New Study Examines U.S. Twitter Usage
A new report from Edison Research/Arbitron Internet details Twitter awareness and usage of Twitter, as well as, demographics, behaviors, and preferences. Highlights of the online presentation (below): Awareness of Twitter. Continue reading
TuneCore & MySpace Music Partner For Discounted Distribution Services
Flat fee digital distributor TuneCore has partnered with MySpace Music to offer discounted music distribution services to all the major download outlets. In addition, MySpace Music will provide participating artists. Continue reading
John Mayer Drops 3.2M Twitter Followers For Tumblr
"140 characters… a mathematical equation without an established value." (UPDATED) Singer/songwriter John Mayer has amassed 3.2 million twitter followers, but at the recent ASCAP Expo, he told the crowd, “I. Continue reading
Twitter Complies With DMCA Takedown Requests
Twitter has begun acting on label and rights holder requests based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to take down allegedly offending material. It's not the first report like this,. Continue reading
Video: Music, Twitter and The Real-Time Web
(UPDATED) From The 140 Characters Conference Takeway: Twitter is a very useful viral tool, but don't expect it to convert to sales. Panelists: indie musician Matthew Ebe, Steve Greenberg of. Continue reading
Facebook Partners With Pandora For Social Music
Pandora and Facebook will be deeply integrated according to an announcement at the F8 Developer Conference today. using Facebook’s new Open Graph protocol, Pandora will stream music directly onto the. Continue reading
iLike Founders Leave MySpace Executive Team
The founders of social music service iLike, which MySpace acquired last year,are leaving the company.'s executive team. Hadi Partovi will depart MySpace completely and his brother Ali will now work. Continue reading
Facebook Soars To 41% Of All Social Traffic
According to comScore March data, Facebook traffic now makes up 41% of social traffic. MySpace ranks second at 24%. Gmail (which I don't consider a part of the social landscape). Continue reading
Advertising On Twitter Using Promoted Tweets
(UPDATE) Hyper-targeted ads on Facebook, MySpace and using Google AdSense have become valuable tools for many music marketers. But what about Twitter's new ad platform? In brief, advertisers select keywords. Continue reading
Ning Abandons Free Service, Lays Off 40% Of Staff
Ning has announced that it will phase out its free custom social networks in favor of an all paid model. Ning is popular with musicians and marketers building custom fan. Continue reading
Tinysong – Share Any Song In Seconds Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, Tumblr, StumbleUpon
The new an improved Tinysong makes sharing a song you just heard drop dead simple. Type in a song and it generates a tiny url that link to operator Grooveshark's. Continue reading
