Vevo Hires Goldman Sachs To Raise Up To $500 Million

Vevo has hired Goldman Sachs to help it raise $3-$500 million, according to The Financial Times. The money will fund international expansion, acquisitions and original programming. UMG and Sony each own. Continue reading

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Bankrupt Music Tech Startup Crowdmix Sold To Controversial Billionaire Real Estate Investor Nick Candy

Bankrupt and yet to launch music tech startup Crowdmix had hit the deadpool. Now, a controversial billionaire real estate tycoon has come to the rescue.

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week's music commentary section features opinions on why artists should embrace the new 360 model,  why ghost producers are ruining EDM, how live streaming is forever altering the music. Continue reading

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Facebook Reported Record Growth, 2 Charts Show Just How Hot The Social Network Is

Last evening, Facebook reported Q2 earnings that smashed all expectations. Steady user growth continued at 3.63% adding 60 million monthly users this quarter to hit 1.71 billion. Quarterly revenue of. 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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Music Publishing News Roundup 6.24.16: DMCA Safe Harbor Battle • EU vs YouTube • Vimeo Beats Capital

Over 500 creators and 20 organizations have signed a letter to US Congress calling for reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The biggest grievance is with the DMCA’s “safe. Continue reading

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Top 5 Must-Hear Music Biz Podcast Episodes of 2015

Music Biz Podcast distributed 33 shows in 2015. We are proud of every single interview we conducted, but these five episodes received the most downloads on iTunes. Thank you to every. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music

This week Hypebot has advice for the do-it-yourself musician on how to effectively delegate work, why you should be pitching smaller music blogs and, just in time for the holidays,. Continue reading

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TUE. NEWS BRIEF: MAGNIFI Launches • Pandora Eyes Int’l • SFXE Reports Loss • Spotify Investigation Sought • More

Tuesday 11.10.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web Pandora may have peaked in US, but it has huge growth potential overseas.  Updated continuously under our More News tab. CLICK HERE 

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Midem 2016 Moves Dates… Again

International music industry mega-conference Midem today announces that  its 50th edition has moved to June 3-6. The Cannes based event had previously been scheduled for June 7-10.

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