‘Big Tech Abuses Outdated Laws To Decimate Music Economy’, says CAKE Lead Singer John McCrea

In this opinion piece, John McCrea of the the rock band CAKE and board member of Content Creators Coalition explains why pro-tech Senator Ron Wyden must recognize the Silicon Valley's. Continue reading

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No Fee TickPick Acquires Razorgator, Adds 1M Users

[UPDATED] No-fee ticket marketplace TickPick has acquired  ticket reseller Razorgator. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Razorgator had raised $60 million in funding from Oak, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield. Continue reading

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How To Get Press Coverage For Your Band – Pro Tips For Writing Promo Emails

Getting good press coverage for your band often requires crafting the perfect promo email. Here we look at what the necessary components of a great promo email are, depending on. Continue reading

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SeatGeek Launches Ticket Resale Marketplace

Ticket search engine SeatGeek is expanding into ticket sales with the launch of SeatGeek Marketplace, a new ticket resale service.  

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Spotify, Telia Invest $11 Million In Soundtrack Your Brand

Spotify is investing a bit of its $526 million war chest in Soundtrack Your Brand,  a startup that brings its streaming music service to a select and desirable group of. Continue reading

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XAPPmedia Raises $3.8M For Net Radio Interactive Audio Services

XAPPmedia, provider of interactive audio content and advertising service, has raised an additional $3.8 million in funding, bringing the total amount invested in the company to $6.8 million.

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Musicyou Raises $330K Seed Round For Private Music Messaging

Music Messenger, PingTune, Mindie, Flipagram, TunePics. Music messaging and sharing is a crowded corner of the music tech space.  Joining in is Musicyou, armed with a second round of seed. Continue reading

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Seat Geek Raises $62 Million

Ticketing is a hot sector still dominated by Ticketmaster.  That's starting to change and with it consumer patterns are shifting. All that seems to be encouraging investors to open their. Continue reading

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TuneCore Acquires DropKloud, Opens Innovation Lab

TuneCore has acquired musician focused app maker DropKloud and will add its co-founders, James DeNino and Kedar Frederic to the TuneCore team. The two will open a TuneCore office in Boston, where they. Continue reading

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Spotify Revenue Doubled Last Year To $577 Million

(UPDATED) Documents filed by holding company Spotify Technology show that revenue more than doubled in 2012. The music streamer's revenue took in $577 million USD, as it doubled it's user. Continue reading

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