Live-Streaming’s Long Tail
Guest post by Cortney Harding (@cortneyharding) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. For the past ten years, I’ve heard some variation on the following statement almost every day: “artists. Continue reading
Either Trent Reznor Is Clueless About Streaming Or Beats By Dre Is Taking A Radical Leap Forward
Yesterday news was smuggled out from behind The New Yorker's paywall that Trent Reznor's special project with Beats by Dre is a new streaming music service that will feature a. Continue reading
Pandora Launches In Australia & New Zealand
Pandora has launched its full streaming service in Australia and New Zealand. It can now be accessed on smartphone apps for iOS and Android, in addition to the web player.. Continue reading
The Opportunity Of Streaming Services For Artists
Guest post by Rishi Mirchandani (@rmirchandani) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. He handles operations for Turntable.fm. There has been a lot of debate over streaming services and the. Continue reading
Live Nation Labs: One Year Later [Interview with Co-Founder Eric Garland]
In the wake of LiveNation.com’s recent relaunch and the coming of a new year, Hypebot felt it was important to check up with one of the most innovative and potentially. Continue reading
Spotify Takes On Music Discovery
At a press event in London today, Spotify announced some major upgrades that take aim at what many users see as the music streamer's greatest weaknesses – music discovery and. Continue reading
Data Science and the Music Industry: What Social Media Has To Do With Record Sales
Guest post by Liv Buli and Victor Hu for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Buli and Hu work for Next Big Sound, a music analytics company. Twenty years ago, as. Continue reading
See How Pandora’s Royalty Costs Continue To Outpace Revenue [CHART]
Pandora's recent trip to Washington to ask for lower rates didn't go too well and today it's stock is being battered by it's own forecast of future losses. With 62.4. Continue reading
The Holy Grail of Music Listening: Social, Discovery, and Recommendations
Guest post by Sagee Ben-Zedeff (@sageeb) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. Ben-Zedeff is the founder and CEO of Serendip Media. Three months ago, Nielsen published one of my favorite reports. Continue reading
Turntable.fm Pivots To Pandora-like Piki
It's no secret that Turntable.fm's once impressive traffic has fallen sharply and shows no signs of rebounding. So it's no surprise that the company is pivoting to launch a new. Continue reading
