your home feed. This week Twitter's new Chief of Commerce, Nathan Hubbard, also discussed. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/30/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: E-commerce, Facebook, Hubbard, Hypebot, music industry, Nathan Hubbard, Ticketmaster, Twitter

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Miley’s ‘Twerk-gate’ Nets Her 400,000 New Fans

You may be sick of hearing about it, but Miley Cyrus' VMA performance is yielding an impressive bump in social media activity. In the days following "Twerk-gate", she's seen a 112%. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/30/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Cyrus, Facebook, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, MTV Video Music Award, social media, Twerk, Twitter

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Top Sales and Social Media Stats From The MTV Video Music Awards

From Nielsen Entertainment's The Insighter. This past Sunday, the 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards invaded Brooklyn, NY’s spanking new Barclays Center, crowning many music megastars like Justin Timberlake, Bruno. Continue reading

admin on 08/30/2013 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Bruno Mars, Iggy Azalea, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, MTV Video Music Award, One Direction

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EDM Fans vs. Other Music Fans [STUDY + ANALYSIS]

Now that North America has widely embraced electronic music, it’s become the scene to watch and capitalize on for brands and marketers. Taking that into account, online ticketing platform Eventbrite. Continue reading

admin on 08/29/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Disc jockey, EDM, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Facebook, Ibiza, Richie Hawtin, YouTube

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Yahoo! Music Taps The Echo Nest To Drive Discovery, Next Gen Music News Feed

Yahoo! Music, the web giant's music news site, has tapped into The Echo Nest's Dynamic Music Data solution to discover and deliver reviews, blog posts, artist images and social network. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/29/2013 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: arts, Echonest, Facebook, music, Social network, Spotify, Twitter, Yahoo!

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Steve Aoki’s Manager On Getting Famous Online: Stop Promoting and Start Entertaining

The folks at JustGo Music managed to slow down Steve Aoki's manager Matt Colon long enough to discuss how Aoki got so famous online. Aoki has capitalized greatly on his. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/28/2013 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Aoki, Disc jockey, Facebook, music video, social media, Steve Aoki, Webby Award, YouTube

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ThingLink Raises $2 Million For Ecommerce In Image Tags, Adds To Exec Team

Helsinki and New York based startup ThingLink has closed a new $2 million financing round led by Helsinki-VC firm Inventure Oy. Other participants include angel investments from former Tumblr president John Maloney,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/28/2013 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Eric Wahlforss, Facebook, FremantleMedia, iTunes, Soundcloud, ThingLink, Twitter, YouTube

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