Music live stream platform Mandolin to shut down
Music live stream platform Mandolin is winding down operations, the company said in an email to users Tuesday. Mandolin, which won awards for innovations in fan livestream engagement, launched early. Continue reading
beatBread adds sliceNote fractional investing to music funding toolkit
beatBread, a startup that offers artists advances based on past streaming performance and social data, has launched sliceNote, a platform that enables fractional investing in independent musicians and labels. sliceNote. Continue reading
Gimme Radio shuts down after 6 years, unable to raise needed financing
Social audio platform Gimme Radio will shut down on April 29th after failing “to raise the financing needed to support the streaming services and grow Gimme to reach all music. Continue reading
SiriusXM/Pandora’s Shamal Ranasinghe joins Web 3 music platform Audius
Respected music tech veteran Shamal Ranasinghe has joined Audius, the decentralized music community and discovery platform as Chief Business Officer. Ranasinghe comes to Audius following eight years at Pandora and, after. Continue reading
Tim Westergren’s Sessions shuts down abruptly, goes silent as artists demand payment
Music live-streaming platform Sessions shut down on December 19th, apparently without warning creators or fans, some of whom claim they are owed money. Sessions launched early in the pandemic in. Continue reading
Public Pressure adds $6M to ’empower the artist/fan relationship’
Public Pressure has added $6 million in funding. Launched in 2015 as an online community and magazine dedicated to emerging artists and labels, the company is building Web3 tools that. Continue reading
beatBread has $100 Million available to fund indie musicians
Music funding platform beatBread has finalized a $100 million funding agreement with Variant Investments. The startup also raised a $34 million seed round earlier this year. The new $100 million. Continue reading
AudioShake wins Music Tectonics music tech startup competition
Audioshake has won the Music Tectonics 2022 Conference’s Swimming with Narwhals music tech startups competition. Founded by Jessica Powell, AudioShake uses AI to open up songs to new monetization and creative. Continue reading
AI is transforming art, but will it do the same for music?
[UPDATED] Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the art world. But will it do the same for music creation and consumption, and what could the consequences be? by Antony Demekhin, CEO. Continue reading
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See Tickets has announced new appointments to its executive committee. Boris Patronoff becomes the Chief Operating Officer of See Tickets Group and remains the CEO of See Tickets in North. Continue reading
