
Wall Street Rewards Live Nation VEEPS Acquisition [NYSE: LYV]
This week Live Nation acquired a majority stake in live concert streaming platform VEEPS and while the concert giant’s growth plans for the platform are unclear, Wall Street has rewarded. Continue reading

Imran Ahmed Launches A New Kind Of Music Company
A Spotify profile of music industry entrepreneur Imran Ahmed, who successfully worked at the NME, BBC, and XL Recording before relocating to Los Angeles to create and launch a new. Continue reading

Bandsintown PLUS: Game-Changing Live Music Streaming Subscription Service Launches
Bandsintown has launched Bandsintown PLUS, a first of its kind monthly subscription service offering fans affordable access to exclusive music live streams and musicians the support needed to produce innovative. Continue reading

A2IM Featured Exec: Einar Helde, Co-Founder, Head of Biz Dev at AIMS
In this edition of A2IM’s Executive of the Week series, they’re showcasing the work of Einar Helde, international production veteran and Co-Founder & Head of Business Development at the music. Continue reading
Does The 1000 Trues Fans Theory Work In 2021?
The 1,000 Fan theory – an idea that 1,000 ‘true’ fans are enough to sustain an artist’s career – has been trumpeted in the music biz for a number of. Continue reading

Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] To Share Q4 2020 Results
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) will share its Q4 2020 financial results on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 before the market opens A Q&A to discuss financial results begins at 8:00. Continue reading

CD Preorder: A D.I.Y. Case Study
In this promotional case study, Brian Hazard of the project Color Theory shares his results after launching a preorder campaign for his two most recent albums. Guest post by Brian. Continue reading

How To Crowdfund An Album During COVID-19
One of the few unexpected boons of 2020’s mass show cancellation is the amount of time many artists have had to work on new music. Still, funding an album during. Continue reading

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: James Rhodes of Artist Owned Label FiXT
We’re proud to announce that Hypebot has partnered with A2IM to bring a broader audience to its ‘Featured Executive’ series which points a spotlight on the executives leading the independent. Continue reading

Reddit Buys TikTok Rival Dubsmash
Reddit has acquired short-form social video platform” and TikTok competitor Dubsmash. Dubsmash enables more than one billion video views per month. The app will continue to operate as a separate. Continue reading