Katy Perry Is First To Surpass 90 Million Twitter Followers

Katy Perry and Twitter just hit a new milestone – 90 million Twitter followers. She is the most followed person in the world, and the first to ever reach 90 million. Continue reading

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Why Music Streaming Services Need To Attract An Older Audience

With few exceptions, the majority of streaming platform users tend to be largely in the under 35 set, but these services might do well to start courting an older demographic, with. Continue reading

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Huckabee Pays $25,000 To Settle “Eye Of The Tiger” Copyright Case

When you hear a song played at a political rally, does it imply that the artist singing it endorses that candidate?  This is the kind of thorny legal and moral. Continue reading

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WED. BRIEFING: Apple Music Execs Talk Strategy • Live.ly App Soars • $1B LINE IPO • ReverbNation App Updates • More

WEDNESDAY 6.29.16 Music Business News From Around The Web  When Apple Music execs talk, we listen. But with 15 million subscribers compared to Spotify's 100 million users, should we? Updated. Continue reading

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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Music Marketing • Make Your Next Gig Memorable • Tackle Ticketing Rip-Offs • More

Recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how artists create a memorable onstage look, why the industry needs to combat secondary ticketing rip-offs, fun music industry jobs, and more.

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Time To Hit ‘Reset’ On The Streaming Business Model? [Cortney Harding]

As music streaming services around the world continue to struggle, Cortney Harding looks at the possibility of hitting reset on the whole streaming business model and instead exploring a more. Continue reading

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Adele ’25’ To Stream On Spotify, Apple, Amazon Other Streamers Starting At Midnight Tonight

Adele's "25" is finally coming to all music streamers starting at midnight tonight (June 23rd). It's a major reversal for the mega-star and a win for music streamers.

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Spotify Adds Merch Sales Via Merchbar

[UPDATED] With current royalty deals already leading to unprofitable businesses, Spotify, Pandora and other music streamers have been turning to add-ons to try to keep artist and labels happy.  For. Continue reading

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Finding Your Niche with YouTube Covers

One of the best ways to get new strategies for your music career is to look at what others are doing. So Dave and Lindsay of the New Artist Model put together a series of case studies from. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

For some of Hypebot's most popular posts this week, we revisited Pandora's purchase of Rdio, looked back at another year of Facebook, and discussed things we're tired of hearing said about. Continue reading

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Songkick Raises $10 Million From WMG Owner Acccess Industries, Triples European Direct To Fan Ticket Sales

Songkick has raised another $10 million. The new funding, coming after a June $16 million round,  is from Access Industries, owner of Warner Music Group.

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