UPDATED: Live Nation Acquires Data Pioneer BigChampagne
(UPDATED) Live Nation has acquired BigChampagne for what unofficial sources place at close to $30 million. The small yet highly influential media-measurement firm is responsible for creating the Ultimate Chart. Continue reading
Music Pages Reign On Facebook, But Are Big Numbers Enough? [ANALYSIS]
It’s clear by now that music is huge on Facebook. So huge in fact, that 7 of the 10 most liked pages on Facebook belong to musicians, averaging 43 million likes. Additionally,. Continue reading
Little Known D.I.Y. Artist Linda Chorney Networks Her Way To Grammy Nomination
Though the Skrillex path to getting 5 Grammy nominations seems powered by building a huge, enthusiastic fanbase and making the underground accessible to the masses, Linda Chorney's path is quite. Continue reading
How Musicians Use Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
(UPDATED) BandPage creators RootMusic tracked the Top 250 Musicians on Facebook, looking for best practices and strategies that make them successful on the platform. "The important points to takeaway from. Continue reading
Diaspora’s Early Adopters Launch The Diaspora Noise Project
Diaspora, the long-anticipated alternative to social networks that invade your privacy and monetize information about your interests and habits, has started opening up to newcomers. I recently joined and, in. Continue reading
Does Google+ Hope To Be The Next MySpace Music?
This guest post is from Jason Calacanis’ tech news blog Launch. Japanese pop group AKB48 is leveraging the social functions of Google+ to regularly host Hangouts with fans and broadcast. Continue reading
Twitter Begins Brand Page Rollout
Twitter is introducing brand pages and just as many of us haven't yet experienced the new Twitter account changes, the first brand pages being rolled out aren't even necessarily viewable. Continue reading
The Music Business Looks Forward: 5 Social Media Predictions For 2012
Guest post by Shore Fire Media, a boutique public relations, online marketing, and digital strategy firm specializing in music and entertainment. In the last year, the music industry shifted from cautiously. Continue reading
Twitter Gets A Major Makeover [First Look & Video]
Twitter has unleashed some major changes yesterday that give the site and its apps a cleaner look and some new Facebook-like features. Most of the changes are positive, though I. Continue reading
The 10 Point Skrillex Plan For Getting The Grammy
For a lot of people Skrillex came out of nowhere despite the fact that he's been steadily building for quite some time. I discovered him when walking by the Asheville. Continue reading
