SoundCloud to add direct payments to artists
SoundCloud will soon launch an option for fans to pay artists directly, according to multiple sources. New SoundCloud artist-to-fan direct payment plans could be the kind of game-changing development that. Continue reading
Free Music Streaming Royalty Calculator
Audiohype is offering a free royalty calculator to help estimate how much streaming revenue you can earn as an artist on Spotify, Amazon Music, or Apple Music. We’d love to. Continue reading
Spotify Stock Tumbles As Losses Top $2.2M A Day
Spotify stock fell 8.06% on Wednesday after Spotify reported continued losses and a weaker than expected outlook for the year ahead. Spotify stock closed Wednesday at $317.25 USD −27.80 (8.06%). “Looking ahead, we. Continue reading
Spotify Passes 155 Million Paid Subscribers
UPDATED: Spotify reported solid Q4 this morning but offered conservative guidance that slower growth is ahead. Spotify had 345 million monthly active users at the end of Q4, an increase. Continue reading
New Stats From Twitch: 26.5M Average Daily Visitors
Twitch has shared some impressive new stats via a tweet from Senior Vice-President Damian Burns. • Average daily visitors: 26.5 Million • Average viewership at any given moment: 2 Million+. Continue reading
Pandora Thumbprint Radio Turns 5 with 50M Users, 2B+ Listening Hours
Pandora’s Thumbprint Radio has been the streamer’s most popular station by total listening hours since launch 5 years ago and over that time its logged some impressive stats. Thumbprint Radio. Continue reading
Downtown Acquires Foundee Music Marketing Platform
Downtown Music Holdings will acquire Found.ee, the music advertising and digital marketing platform. Downtown will acquire the intellectual property and technology that underpins Found.ee. CEO Jason Hobbs will join Downtown. Continue reading
How Streaming Bots Are Wrecking Independent Musicians’ Careers
Unsurprisingly, artists’ desperate quest to gain as many Spotify streams as possible has led to the rise of streaming bots, and their manipulation of the streaming numbers has resulted in. Continue reading
How To Use Feature.fm’s Impressive Music Marketing Toolkit
Daniel Sander from Feature.FM joins Michael and Jay on the Music Biz Weekly podcast to discuss the impressive Feature.fm toolkit including geotargeting, retargeting, landing pages and how-to webinars. And don’t. Continue reading
5 Differences Between In-Person, Digital Concerts
While they certainly can’t replace in-person shows, digital concerts appear to be hear to stay, and as a performer, it’s importance to understand the difference between a show that’s live,. Continue reading
