Gracenote Buys Baseline For $50 Million, Moves Beyond Music
Tribune Media owned Gracenote is continuing its march to expand beyond music metadata. With today's acquisition of film and tv data firm Baseline for $50 million plus Gracenote's already deep. Continue reading
Cellfish Media Rebrands As Bandsintown Group
Mobile and social application publisher Cellfish Media is rebranding as the Bandsintown Group. With the popular BandsInTown app already its flagship product, the move reflects the company’s three year effort to. Continue reading
Musicians as Entrepreneurs
Today's music industry does not lend itself to a "one-size-fits-all" model of any sort. It takes experimentation and exploration to develop a strategy and to execute it efficiently. Times have. Continue reading
Music Tech Funding: 8tracks, Exploration And A Fundraising Tip From Bop.fm’s CEO
This was a busy week for funding news. In addition to SeatGeek, KKbox, Rockbot and JoyTunes, 8tracks was revealed to be closing a $1.28 million round and Exploration announced $5. Continue reading
SeatGeek Raises $35 Million From Big Name Investors: Nas, Peyton Manning & More
Ticket search engine SeatGeek today announced it has raised a $35 million Series B round led by Accel Partners. Causeway Media Partners, a sports-focused investment fund led by Boston Celtics. Continue reading
Music Streamer KKbox Raises $104 Million For International Expansion
Watch out Spotify, Deezer, Rhaspody and the rest. A new player is flush with cash and ready to expand. Taiwan based mobile music streaming service KKbox has raised $104 million. Continue reading
Rockbot Scores New Funding From Universal Music, Detroit Venture and More
Rockbot today announced that the company has closed an additional round of financing. The round is led by Detroit Venture Partners and includes top global music group Universal, Susa Ventures,. Continue reading
How to Release Your Album Successfully (Even If You Don’t Have a Record Label)
Partience is a virtue… and it is absolutley necessary when efficiently releasing your newest music. As eager as we all know you are for people to finally hear the music. Continue reading
Indie Vinyl Subscription Clubs Are A Booming Niche
Indie subscription services of all kinds are doing quite well these days. In music we're seeing everything from Drip.FM's digital subscriptions to Turntable Kitchen's combination of meal fixings and vinyl. Continue reading
JoyTunes Raises $5 Million, Gives Registered Teachers Free Access
JoyTunes creates apps that allow people to teach themselves to play music but they've also become a favorite of many teachers who encourage their students to use the apps to. Continue reading
5 Ways To Promote Your Music Teaching Business
The music industry is difficult to break into for any entry level musican. A lot of musicians will pick up side gigs or offer lessons for extra money, but others. Continue reading
